00:20:10 Adrienne Torf: Loving hello, ALexis 00:20:49 Rosie Gozali: Rosie from San Francisco 00:21:00 Max Backer: Welcome to the panel Black Lesbian Publishing During the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, sponsored by Sinister Wisdom. 00:21:06 Yolanda Brown: Reacted to "Welcome to the panel..." with 💚 00:21:46 Max Backer: The opening song was “We All Every One of Us” Performed by Sweet Hone in the Rock. It is available on Youtube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfSudZh9bN8&list=RDDfSudZh9bN8&index=1 00:22:12 Amy Spade: Oakland, CA, Ohlone land. 00:22:22 SDiane: Copenhagen Denmark 00:22:29 Sue Goldwomon: The land of the Ho-Chunk, called DeJope; now known as Madison, Wisconsin 00:22:29 Megan borrman: Greetings from Brighton, England. Thank you for this event! 00:22:30 Sharon Davenport: Ohlone 00:22:31 Angela: Seattle, home of the Duwamish and the Coast Salish. 00:22:31 Ariana Brown: Hello, tuning in from Houston, TX. Karankawa and Akokisa land. 00:22:33 Alexis De Veaux: I am in Richmond, VA, home of th Powhatan peoples 00:22:39 Jane Purtzer: Denver, Sioux 00:22:39 Michele Spring-Moore: Michele, Nonotuck land, western Mass 00:22:48 Emery Grant: from the unneeded land of the Haudenosaunee in Northern NY 00:22:53 emerald rutledge: Hi from Portugal 00:22:54 Evelyn White: Evelyn and Joanne from Mi’Kmaki (NS), Canada. Hello! 00:22:55 melissa schindler: I am on Cherokee and Muscogee land. 00:23:00 Janey Kelf: Sydney Australia 00:23:03 Sacharja Cunningham: Hello all, joining from Lenapehoking (Philly) 00:23:03 Jane Aulisio: Easthampton, Pocumtuk I think. 00:23:04 Laura Yaros & Beth Blackmore: Montreal, Canada. On unceded Kanie'Kehaka Nation (Mohawk) territory 00:23:04 Althea: Good evening from Columbia, Missouri! 00:23:07 Lisbet Tellefsen: Oakland, CA - Chochenyo Muwekma Ohlone land 00:23:08 Sherry Gorelick: Sherry on Lenape land 00:23:08 Kristen Petrone: Hello from Cheyenne, Ute, and Arapaho lands - Boulder CO 00:23:12 Vanessa Attah: New York City, hi! 00:23:13 Rosie Gozali: Ramatush Ohlone 00:23:13 Andréanne Wahlman: Tioh’tià:ke/Mooniyang/Montréal, land of the Kanien’kehà:ka 00:23:14 Daja Douglas: Philadelphia, Lenape land 00:23:16 Kenia Hale: Hi, I'm an AI assistant helping Porch Water Press Editors take notes for this meeting. Follow along the transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/cVGKCX3LQB1vvdjldJFKw7NxATo?utm_source=va_chat_link_1

You'll also be able to see screenshots of key moments, add highlights, comments, or action items to anything being said, and get an automatic summary after the meeting. 00:23:22 Jessica Meyer (she/her): Hello from Plattsburgh NY which is on unceded Kanienʼkehá꞉ka (Mohawk) and Ho-de-no-sau-nee-ga (Haudenosaunee) land 00:23:29 Valerie Hauch: Hello from St. Paul, MN, homeland of the Dakota people. 00:23:41 Dove V.: Hi hi from Ohio, on Erie land 00:23:52 Alyiah Gonzales: Zooming in from Elk Grove, CA on Miwok land 00:24:07 Patricia LANDER: Hello from Prosper, Texas, once Mexico 00:24:12 Adrienne Torf: Honoring the Ohlone and all the ancestors, free, enslaved and liberated, who have served as custodians to this land now called San Francisco 00:24:14 tony only: hello from unceeded ramatush ohlone land 00:24:18 Theo Quest: Hi from Phoenix, O’odham land 00:24:26 doris davenport: doris davenport - Greetings All, i grew up on Soque Street, born & raised in traditional Cherokee Homelands (aka Northeast Georgia). My family always acknowledged the Cherokee in this land. Siyo. 00:24:41 Max Backer: I hope you will become a subscriber to Sinister Wisdom. http://www.sinisterwisdom.org/subscribe and http://www.sinisterwisdom.org/sustainers) 00:24:53 Theo Quest: Reacted to "I hope you will beco..." with ❤️ 00:25:18 Cheryl Clarke: Greetings All. Lovely to see you! 00:25:24 Susanna Sturgis: Heya from West Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard, home of the Wampanoag people. 00:25:33 Noor Jaber: Hello everyone. Happy to be here with y’all! 00:25:42 Gina Murrell: Gina Murrell, joining from Queens, NY, land of the Munsee, Lenape, and Matinecock peoples. 