Poetry Mission: The New Sh!t Show [Denise Jolly]
Public Event • By Sam Sax
o When
Thursday, December 22, 2011
o Time
7:00pm until 9:00pm
Description A NIGHT OF WORLD PREMIERS //
YOU SHOULD BE WRITING
our last show was an arrow to the heart
this week we.re gonna pull that mthfkr out
start sharpening your pencils with straight razors
your ass better have a poem that.s still wet
as a fucked up butterfly... and now, your feature:
DENISE JOLLY will turn your brain into a caffeine buzzing avalanche,
here.s a bio:
Denise Jolly is a writer, performer, educator and community builder. She is a member of Salt Lines Spoken Word Collective, has served as Executive Director of Seattle Youth Speaks, co-host and facilitator of the Seattle Poetry Slam, Poetry Curator for The Round (a live multidisciplinary collaborative arts show), Eleventh Hour Productions Board of Directors and Vice President of Stronghold Productions. Denise was the 2009 San Francisco Grand Slam Champion and member of the 2009 San Francisco Slam team who ranked 3rd in the nation. She has performed, taught, and/or collaborated in venues as large as Coachella and as small as Cook County Detention Center, Cleveland High School, and Seattle Youth Speaks writing circle. She likes doing great things with amazing people and being moved by art, community and how the two work together.