00:19:28 Jeanine DrJazz Normand: congrats to Julie on your poem 00:19:30 Sheree L. Greer (she/her): Maybe you have to be on gallery view? You find it Krystal? 00:19:51 Max Backer: there aren't any dots in gallery view or otherwise 00:19:55 Sierra Earle: Welcome to the Sinister Wisdom 122 launch! We are playing music by songwriter Carol Kraemer performed by Yer Girlfriend and produced by Ester Records. You can learn more about the music and play the full song here: http://www.sinisterwisdom.org/YerGirlfriend You can order Sinister Wisdom 122: Writing Communities at http://www.sinisterwisdom.org/sw122 You can subscribe to Sinister Wisdom at http://www.sinisterwisdom.org/subscribe Thank you for joining us! Please feel free to put comments in the chat throughout the evening. You can share where you are as you tune in and say hi to friends in the chat! 00:20:23 Jean Taylor and Ardy Tibby: We got our calendars! Thank you, they’re wonderful. 00:20:47 Sheree L. Greer (she/her): In your own picture square, hover over the right corner... I don't know where else you'd find it. 00:22:19 Sheree L. Greer (she/her): Krystal, also try going to participants at the bottom, then when the window opens on the right, find your name and click more 00:23:13 Celia Lang: Listening in Northampton, MA in the Pioneer Valley lands of the indigenous Nonotuck, Nipmuc and Wampanaog neighboring nations. 00:23:17 Sierra Earle: http://www.sinisterwisdom.org/subscribe http://www.sinisterwisdom.org/sustainers 00:24:41 doris davenport: Hello All! I have no sound. 😓 00:25:25 Sierra Earle: http://www.sinisterwisdom.org/sw122 00:25:58 Aviyah Farkas: Yes! Received it. Thank you Julie! 00:26:21 Paula Grant: hello all 00:27:08 Sierra Earle: http://www.sinisterwisdom.org/calendar 00:29:09 Krystal A.Smith: woot woot! Stephanie and Lauren! We love you both so much!! 00:29:18 Nicole Shawan Junior (they/them): ^^^^^ 00:29:25 Sonja Franeta: Thanks for the issue and for all your patches too. 00:29:29 Lauren Cherelle: Thanks! 00:29:43 Stephanie Andrea Allen she/hers: Thank you! 00:30:42 Stephanie Andrea Allen she/hers: Love you too!!! 00:31:09 Rose Norman: "We are the dream of our ancestors" 00:31:54 doris davenport: Hello and Congratulations All! Finally got sound . . . 00:32:01 Yeva Johnson: Like I’ve been put back in the gentle amniotic fluid of yes 00:32:07 Celia Lang: I am buoyant like my dreams 00:32:19 Sheree L. Greer (she/her): Yes, Yeva. That line got me too! 00:32:35 Juanita M Kirton: Yes, we are the collective. Boil & bubble, hold my limbs 00:32:40 Sheree L. Greer (she/her): GORGEOUS! 00:32:45 doris davenport: Thank you, Krystal. :) 00:32:58 Yeva Johnson: 😊 @ Sheree 00:32:59 Sonja Franeta: Thank you Krystal, love your poetry. I’ve read your book 00:33:09 Yeva Johnson: Krystal, thank you for that reading!!! 00:33:11 doris davenport: (((( La Toya ))) 00:33:22 Stephanie Andrea Allen she/hers: Toya!!!! 00:33:33 Krystal A.Smith: Thank you! So good to share space with you all. 00:33:42 Tiffany Wilson: This is great. Thanks for inviting me Sheree! 