Private Event: Poetry & Politicking

Sponsored by Colorado Poets Society, this event will open with a reading, followed by a panel discussion on poetry & the social impact of poetry the relationship between the self, the writing, the sharing of the writing, what we aim for, what we hit, what traditions we draw from, what movements we are inspired by. Suzi Q. will moderate & we'll have audience Q&A, followed by a book signing.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Dominique Christina is an award-winning poet, author, educator, and activist. She holds five national poetry slam titles in four years, including the 2014 & 2012 Women of the World Slam Champion and 2011 National Poetry Slam Champion. Her work is greatly influenced by her family's legacy in the Civil Rights Movement and by the idea that words make worlds. Her fourth book, Anarcha Speaks won the National Poetry Series Prize. She was appointed Arts Envoy to Cyprus by the U.S State Department.

Katerina Jeng (they/she) is an author, speaker, and creative coach. They are here to help guide humanity into a new paradigm world through humble service that is abundantly joyful, pleasurable, and free. Katerina’s writing explores love and power, and is inspired by their identity as a queer, neurodivergent, Filipina-Taiwanese-American femme. Their debut poetry collection, Gospel of a Whole Sun (Andrews McMeel, 2024), chronicles their journey of self-discovery over the course of three pivotal years, and is a poignant look at the relationship of art-making to personal & collective liberation.Katerina’s work has been celebrated in People, PBS, CBS News, HuffPost, and Talks at Google. They were the 2023 Writing in Color Fellow at Lighthouse Writers Workshop. Born and raised in New York, Katerina holds degrees in English and music from Cornell University. You can follow their creative pursuits on Instagram (@katerinajeng) and Substack (katerinajeng.substack.com).

Suzi Q. Smith is an award-winning poet, author, interdisciplinary artist, music maker, and dreamer of dreams who lives in Denver, Colorado. While primarily known for her poetry, Suzi is also an organizer, an educator, a singer-songwriter, playwright, and interdisciplinary creative. She has created, curated, coached, organized, and taught for over 25 years, touring throughout the United States. The author of poetry collections Poems for the End of the World, A Gospel of Bones (winner of the 2019 Electric Press Award), and the chapbook collection, Thirteen Descansos, Smith is also the co-editor of two anthologies, Tell It Slant: An Anthology of Creative Nonfiction by Writers from Colorado's Prisons and All the Lives We Ever Lived, Volume I, both Finalists for the Colorado Book Award. Smith is also a Pushcart-nominated essayist with an MFA in Creative Writing from Randolph College.

AGENDA

5:30 PM Welcome & Mingle
6:00 PM Reading
6:45 PM Panel Discussion
7:45 PM Book Signing

Masks are encouraged. They will be supplied at the door.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

The Shop at MATTER, 2114 Market Street, Denver, United States