Hot People Read Poetry IN NEW JERSEY!

PLEASE NOTE: This event is only for those that are 18 years or older. ID required for entry and participation.

Jersey City Writers welcomes Hot People Read Poetry for a very special night! Hear poems & storytelling from our panel of brilliant baddies, with a conversation led by the amazing Delilah Saul. We end the night with some more poetry magic: sign up for the chance to read at the open mic!
Make It Work by HPRP is a SWer founded and focused reading. We are so excited to bring our fabulous readers and guest speakers to such a wonderful place, and to hear your work at the open mic!

$10 Suggested Donation (Cash, Venmo, Paypal)
Doors open at 6:30pm, Panel Discussion Starts at 7pm

PANEL
MODERATED BY DELILAH SAUL
Delilah Saul is a SWer, documentarian, and founder of @outlawmediacompany. Her recent film, "Beloved", explores the impact of stigma on the love lives of SWers. She’s currently directing and producing a documentary about media bias against SWers. She hosts SW + LOVE, a podcast about navigating personal relationships as a SWer.

Kitty Bailey is a poet, multimedia artist, and educator from Las Vegas,
Nevada, presently based in New York City. Drawing from her experiences as a queer woman & a SW, she shapes her work with a deep belief in art as a catalyst for social change. Her passion for writing stems from her certainty in the power of words in hopes that they touch the minds, hearts, and souls of
others. She is currently cohosting the page pink dancing poets— bringing
more awareness to the nuances of SW, in order to break down stigmatization and decriminalize the work that made her who she is today.

Tivali Thomas is an internationally recognized writer, performance artist, and DJ whose work spans across multiple mediums with the central
goal of celebrating and interrogating her experience as a black trans
femme within the world. Her work serves as both an observation
and reaction to the condition of existence; often offering unconventional
applications of different references to create pieces of sound and
literature that are unique to her perspective.

January Santoso is a writer from Fresno,CA. Her work has or will
be featured in ONLY POEMS,The Georgia Review, The Texas Review,
The Chestnut Review,The Champagne Room, Discount Guillotine,
Pine Hills Review, SHIFT, The Meadow, and Pink Disco Magazine.
She received her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of
Maryland. She lives in New York.

OPEN MIC HOSTED BY
Natalie Gilda believes SWers are inherent storytellers, which is what
makes them such amazing writers. She is the creator and host of
Hot People Read Poetry, a SWer founded and focused open mic
experience and poetry show in NYC. She also cohosts an
interview series, Pink Dancing Poets.

Special Guest: NJ Red Umbrella Alliance, working to decriminalize and protect those in the SW community.

Supported by public funds from the Jersey City Arts and Culture Trust Fund