00:34:26 Sheree L. Greer (she/her): Hey Tiffany!! So happy you could make it. 00:34:38 Krystal A.Smith: Yaaas, Toya!!! 00:34:42 Stephanie Andrea Allen she/hers: https://blacklesbianliterarycollective.org/ 00:35:30 Stephanie Andrea Allen she/hers: Yasssss! 00:35:39 Juanita M Kirton: Amen! 00:35:43 Sheree L. Greer (she/her): YES!!! 00:35:45 Sheree L. Greer (she/her): YES!!! 00:35:47 Sheree L. Greer (she/her): YES!!! 00:35:53 Krystal A.Smith: Amen!! Yess! 00:36:26 Sheree L. Greer (she/her): So welcome!! Stephanie and Lauren were/are instrumental in my writing career. So thankful for their work! 00:36:50 Stephanie Andrea Allen she/hers: 🥰 00:37:29 Sheree L. Greer (she/her): Woman Word Warrior! 00:37:34 Sheree L. Greer (she/her): YES, La Toya!!! 00:37:43 Sinister Wisdom: https://blacklesbianliterarycollective.org/ 00:37:51 Jeanine DrJazz Normand: 🔥 00:37:52 Juanita M Kirton: fantastic 00:37:53 Lauren Cherelle: Lawd, I need some Kleenex over here. 00:37:53 Stephanie Andrea Allen she/hers: Love you Toya! 00:37:53 Krystal A.Smith: "Lest someone else define me!!!" Preach!!! 00:38:00 Emery Grant: Thank you!! La Toya!! 00:38:01 Yeva Johnson: LaToya, thank you for that reading!!! 00:38:29 Sheree L. Greer (she/her): Ariiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiisa!!! Let's go!!! 00:38:48 Krystal A.Smith: Arisa!! Such a fan! 00:38:52 Sonja Franeta: So goo to see you here Arisa. I love your work! 00:38:55 Yeva Johnson: Arisa!!!❤️❤️❤️ 00:39:07 Stephanie Andrea Allen she/hers: So excited to have you with us, Arisa! 00:40:47 Sheree L. Greer (she/her): "When I saw there were seasons, I knew there was commitment." 00:41:04 Sheree L. Greer (she/her): Enough of a story to make me love its flaws. Whew!! 00:42:17 Sonja Franeta: Yes there is. Lesbian 00:42:18 Stephanie Andrea Allen she/hers: Yasssss! 00:42:30 Jeanine DrJazz Normand: yes 00:42:39 Rose Norman: Yes. Lesbian 00:44:08 Krystal A.Smith: Ain't that the truth!! 00:45:44 Sheree L. Greer (she/her): Insisting on its right to be here. 00:46:13 Nicole Shawan Junior (they/them): That’s how I feel too 00:46:17 Nicole Shawan Junior (they/them): Thank YOU 00:46:21 Juanita M Kirton: So powerful 00:46:24 Emery Grant: Thank you! 00:46:25 Sheree L. Greer (she/her): Brilliant. 00:46:40 Krystal A.Smith: That was amazing! So powerful! Thank you 00:46:43 Paula Grant: thank you Arisa 00:46:46 Aviyah Farkas: Amazing READINGS!!! ALL. 00:47:01 Yeva Johnson: Arisa, that reading was so inspiring! Thank you!! 00:47:24 Sierra Earle: Tuesday, November 9th at 7 pm EST Sinister Wisdom Book Club featuring God’s Will and Other Lies by Penny Mickelbury Tuesday, November 16th at 7 pm EST Conversation with Clare Coss, Elizabeth Lorde-Rollins, and Cheryl Clarke about the life of Frances Clayton. Links at http://www.sinisterwisdom.org/events 00:47:52 Arisa White | Wabanaki Confederacy: ☺️ 00:48:07 Max Backer (they/them): https://www.blfpress.com/ 00:48:09 Jean Taylor and Ardy Tibby: Greetings from Wurundjeri Woiwurrung Country Bulleke-bec Naarm, with thanks 00:48:16 La Toya Hankins: Arias love your words 00:48:25 Joan Nestle: thank you all so much--your words are travelling 23000 miles to reach me--and in your faces I see life giving futures---Joan 00:48:33 Krystal A.Smith: https://www.blfpress.com/bookstore/gods-will-and-other-lies 00:48:55 La Toya Hankins: Arisa 00:49:18 Cassandra Grant: LOVE BEING A NEW YORK LESBIAN. THANK YOU 00:49:47 Sheree L. Greer (she/her): NICOLE!!! YES!!! TEAR IT UP, SIS!!! 00:49:47 Krystal A.Smith: Nicole!!!!!!! Yes, Ma'am!! You better read, sis!! 00:51:46 Sheree L. Greer (she/her): The rhythm of their writing is just perfect. That voice. The visuals. 