Red Emma’s

When you open my ear, touch it gently. My mother’s voice lingers somewhere inside. Her voice is the echo that helps recover my equilibrium when I feel dizzy during my attentiveness. —Mosab Abu Toha, “Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear”

The Poetic Arts can be one of those things that help us recover our equilibrium while we are attentive to the dizzying, heart-rendering, maddening events of the world. In the tradition of Emma Goldman’s “Mother Earth” magazine, come drop some rad “fiyah” on us, or contribute just with your presence and energy! By the way: it’s a non-erotic poetry, non-“Love Jones” type of evening, so we ask that you not go there. (And, almost needless to say, leave the misogyny, homophobia and other unnecessary ish outside!)

Bringing us our featured poetry set for the evening will be Addy Lugo! Addy is a mestiza poet from Charlotte, North Carolina. She is a graduate of Guilford College, AmeriCorps and FEMA Corps. She was Austin Poetry Slam’s (APS) Women’s Individual Champion in 2018 and was a member of APS’ first all femme, all queer-identifying slam team, the Freshfemme Class. She has been published in the Greenleaf Review and has self-published her chapbooks, Do Not be Easy to Hold and My Mouth is a Haunted House. Currently she lives in DC and works for the Smithsonian Science Education Center as an Inclusion Program Specialist. She is a strong believer in service and hopes she can represent her community well with her actions, accountability and, most of all, words.

Holdin’ it down for the evening is Analysis—poet/spoken word artist, author, rad minister and bookseller, educator, justice & human rights person… Y’all know what’s up! https://www.liberationandpoetry.com CashApp: $AnalysisThePoet

The mic list will be ready for you at Emma’s so you can get on the mic and share something with us! Additionally, we’ll pass the bucket—physically and electronically—to give something to our featured poet and to help build for the future. Please support independent artists!

Remember: PEACE, JUSTICE, POETRY! Will we see you there?