00:25:46 Alexis De Veaux: Cheryl! Good you here!! 00:26:40 Jyl Lynn Felman: ditto that1 00:26:42 Max Backer: Briona Simone Jones is Assistant Professor of English and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Connecticut, specializing in African American literature, Feminist and Queer Theory, and Black Queer Studies. With a Ph.D. in English and Certificate in Women’s and Gender Studies from Michigan State University, Jones is an award-winning writer, scholar, and editor of Mouths of Rain: An Anthology of Black Lesbian Thought (The New Press), the most comprehensive anthology centering Black Lesbian thought to date. 00:27:03 Phyllis Harris: Seven Harris, Cleveland Ohio “Shawnee, Miami, and Wyandotte “ 00:28:06 Alex Nissen: The land of the Boonwurrung in Melbourne Australia 00:28:07 SDiane: I knew Terri 00:28:09 Jeannette Sanchez: HOLA! Jeannette Sanchez, DEIB Practitioner, here, residing in the Phoenix, AZ area - Valley of the Sun! Feel free to reach out & connect anytime! Love meeting people, making new contacts, & attending these events. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeannettemsanchez/ & https://mosaicdei.com/ 00:31:04 Sinister Wisdom: More information about Terri Jewell. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terri_L._Jewell 00:31:12 Theo Quest: Reacted to "More information abo..." with ❤️ 00:31:18 Max Backer: Reacted to "More information abo..." with ❤️ 00:31:22 Ariana Brown: What a firecracker of a poem! 00:31:22 Cheryl Hopson: Yes. Great reading. 00:31:24 Ra Malika Imhotep: Hey beloved Mama D, thank you for introducing me to Terri L Jewell 00:31:28 Sinister Wisdom: Terri Jewell’s papers are at MSU: https://findingaids.lib.msu.edu/repositories/4/resources/5577 00:31:32 doris davenport: Reacted to "Hey beloved Mama D, ..." with ❤️ 00:31:37 Daja Douglas: Reacted to "Terri Jewell’s paper..." with ❤️ 00:31:41 doris davenport: Reacted to "Yes. Great reading." with ❤️ 00:31:43 Cheryl Hopson: Reacted to "Terri Jewell’s paper..." with ❤️ 00:31:48 Max Backer: SDiane Bogus, now Shariananda Adamz is the former owner and author at Woman in the Moon Publications,a black feminist and new age book publisher. Established in 1979 in Compton,CA, the company began as a self-publishing poetry press. It developed into a small press/distributor for poetry, prose,science fiction, and lesbian and gay literature (before the current age). It closed in year 2000. Authors included Red Jordan Arobateau, Abby Bogomolny, Nina Silver, Sherrilyn Posey, Merilene M; Murphy and many others distributed via catalog sales. SDiane lives in Denmark with her spouse Vivi Borregaard Adamz. 00:31:52 Sacharja Cunningham: Reacted to "What a firecracker o..." with ‼️ 00:32:14 Daja Douglas: Reacted to "SDiane Bogus, now Sh..." with ❤️ 00:32:20 Janey Kelf: Reacted to "SDiane Bogus, now Sh…" with ❤️ 00:32:37 Max Backer: Black lesbian feminist writer, Cheryl Clarke, is the author of Narratives: Poems in the Tradition of Black Women (1982), Living as a Lesbian (1986, reprinted in 2015), Humid Pitch (1989), Experimental Love (1993), and By My Precise Haircut (2016). Since 1979, she has written for and edited numerous publications, including the iconic feminist anthologies, This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color (Moraga and Anzaldua, eds., 1980), and Home Girls: A Black Feminist Anthology (Smith, ed., 1982). Most recently her work appears in Mouths of Rain: An Anthology of Black Lesbian Thought (Jones, ed., 2021) Since 2013, she has been a co-organizer of the annual Hobart N. Y. Festival of Women Writers. She received her Ph.D. in English from Rutgers University. And after 41 years of service there, on the New Brunswick (N.J.) campus, she retired in 2013. She spends her time between writing and working with her partner, Barbara Balliet, in their bookstore in Hobart, N.Y. 00:32:58 Cheryl Hopson: This panel is fire, by the way (in the vernacular). 