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An interactive poetry reading that invites you to refuse participation in oppressive systems and reclaim your sense of self, your identity, and your livelihood through self-care, play, and rest.. . . . Sheree L. Greer is a writer, teacher, and arts administrator living in Tampa, Florida. She is the author of two novels, Let the Lover Be and A Return to Arms (both Bold Stroke Books). Her work has been published online and in print at the Bellevue Literary Review, Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora, Burrow Press Review, LezTalk Anthology, VerySmartBrothas, Autostraddle, The Windy City Times, Bleed Literary Journal, Current: An Anthology for Jackson, Mississippi, Windy City Queer Anthology: Dispatches from the Third Coast, and others. In 2014, she founded Kitchen Table Literary Arts to showcase and support the work of BIPOC women and femme-identified nonbinary writers and poets. Sheree holds an MFA at Columbia College Chicago and is a VONA/VOICES alum, Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice grantee, Yaddo fellow, and Ragdale Artist House Rubin Fellow. Her essay, "Bars" published in Fourth Genre Magazine, was nominated for a Pushcart Prize and notably named in Best American Essays 2019, and her essay, "None of this is Bullshit" was published at The Rumpus and featured in "Memoir Mondays.” A frequent collaborator with the 2nd Story Theatre Collective, Sheree teaches for several literary arts centers and organizations, namely The Porch in Nashville, TN, and Story Studio Chicago, where she serves as core faculty in memoir and was voted “Instructor of the Year” for 2023.. . . . Slam Anderson is the Outreach Director for The Kitchen Table Literary Arts, a workshop facilitator, spoken word artist, slam poet and writer. Slam has competed in national and regional poetry slams in Charlotte, NC, Oakland, CA, Greensboro, NC, and others. She has presented at several child welfare conferences around the country including, the 2021 National CASA Conference in Seattle, WA, 2021 Office of Respondent Parents’ Counsel Annual conference in Colorado, Springs, the 2022 Texas CASA Lived Experience Conference in Denton, TX; the 2024 National American Academy of Pediatrics Conference in Orlando, Fl, and others. Slam is a graduate of the University of South Florida (Tampa, FL) with a B.A in Creative Writing; and a current Graduate student in the Master of Social Work program. She is a native of Alachua/Gainesville, FL.
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