Join four strange women for an evening of surreal storytelling. Doors open at 7PM. Readings begin at 7:30PM.

▲ FEATURED READERS ▲

Kate Berwanger is a creator of zines, short tales, and concise oddities. She organizes literary events throughout Seattle, with a focus on finding new blood. Her passion lies in tactile and tangible storytelling. She is the founder of Assembly Literary Open Mic, which takes place on the first and third Wednesday of the month. Kate’s work can be found at www.thecoyhyena.com, and can be yours at the click of a button, in the space of a heartbeat.

Meredith Clark is a poet and writer whose work has received Black Warrior Review’s nonfiction prize, and been named a finalist for both the 2017 Tarpaulin Sky Book Prize and the 2017 Noemi Press Book Award. Her poetry has appeared in the Dusie Kollektiv, and Poetry Northwest. These days she writes about trees, bodies, fragments, and the uncategorizable.

Vivian Hua (華婷婷) is a writer, filmmaker, and organizer who traverses up and down the west coast. She is fascinated by synthesizing divergent schools of thought, and much of her work unifies her interest in the metaphysical with her belief that art can positively transform the self and society. She is Design Lead at Northwest Film Forum in Seattle, a Co-Founder of the civil rights film series, The Seventh Art Stand, and the Editor-in-Chief of the interdisciplinary arts publication, REDEFINE. Her narrative short film, Searching Skies – which touches on the controversial topic of Syrian refugee resettlement in the United States – and she is also in production on a documentary about a poverty-stricken coal mining town in Appalachian Ohio.

Anastacia-Renee is Civic Poet of Seattle and former 2015-2017 Poet-in-Residence at Hugo House. She is the author of four books: Forget It (Black Radish Books), (v.), (Gramma Press), Answer(Me) (Argus Press), and 26 (Dancing Girl Press), and her poetry, prose and fiction have been published widely.

▲ TAROT ▲

Meg is a designer, lifelong artist, and discerning bad girl. While earning a BA in Sociocultural Anthropology, Meg’s experiences as a queer, working-class academic helped her develop an analysis of systems of oppression that frames her intellectual and spiritual pursuits. As a Pride scholar, Meg went on to earn an AS in Graphic Design. A student of tarot for over a decade, she looks to the cards for personal healing and contemplation. Meg fosters self-love and self-knowledge by drawing on the intersections of her queerness and her woo-ness.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1634849286629838/