00:33:11 Max Backer: doris diosa davenport (pronouns: person / per): Performance poet, writer, educator & independent scholar; BA Paine College; MA SUNY/Buffalo, NY; PhD Univ. of So. Calif. Visionary 75-year-old born (Jan. 29, 1949) & raised in traditional Cherokee Homelands (aka Northeast Georgia). Sapiosexual lesbian-feminist; Member of CLA (www.clascholars.org), Alternate ROOTS (www.alternateroots.org) and The International (& Intergalactic) LGBTQ+ Nation! Per continually, adamantly works to end all forms of oppression, towards truth & honesty – based egalitarian, inclusive and *magical* realities. 00:33:14 doris davenport: Reacted to "This panel is fire, ..." with 👍🏾 00:33:14 Yolanda Brown: Replying to "This panel is fire, ..." Absolutely! 00:33:19 Max Backer: New book, testimony: proclamations, poems, potions is person’s 13th published book. Believes in the transformative, revolutionary potential of poetry and of joy; therefore, very happy to be included in these two collections, Black Joy Unbound: An Anthology (https://www.blfpress.com/bookstore/blackjoyunboundanthology). And 100 Thousand Poets for Change: 10+ Years of Poetic Activism (A Collective Memory) [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CFCYVW7S?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860] Contact: zorahpoet7@gmail.com. 00:33:35 Max Backer: ALEXIS DE VEAUX is one of a stellar list of American writers highlighted by LIT CITY, a public art initiative of banners bearing their names and images in downtown Buffalo, New York, in recognition of the city’s renowned literary legacy. Co-Founder of The Center for Poetic Healing, a project of Lyrical Democracies (with Kathy Engel), and of the Flamboyant Ladies Theatre Company (with Gwendolen Hardwick), ALEXIS DE VEAUX is a black queer feminist independent scholar whose work in multiple genres is internationally known. Born and raised in Harlem, New York City, Ms. De Veaux is published in five languages-English, Portuguese, Dutch, Japanese and Serbo-Croatian. Over the past five decades her work has appeared in numerous anthologies and publications, most recently in Mouths of Rain, An Anthology of Black Lesbian Thought (ed. Briona Simone Jones, 2021). 00:33:42 Yolanda Brown: Reacted to "doris diosa davenpor..." with 👏🏽 00:33:43 Max Backer: De Veaux is the author of the memoir Spirits In The Street (1973); an award-winning children’s book, Na-ni (1973); the biography-in-prose, Don’t Explain, A Song of Billie Holiday (1980); Blue Heat: A Portfolio of Poems and Drawings (1985); the poems, Spirit Talk (1997); and An Enchanted Hair Tale (1987), a recipient of the 1988 Coretta Scott King Award presented by the American Library Association and the 1991 Lorraine Hansberry Award for Excellence in Children’s Literature. Her plays include Circles, (1972); The Tapestry (1975); A Season to Unravel (1979); NO (1980); and Elbow Rooms (1986). 00:33:50 Max Backer: De Veaux also authored Warrior Poet, A Biography of Audre Lorde (2004). The first biography of the pioneering lesbian poet, Warrior Poet has won several prestigious awards including the Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation Legacy Award, Nonfiction (2005), the Gustavus Meyers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights Outstanding Book Award (2004), and the Lambda Literary Foundation Award for Biography (2004). In other media, Ms. De Veaux’s work appears on several recordings, including the highly-acclaimed album, Sisterfire (Olivia Records, 1985). As an artist and lecturer she has traveled extensively throughout the United States, the Caribbean, Africa, Japan and Europe; and is recognized for her on-going contributions to a number of community-based organizations. 00:33:52 Yolanda Brown: Reacted to "Black lesbian femini..." with 👏🏽 00:33:52 Sinister Wisdom: The recording and the chat will be available at https://www.sinisterwisdom.org/lynnlonidier on Wednesday or Thursday of this week. 00:33:59 Max Backer: Ms. De Veaux was a tenured member of the faculty of the University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 1992-2013; teaching, most recently, as Associate Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies in the Department of Transnational Studies. Her novel, Yabo, was published by Redbone Press (2014) and was awarded the 2015 Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction. She is on the board of the Roadwork Center for Cultures in Disputed Territory and co-founder (with Amy Horowitz) of The Enclave Habitat, a network of socially conscious international artists and activists. Her latest work, JesusDevil, The Parables was published by AK Press in the spring of 2023. 