Reek bell + Jai Arun Ravine

Come see Reek bell and Jai Arun Ravine at our June 20th Cantíl reading! Entry is FREE and open to the public. Donations welcome. Qilombo is wheelchair accessible.

Jai Arun Ravine is a writer, dancer and graphic designer currently living in Philadelphia. As a mixed race, mixed gender and mixed genre artist, their work arises from the simultaneity of text and body and takes the form of video, performance, comics and handmade books. Jai’s first full-length book, แล้ว AND THEN ENTWINE: LESSON PLANS, POEMS, KNOTS, re-imagines immigration history and attempts to transform cultural inheritances of silence. Their short film TOM/TRANS/THAI approaches the silence around female-to-male (FTM) transgender identity in the Thai context and has screened internationally. THE ROMANCE OF SIAM (Timeless, Infinite Light) is their second book. jaiarunravine.com

Reek bell is a queer mixed-media artist based in Oakland, from South Jersey. Her work reflects experiences within blackness, resistance, friendship, and exhaustion. A poet since third grade, she embraces melancholy, values intimacy, magic, and militancy. twitter.com/reekokay

Cantíl is a reading series that exclusively features poets of color. Read more about Cantíl
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