Women of Resistance

In response to the 2016 Presidential election the artistic activists of the nation have reacted in a myriad of ways, one of which was poetry. Editors Danielle Barnhart and Iris Mahan have weaved through the poetry scene to collect an extraordinary list of poets who have taken a feminist stance against this new administration. This process started as a casual group project and has now expanded into an anthology of women’s resistance, proceeds of which support Planned Parenthood and the Center for Reproductive Rights.

With poems that fight racism, sexism, and violence from powerful new writers, performers, and activists with established poets, this collection represents the complexity and diversity of contemporary womanhood. Join us as Barnhart and Mahan discuss the volume with contributors Rosebud Ben-Oni, Mahogany L. Browne, Denice Frohman, Dorothea Lasky, and Maureen McLane!

Danielle Barnhart is co-founding Editor & Director of Events for Village of Crickets. Winner of the 2015 Donald Everett Axinn Award in Poetry, she lives (and writes) on Long Island with her family.

Rosebud Ben-Oni is a recipient of the 2014 NYFA Fellowship in Poetry and a CantoMundo Fellow. She is the author of SOLECISM (Virtual Artists Collective, 2013), a contributor to The Conversant, and an Editorial Advisor for VIDA: Women in Literary Arts. Her poems appear in POETRYThe American Poetry ReviewTriQuarterlyPraire SchoonerArts & Letters, and Hunger Mountain, among others.

Mahogany L. Browne is a Cave Canem, Poets House, and Serenbe Focus alum and the author of several books, including Redbone (nominated for NAACP Outstanding Literary Works), and #Dear Twitter: Love Letters Hashed Out Online in 140 Characters or Less (recommended by Small Press Distribution and About.com Best Poetry Books of 2010). Her poetry has been published in literary journals PluckManhattanville ReviewMuzzleUnion Station MagLiterary BohemianBestiaryJoint and The Feminist Wire.

Denice Frohman is a 2014 CantoMundo Fellow, 2013 Women of the World Poetry Slam Champion, and former Leeway Transformation Award recipient. Her work has appeared on ESPN and The Huffington Post, and is forthcoming in Nepantla: An Anthology for Queer Poets of Color. She has featured at over 200 colleges and universities and hundreds of high schools, non-profits, and cultural arts spaces; she performed at the White House in 2016.











When: Tue., Mar. 13, 2018 at 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Where: The Strand
828 Broadway
212-473-1452
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In response to the 2016 Presidential election the artistic activists of the nation have reacted in a myriad of ways, one of which was poetry. Editors Danielle Barnhart and Iris Mahan have weaved through the poetry scene to collect an extraordinary list of poets who have taken a feminist stance against this new administration. This process started as a casual group project and has now expanded into an anthology of women’s resistance, proceeds of which support Planned Parenthood and the Center for Reproductive Rights.

With poems that fight racism, sexism, and violence from powerful new writers, performers, and activists with established poets, this collection represents the complexity and diversity of contemporary womanhood. Join us as Barnhart and Mahan discuss the volume with contributors Rosebud Ben-Oni, Mahogany L. Browne, Denice Frohman, Dorothea Lasky, and Maureen McLane!

Danielle Barnhart is co-founding Editor & Director of Events for Village of Crickets. Winner of the 2015 Donald Everett Axinn Award in Poetry, she lives (and writes) on Long Island with her family.

Rosebud Ben-Oni is a recipient of the 2014 NYFA Fellowship in Poetry and a CantoMundo Fellow. She is the author of SOLECISM (Virtual Artists Collective, 2013), a contributor to The Conversant, and an Editorial Advisor for VIDA: Women in Literary Arts. Her poems appear in POETRYThe American Poetry ReviewTriQuarterlyPraire SchoonerArts & Letters, and Hunger Mountain, among others.

Mahogany L. Browne is a Cave Canem, Poets House, and Serenbe Focus alum and the author of several books, including Redbone (nominated for NAACP Outstanding Literary Works), and #Dear Twitter: Love Letters Hashed Out Online in 140 Characters or Less (recommended by Small Press Distribution and About.com Best Poetry Books of 2010). Her poetry has been published in literary journals PluckManhattanville ReviewMuzzleUnion Station MagLiterary BohemianBestiaryJoint and The Feminist Wire.

Denice Frohman is a 2014 CantoMundo Fellow, 2013 Women of the World Poetry Slam Champion, and former Leeway Transformation Award recipient. Her work has appeared on ESPN and The Huffington Post, and is forthcoming in Nepantla: An Anthology for Queer Poets of Color. She has featured at over 200 colleges and universities and hundreds of high schools, non-profits, and cultural arts spaces; she performed at the White House in 2016.

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