00:34:03 Lisbet Tellefsen: Reacted to "SDiane Bogus, now Sh..." with ❤️ 00:34:03 Yolanda Brown: Reacted to "SDiane Bogus, now Sh..." with 👏🏽 00:34:06 Max Backer: Further information is available on her author website, alexisdeveaux.com. 00:34:17 Yolanda Brown: Reacted to "Ms. De Veaux was a t..." with 👏🏽 00:34:52 Kenia Hale: Hi, I'm an AI assistant helping Porch Water Press Editors take notes for this meeting. Follow along the transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/cVGKCX3LQB1vvdjldJFKw7NxATo?utm_source=va_chat_link_2

You'll also be able to see screenshots of key moments, add highlights, comments, or action items to anything being said, and get an automatic summary after the meeting. 00:35:10 Briona Jones: https://arisawhite.com/projects/black-women-in-the-archives/ 00:36:04 Max Backer: SDiane Bogus-Adamz channel at You Tube: https://churchhouseoftruehearts.wordpress.com/ 00:40:15 Max Backer: Select prints of SDiane Bogus-Adamz’ work can be found at Bolerium Books (SF) https://www.bolerium.com/ 00:41:11 Max Backer: Black Lesban herstory photoessay: https://stories.lib.berkeley.edu 00:42:54 doris davenport: WORK IT, SDiane!!! 🔥 00:43:01 Sasha charlemagne: How stunning 00:43:02 Vanessa Attah: WOOW Amazing! 00:43:16 Sequoya Hayes: ❤️ 00:43:25 Celia Lang: 👏👏👏 Love is a poem. 00:43:30 Yolanda Brown: 🙌🏽 wonderful piece! 00:43:44 Maya Moore: 👏👏👏 00:43:48 Janey Kelf: Beautiful Thankyou 🌸 00:43:53 Sharon Davenport: 👏 00:44:01 Alyiah Gonzales: 💖 00:44:10 Jane Purtzer: Could you name the poem just read again? Thanks 00:44:37 Max Backer: Further work by SDiane Bogus-Adamz available via Amazon and Saxo include: I'm Off to See the Goddamn Wizard,Alright! 1970 first printing For the Love of Men 1991 Woman in the Moon 1971 Dykehands & Sutras Erotic &Lyric1989 Sapphire's Sample and anthology1982 The Chant of the Women of Magdalena 1990 The Book of Answers 1917 00:44:52 Sherry Gorelick: Hey Cheryl 00:44:53 doris davenport: Cheryl! One of my most favorite of your poems!! 00:45:04 Max Backer: Other Books published by Woman in the Moon Publications (out of print) The Lesbian and Gay Wedding Album (proof copy) Edited by SDiane and Phillip G, Lynch The Kwanzza Handbook, edited by Muwatta Weiusi-Puryear May I See Your Hand? (palm reading) edited by Myrna Lou Goldbaum Eye of the Wind written by MaryJane Brewster Intro to Fine by Adele Sebastian (deceased) The Book of Lives, by Sherrilyn Posey Laughter of the Witch by Red Jordan Arobateau Under Peace Rising by Merilene M. Murphy Whistling Women by Denise Harvey I, Lillian by Irene Lillian Randolph 00:45:24 Briona Jones: “How Does You Love Me? Blackmama” -SDiane Bogus 00:45:38 Briona Jones: “Of Althea and Flaxie”—Cheryl Clarke 00:45:59 Regina Kolber: Can I be on two devices so I can watch this and put a longer msg in the chat? Can someone get this to the tech person? Thx. 00:46:38 Kenia Hale: chills 00:47:11 Jeannette Sanchez: Yes! 00:47:15 Rose Norman: Replying to "Can I be on two devi…" Zoom won’t let you on two devices 00:47:16 Kenia Hale: What’s the name of this poem again? 00:47:25 Maya Moore: “Of Althea and Flaxie”—Cheryl Clarke 00:47:34 Sinister Wisdom: Replying to "Can I be on two devi..." Hi, Regina, yes you can be on two devices. You need a separate registration usually - separate email. Mute BOTH devices. 00:47:38 Max Backer: Reacted to "“Of Althea and Flaxi..." with ❤️ 00:47:56 doris davenport: 🌹🔥🙏🏾❤️🎉 🙏🏾 ((( Cheryl ))) 00:47:57 Noor Jaber: wow. 00:47:58 Ariana Brown: Wonderful poem! 00:48:01 Megan borrman: wow. felt that poem through my whole body 00:48:01 Gwynne Garfinkle: So beautiful! 00:48:02 Kenia Hale: WOWWWWWWW 00:48:06 Kris Ford: 🥹 00:48:07 doris davenport: Reacted to "So beautiful!" with ❤️ 00:48:07 Vanessa Attah: So so beautiful… 00:48:07 Maya Moore: 👏👏👏 00:48:11 Yolanda Brown: 🙌🏽 splendid 00:48:15 Emily Owens: Praise! 