00:52:58 Tiffany Washington: I have to go but this is amazing!!! 00:54:36 Sheree L. Greer (she/her): Giving voice. Roots Wounds Words. Always creating space for people to use their voice. Love it. 00:57:07 Sheree L. Greer (she/her): So similar to my experience minoring in English Literature at Marquette. Lorde!! I'm feeling all of this!! 00:57:35 Paula Grant: Nicole --- wonderful 00:57:41 Juanita M Kirton: WOW,WOW 00:57:41 Sonja Franeta: Thanks for your readingNicole 00:57:42 Emery Grant: Thank you, Nicole! 00:57:46 Renée Bess: Powerful! 00:57:51 Yeva Johnson: Nicole, thank you for that reading!!!❤️ 00:57:56 Sonja Franeta: Yay Sheree!!! 00:58:01 Kris Anderson: Thank you Nicole. 00:58:04 Aviyah Farkas: Thank you so very much!!! 00:58:13 Krystal A.Smith: Come thru, Sheree!!!! Come thru good Sis!! 00:58:21 Nicole Shawan Junior (they/them): Shereee! Yes, fam! 00:58:34 Joan Nestle: such poiwer, such truth, 01:04:08 Aviyah Farkas: Beautiful! 01:05:11 Juanita M Kirton: Memories to present, writer & garden box builder 01:05:20 Yeva Johnson: Sheree, thank you for that reading!!!! 01:05:29 Krystal A.Smith: Love love love! Beautiful work Sheree 01:05:35 Renée Bess: Excellent, Sheree! 01:05:44 Sheree L. Greer (she/her): Thank you all so much! 01:05:49 La Toya Hankins: Love the imagery 01:05:55 Tiffany Wilson: That was a very creative perspective Sheree! 01:06:07 Tiffany Wilson: Beautifully written as usual! 01:06:11 Krystal A.Smith: Jewelle!!!!! 01:06:12 Sheree L. Greer (she/her): Thank you, Tiffany! 01:06:21 Michelle Durham: Job well done Sheree!!!! 01:06:32 Jean Taylor and Ardy Tibby: Self-publishing - yes! Congratulations Sheree 01:06:32 Michelle Durham: Love your work! 01:06:36 Sheree L. Greer (she/her): Hey Michelle! Thank you so much!! 01:06:39 Sherry Gorelick: I love this. as the daughter oof a construction worker 01:06:53 Sheree L. Greer (she/her): That's cool, Sherry!! Hands on! 01:07:48 Cassandra Grant: Grateful Blessings Cassandra 01:09:17 Sheree L. Greer (she/her): YES. Jewelle Gomez. I could listen to her read all night. 01:09:30 Michelle Durham: Don't Explain remains pivotal for me 01:09:33 Stephanie Andrea Allen she/hers: Every single day. 01:09:58 Krystal A.Smith: Don't Eplain! Yes. A fav of mine. 01:10:15 Nicole Shawan Junior (they/them): This voice. This imagery. Damn. 01:10:30 Sheree L. Greer (she/her): ^^ DON'T MISS!! ^^ 01:10:47 Yeva Johnson: If I were there to hold you wonder child... 01:10:48 Krystal A.Smith: Nicole, I second that, "damn!" 01:10:53 Sonja Franeta: Beautiful 01:11:32 Aviyah Farkas: Excellent!!! 01:12:11 Michelle Durham: I read this poem over the weekend....it sounds so different in her voice, hearing it is even better than reading it on the page 01:12:17 Emery Grant: Amazing! 