Elaine C. Brown & Kelliane Parker at Works in Progress Women’s Open Mic

a WOMEN-ONLY event featuring poets
Kelliane Parker & Elaine C. Brown (AKA Poet E. Spoken)
with open mic
Hosted by Linda Zeiser
$7 – $10 Admission includes raffle ticket for 1 of 8 copies of Julia’s book DETOURS
6:30 – 7:30 Potluck: bring your favorite dish to share.
7:30 – 10:15 Performance
Produced by Linda Zeiser & Carolyn Stull Zeiser. To reserve open mic slot, contact Linda at (510) 701-1022, ZeiserpoetMC@aol.com, well in advance.

Elaine C. Brown aka Poet E. Spoken is the co-host of My Word Open at Café Leila in Berkeley. Poet E. Spoken has featured and performed at open mics across the country, combining free style poetry with history to get people not only to understand what’s going on in this world but motivate them to change mindsets.

Kelliane Parker is a queer Latinx poet. She co-hosts My Word Open Mic. She has featured throughout the Bay Area. Her work has been published in several anthologies and featured in an art and poetry collaboration, “Have You Heard Us Yet?” She is an activist, giving voices to survivors of sexual assault and dissociative disorders.