00:48:15 Lisbet Tellefsen: Gratitude!! 00:48:32 Noor Jaber: Love that cover art 00:48:35 Theo Quest: So grateful you shared that. ❤️ 00:48:36 Janey Kelf: 🌸🍃🌼🌿⭐️ 00:48:55 Kenia Hale: Whew!!! 00:49:23 Max Backer: Replying to "Other Books publishe..." Woman in the Moon the book is still available at Bolerian! 00:49:38 Sequoya Hayes: Reacted to "Woman in the Moon th..." with ❤️ 00:49:41 doris davenport: Reacted to "Woman in the Moon th..." with 👍🏾 00:50:14 Sinister Wisdom: Look for the republication of BLUE HEAT from Sinister Wisdom’s Sapphic Classic series in 2024! We are so excited about it! 00:50:24 Gwynne Garfinkle: Reacted to "Look for the republi..." with ❤️ 00:50:45 Max Backer: Reacted to "Look for the republi..." with ❤️ 00:50:55 Jessica Meyer (she/her): Reacted to "Look for the republi..." with ❤️ 00:51:01 doris davenport: The rhythms . . . the sounds . . . 00:51:15 Megan borrman: fuck 00:51:21 Kenia Hale: stunned 00:51:24 Vanessa Attah: Speechless. 00:51:25 Maya Moore: 👏👏👏 00:51:27 Yolanda Brown: 🙌🏽 Outstanding 00:51:42 Alexis De Veaux: www.alexisdeveaux.com 00:52:01 Sequoya Hayes: ah-mazing 00:52:01 Celia Lang: Love the courage of these words shared 00:52:16 Janey Kelf: Such joy to hear Thankyou🌺 00:52:19 Ra Malika Imhotep: Gorgeous and luscious, Alexis ❤️ 00:52:21 Alexis De Veaux: New work by Alexis De Veaux: JesusDevil, The Parables (AK Press 2023) 00:52:25 Sharon Davenport: Reacted to "Look for the republi..." with ❤️ 00:52:43 Sinister Wisdom: d. davenport links to most recent / relevant publications: Introduction (about self-publishing in1970's / 80's) http://www.lesbianpoetryarchive.org/itslikethis 00:52:53 Ra Malika Imhotep: One time for the Georgia-grown ! 00:53:05 Yolanda Brown: Reacted to "One time for the Geo..." with 🙌🏽 00:53:14 Vanessa Attah: Reacted to "One time for the Geo..." with 🙌🏽 00:53:26 Max Backer: New work by Alexis De Veaux: JesusDevil, The Parables (AK Press 2023) Available at: https://www.akpress.org/jesusdevil.html 00:53:29 Sinister Wisdom: JesusDevil is amazing. Order directly from the publisher here: https://www.akpress.org/jesusdevil.html 00:53:52 Sequoya Hayes: grateful 00:54:29 Sinister Wisdom: d. davenport links to most recent / relevant publications: Black Joy Unbound: An Anthology (https://www.blfpress.com/bookstore/blackjoyunboundanthology) 00:55:10 Kenia Hale: asé!! 00:55:17 Regina Kolber: I’d like to tell everyone about a movie coming to NYC and maybe it’ll come to your community or you can stream it sometime. It’s coming to the Film Forum, our women owned art film house, in November. It’s called ‘Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project.’ 00:55:26 Sinister Wisdom: 100 Thousand Poets for Change: 10+ Years of Poetic Activism - An Anthology (A Collective Memory) [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CFCYVW7S?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860] Newest book (by doris davenport, self-published): testimony: poems, proclamations, potions available https://www.amazon.com/testimony-proclamations-potions-doris-davenport/dp/B0BSJJPLRZ/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1683054052&sr=1-1! & a review by Cheryl Hopson in Sinister Wisdom #130 (We Teach Sex to Everyone) Contact: zorahpoet7@gmail.com 00:55:56 Sharon Davenport: 👏👏 00:56:20 Max Backer: Replying to "I’d like to tell eve..." https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7196012/ ❤️ 00:57:31 Sequoya Hayes: phewww 00:57:37 Maya Moore: 👏👏👏 00:57:41 Yolanda Brown: 🙌🏽 Always delicious 00:57:41 Gwynne Garfinkle: Wonderful! 00:57:41 Megan borrman: brilliant 00:57:43 Vanessa Attah: 👏👏👏👏 00:57:49 melissa schindler: 🙌 00:57:49 Alyiah Gonzales: My heart is so full! I’m so grateful for what y’all have chosen to share with us today!!! 00:58:23 Cherie Ann Turpin: Thank you! 00:59:36 doris davenport: Reacted to "🙌" with 🙏🏾 01:01:30 Jane Purtzer: Thank you so much! Thanks to Julie, the writers, readers and everyone who came! A wonderfull event! 01:02:15 Yolanda Brown: Yes, Blue Heat was one of the first works I read by Alexis DeVeaux and it stands as an extraordinary part of my development as a reader, writer and thinker. 