01:12:35 Rose Norman: Right on. 01:12:55 Sheree L. Greer (she/her): "We're all connected to... another way of being..." 01:13:35 Sonja Franeta: I hug the word lesbian 01:14:20 Paula Grant: ah "Flamingos and bears" one of my favorites 01:14:59 Aviyah Farkas: Yes! Yes! Yes! 01:15:04 Stephanie Andrea Allen she/hers: Yasssssss!!!! 01:15:07 Sheree L. Greer (she/her): LMAO!!! YES!!! 01:15:12 Yeva Johnson: Jewelle, that was fantastic!! Thank you!! 01:15:14 Rose Norman: "a colored lesbian is a colored lesbian is a colored lesbian"!!! 01:15:18 Paula Grant: we need to laugh! 01:15:23 Sherry Gorelick: woooo 01:15:30 Krystal A.Smith: Yaaaaas! That was EVERYTHING, Jewelle!!!! 01:15:31 Joan Nestle: Wow, Jewelle--you made it all so clear 01:15:45 Sonja Franeta: Yes 01:15:49 Juanita M Kirton: Thank. You Jewelle os wonderful to hear your voice 01:16:09 Michelle Durham: yesss!!!! come through Queen!!! 01:16:41 Yeva Johnson: If you were cleansed in the canals of love and affection 01:16:45 Krystal A.Smith: Stephanie!!!! yes ma'am! 01:16:47 Nicole Shawan Junior (they/them): ooooofffffff 01:16:52 Nicole Shawan Junior (they/them): i’m done! 01:16:55 Sheree L. Greer (she/her): Among the stars! 01:17:00 Lauren Cherelle: Very nice. I appreciate you all! Thank you! 01:17:03 Juanita M Kirton: Too fast Stephanie 01:17:04 Michelle Durham: oh yes, among the stars! 01:17:05 Yeva Johnson: Stephanie, Thank you!!!! 01:17:05 Paula Grant: thank you stephanie 01:17:05 Aviyah Farkas: Thank you ALL!!! 01:17:10 Stephanie Andrea Allen she/hers: Sorry! We’re out of time! 01:17:13 Sheree L. Greer (she/her): Thank you all so much!! 01:17:16 Laura Wetzler: Thank you for the gift of this issue! Great work! 01:17:18 Jeanine DrJazz Normand: wow 01:17:21 Sierra Earle: http://www.sinisterwisdom.org/sw122 01:17:22 doris davenport: Thank you all for sharing this wonderful work. :) 01:17:36 Nicole Shawan Junior (they/them): Thank you Stephanie and Lauren! 01:17:38 Laura Wetzler: More, more, more! 01:17:38 Lisa - she/her: This was beautiful. Thank you for sharing your work, grateful to have witnessed it. 01:17:39 Krystal A.Smith: I am so honored to be among you all! This was absolutely amazing! Thank you!! 01:17:39 Cassandra Grant: Jewelle Love from the Salsa Sistahs Thanks 01:17:39 Sierra Earle: More Sinister Wisdom events are available at http://www.sinisterwisdom.org/events 01:17:59 Aviyah Farkas: Sorry, gotta leave. 01:18:01 Yeva Johnson: Thank you Lauren and Stephanie!!! 01:18:19 Sierra Earle: To hear The L Word, http://www.sinisterwisdom.org/YerGirlfriend Thank you for joining Sinister Wisdom! 01:18:24 Stephanie Andrea Allen she/hers: Thanks everyone!!! We appreciate you! 01:18:30 Krystal A.Smith: Thank you! 01:18:39 Sheree L. Greer (she/her): THANK YOU EVERYONE! THANK YOU STEPHANIE AND LAUREN!! 01:18:53 Jeanine DrJazz Normand: 🔥 01:19:13 La Toya Hankins: Thank you for such a wonderful event 01:20:03 Paula Grant: "Lesbian " 01:22:30 Joan Nestle: A most wonderful community 01:22:47 Celia Lang: Thank you - such great readers. xxx