01:02:39 Alexis De Veaux: THANK YOU YOLANDA!! 01:04:28 Susanna Sturgis: Having been a feminist bookstore worker in the early/mid 1980s -- I'm thrilled to know that so many of the poets who inspired me then are *still at it*. 01:04:34 Kris Ford: So important to many writers today who believe that if their art does not sell it is not worth making. 01:04:58 Kris Ford: Reacted to "Having been a femini…" with ❤️ 01:05:02 Daja Douglas: Reacted to "Having been a femini..." with ❤️ 01:05:06 Althea: Reacted to "Having been a femi..." with ❤️ 01:05:06 Gwynne Garfinkle: Reacted to "Having been a femini..." with ❤️ 01:05:11 Theo Quest: Reacted to "Having been a femini..." with ❤️ 01:05:42 Sinister Wisdom: d. davenport links to most recent / relevant publications: Introduction (about self-publishing in1970's / 80's) http://www.lesbianpoetryarchive.org/itslikethis 01:05:55 Susanna Sturgis: Reacted to "So important to many..." with ♥️ 01:05:55 Sinister Wisdom: Replying to "d. davenport links t..." That is the reprint edition of doris’s chapbook 01:05:59 Lisbet Tellefsen: Yep!! Still smell that purple ink!! 01:06:13 Max Backer: Reacted to "d. davenport links t..." with ❤️ 01:06:15 Yolanda Brown: Reacted to "Yep!! Still smell th..." with 😃 01:06:28 Yolanda Brown: Reacted to "So important to many..." with ♥️ 01:06:30 Sinister Wisdom: Newest book (by doris davenport, self-published): testimony: poems, proclamations, potions available https://www.amazon.com/testimony-proclamations-potions-doris-davenport/dp/B0BSJJPLRZ/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1683054052&sr=1-1! & a review by Cheryl Hopson in Sinister Wisdom #130 (We Teach Sex to Everyone) 01:06:41 Delna Buhariwalla: Reacted to Newest book (by dori... with "❤️" 01:06:50 Kenia Hale: It means so much to be here with y’all. I currently run a Black Queer Women run press called Porch Water Press - porchwaterpress.com - and it means THE WORLD to be learning from my literary ancestors and elders <3 <3 <# THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK! I’m so inspired :’) 01:07:04 Yolanda Brown: Replying to "THANK YOU YOLANDA!!" You are most welcome, Ms. De Veaux 01:07:08 Daja Douglas: Reacted to "It means so much to ..." with ❤️ 01:07:20 Susanna Sturgis: Replying to "So important to many..." Having a nationwide -- worldwide sometimes -- network to reach readers in those days was so important. 01:07:27 Theo Quest: Reacted to "It means so much to ..." with ❤️ 01:07:39 Ra Malika Imhotep: Talk yo talk, mama d lol 01:07:47 Theo Quest: Reacted to "So important to many..." with ♥️ 01:07:52 Theo Quest: Reacted to "Having a nationwide ..." with 💯 01:08:01 Sasha and Esther Jarvis-Pillai: Reacted to "Having a nationwide ..." with ❤️ 01:08:07 Sasha and Esther Jarvis-Pillai: Reacted to "So important to many..." with ❤️ 01:08:49 Megan borrman: I've got to leave due to health but as a bedbound person I want to say how much I appreciate that this is on zoom! It's been an absolute joy listening to and seeing these poems being performed in real time. it will stay with me for a long time. cant wait to see the rest of the recorded video when it's up 01:08:59 Celia Lang: I hope women access our vintage/herstory of self/published work, books and mags now in national, academic and regional lesbian archives. And, to find a home for their own work. 01:09:06 Susanna Sturgis: Reacted to "It means so much to ..." with ♥️ 01:09:09 Max Backer: Reacted to "I've got to leave du..." with ❤️ 01:09:29 doris davenport: Reacted to "Talk yo talk, mama d..." with 🙏🏾 01:09:39 doris davenport: Reacted to "Having a nationwide ..." with 👍🏾 01:09:42 Yolanda Brown: Reacted to "I've got to leave du..." with ❤️ 01:09:50 Susanna Sturgis: Replying to "It means so much to ..." I'm inspired to learn about Porch Water Press. Carry it on! 01:09:59 Megan borrman: Reacted to "It means so much to ..." with ❤️ 01:10:08 Vanessa Attah: Reacted to "It means so much to ..." with ❤️ 01:10:13 Althea: Reacted to "I've got to leave ..." with ❤️ 01:10:28 Andréanne Wahlman: Reacted to "It means so much to ..." with ❤️ 01:10:39 Jean Taylor: Jean Taylor coming to you from the unceded stolen Lands of the Wurundjeri Woiwurrung people in Bulleke-bek Merri-bek Naarm Melbourne Australia and thank you all very much for this dynamic, inspiring and truly magnificent session, with poetry to die for and in praise of self-publishing and all of it just what I needed to start the day in a way that has been lyrically moving 01:11:18 Briona Jones: Aquarius things 01:11:28 Isaiah Alston: Reacted to "Aquarius things" with 😆 01:11:30 Dove V.: Reacted to "I've got to leave du…" with ❤️ 01:11:30 Sequoya Hayes: Reacted to "Aquarius things" with ‼️ 01:11:37 Kenia Hale: Talking from outside time … stunning ! 01:11:42 doris davenport: “ Kind of outside of time” - Yes, SDiane! ❤️ 01:12:46 Yolanda Brown: Reacted to "“ Kind of outside of..." with 💚 01:13:37 Kenia Hale: Reacted to "I'm inspired to lear..." with ❤️ 01:14:17 Adrienne Torf: Any suggestions for where I can pass along a collection of poetry books, much of it by Black women poets? I hold it close now, and thinking about where it could mean the most to people once my life comes to an end. 01:14:26 Sasha charlemagne: The importance of the introduction, of placing the work in conversation with the history...Mouths of Rain has the most important introductory pages I've read in my life thus far. Gave me language for my selfhood. 01:14:56 Sacharja Cunningham: Reacted to "The importance of th..." with ‼️ 01:15:11 Sinister Wisdom: Reacted to "The importance of th..." with ❤️ 01:15:17 Alyiah Gonzales: Reacted to "The importance of th..." with 💖 01:15:18 Yolanda Brown: Reacted to "The importance of th..." with ‼️ 01:15:19 Althea: Reacted to "Any suggestions fo..." with ❤️ 01:15:23 Sequoya Hayes: Reacted to "The importance of th..." with ‼️ 01:15:23 Yolanda Brown: Reacted to "The importance of th..." with ❤️ 01:15:25 Yolanda Brown: Reacted to "The importance of th..." with 💖 01:15:34 Cheryl Hopson: Yes. <3 01:15:49 Regina Kolber: Reacted to "Any suggestions for …" with ❤️ 01:16:03 Max Backer: Replying to "Any suggestions for ..." @Sinister Wisdom flagging this question — we can reach out? 01:16:21 Alex Nissen: This has been brilliant thank you for organising today ❤️ 01:16:44 Adrienne Torf: Replying to "Any suggestions for ..." Yes, please do 01:16:53 Celia Lang: thank you. important to set our work in time by writing a preface that documents and honors our literary influences. 01:16:54 Yeva Johnson: Thank you all for this program!!❤️💜❤️💜❤️💜 01:17:04 Sinister Wisdom: Replying to "Any suggestions for ..." @Adrienne Torf email me julie@sinisterwisdom.org and I can give you a few ideas and put you in touch with folks. 01:17:15 Isaiah Alston: Reacted to "The importance of th…" with 💖 01:17:45 Kenia Hale: Yes!!! 01:17:51 Jeannette Sanchez: Love that! My spirituality is lesbianism... <3 01:17:52 Kayann Short: To Adrienne: You might consider the Friedman Feminist Press Collection at Colorado State University’s Morgan Library. Thank you for wanting to pass your collection on for others to read. 01:18:18 Kris Ford: Cheryl I just want to share that your poem Althea and Flaxie entered my heart in Joan Nestle’s Persistent Desire. It kept me company as a possibility model and it helped keep me going in no small way. Love to you! 01:18:19 doris davenport: Reacted to "Love that! My spirit..." with 👍🏾 01:18:23 Max Backer: Reacted to "To Adrienne: You mig..." with ❤️ 01:18:36 Delna Buhariwalla: Ms. Clarke 🙏🏽🩵 01:18:42 Yolanda Brown: What a stellar event! Thank you, Sinister Wisdom, Briona Jones, Cheryl Clarker, Doris Davenport, Alexis De Veaux, and S SDiane Bogus-Adamz 01:18:49 Kris Ford: Reacted to "Ms. Clarke 🙏🏽🩵" with ❤️ 01:18:52 Kris Ford: Reacted to "What a stellar event…" with ❤️ 01:18:54 Yolanda Brown: Reacted to "Ms. Clarke 🙏🏽🩵" with ❤️ 01:18:57 doris davenport: Reacted to "What a stellar event..." with 🙏🏾 01:19:05 Yolanda Brown: Reacted to "Love that! My spirit..." with 👍🏾 01:19:08 Vanessa Attah: Reacted to "Love that! My spirit..." with 👍🏾 01:19:11 Yolanda Brown: YES LORDT! 01:19:11 Henri Bensussen: So valuable to hear our history, to honor these women and hear how they managed to publish and write. 01:19:14 Alex Nissen: ❤️🌹❤️My spirituality is lesbianism❤️🌹❤️ 01:19:16 Ra Malika Imhotep: Yes Alexis, bring us there 01:19:22 Sequoya Hayes: yasssss 01:19:22 Yolanda Brown: Reacted to "Yes Alexis, bring us..." with 🙌🏽 01:19:26 Yolanda Brown: Reacted to "yasssss" with 🙌🏽 01:19:33 Yolanda Brown: Reacted to "❤️🌹❤️My spiritualit..." with 💚 01:19:42 Lola Flash: Reacted to "yasssss" with ❤️ 01:20:05 Adrienne Torf: Reacted to "To Adrienne: You mig..." with ❤️ 01:20:06 Lola Flash: Reacted to "Ms. Clarke 🙏🏽🩵" with ❤️ 01:20:13 doris davenport: Reacted to "Yes Alexis, bring us..." with 🔥 01:20:36 Briona Jones: sitting at the altar of pussy-Alexis De Veaux 01:20:40 Briona Jones: #citeblackwomen 01:20:43 Jeannette Sanchez: Reacted to "yasssss" with 💯 01:20:44 Yolanda Brown: Reacted to "sitting at the altar..." with 💚 01:20:47 Lola Flash: Reacted to "sitting at the altar…" with 💚 01:20:49 Sharon Davenport: 👏👏Thank you Alexis 01:20:52 Jeannette Sanchez: Reacted to "sitting at the altar..." with 👏🏽 01:20:54 Yolanda Brown: Reacted to "👏👏Thank you Alexis" with 💚 01:20:58 Jeannette Sanchez: Reacted to "❤️🌹❤️My spiritualit..." with 💯 01:21:08 Ra Malika Imhotep: Reacted to "sitting at the altar..." with 🙏🏿 01:21:17 Alexis De Veaux: Yaasssss! 01:21:18 Ra Malika Imhotep: Replying to "sitting at the altar..." axé 01:21:50 Yolanda Brown: Reacted to "Yaasssss!" with 💚 01:22:01 Yolanda Brown: Reacted to "axé" with 💚 01:22:42 Sequoya Hayes: Reacted to "Any suggestions for ..." with ❤️ 01:23:04 doris davenport: “Recognize alternate altars! “ multiple 01:23:12 Yolanda Brown: Reacted to "“Recognize alternate..." with 🙌🏽 01:23:49 Lisbet Tellefsen: S Diane: you changed my life. Not only your words, but that day I was your (novice) bid whist partner at a house party. That was the day I decided to learn poker—never looked back! 01:23:57 doris davenport: Reacted to "S Diane: you changed..." with 👍🏾 01:24:00 Yolanda Brown: Reacted to "S Diane: you changed..." with 🙌🏽 01:25:15 Susanna Sturgis: Reacted to "S Diane: you changed..." with ♥️ 01:25:33 Sasha charlemagne: a word 01:25:39 Yolanda Brown: YES YES YES 01:25:39 Ra Malika Imhotep: Reacted to "S Diane: you changed..." with ❤️ 01:25:40 Jeannette Sanchez: yaaaas! 01:25:43 Kenia Hale: I know das right !!!! 01:25:50 Cheryl Hopson: This was magical. Thank you all. 01:25:51 Sequoya Hayes: 😅 01:25:57 Dove V.: Amen! 01:26:05 Celia Lang: Truth. Gracias y brazos xxx 01:26:12 Alyiah Gonzales: This was so incredible, smiling from ear to ear over here!! Thank you so so much! 01:26:14 Gwynne Garfinkle: Thank you, everyone! 01:26:15 Maya Moore: Thank you! 01:26:17 Ronna Magy: Thank you all! 01:26:22 Tiffany Ates: Thank you!!! 01:26:26 Gina Murrell: Thank you!! 01:26:29 Daja Douglas: Reacted to "S Diane: you changed..." with ♥️ 01:26:30 Vanessa Attah: thank you thank you thank you - sustaining is the word. <3 01:26:36 tony only: incredible !! every word! thank you all! 01:26:36 Sharon Davenport: Thank you ! 01:26:37 Alex Nissen: Thank you ❤️🌹❤️❤️🌹❤️❤️🌹❤️ 01:26:43 Ra Malika Imhotep: So much love and gratitude! 01:26:44 Ariana Brown: Thank you! 01:26:45 Jeannette Sanchez: Gracias!!! 01:26:48 Bonnilee Kaufman: omg. that was sooo fine 01:26:58 Ra Malika Imhotep: yassss 01:27:04 Yolanda Brown: Reacted to "yassss" with 🙌🏽 01:27:10 Kristen Petrone: Thank you all so much - this has been a fantastic gathering of community that I am honored to have been a part of 01:27:14 ri tai: Thank you!!! 01:27:16 Jessica Meyer (she/her): thank you!!! 01:27:18 Kayann Short: Thank you for your wonderful words! 01:27:19 Alexis De Veaux: Thank you Everybody for an amazing event!! 01:27:21 Dove V.: Thank you all for sharing your inspirational and profound works! 01:27:26 Yolanda Brown: Reacted to "Thank you Everybody ..." with 💚 01:27:26 Ra Malika Imhotep: Reacted to "Thank you Everybody ..." with ❤️ 01:27:29 Noor Jaber: Thank you all so much. Truly inspiring to hear from you tonight 01:27:41 Lisa Barroca: I can’t yet 01:27:47 Susanna Sturgis: Wonderful inspiring sustaining -- thank you all! 01:27:58 Emery Grant: Thank you so very much all and Sinister Wisdom. 01:28:12 Kenia Hale: I can’t hear it well 01:28:24 Daja Douglas: Thank you so much! 01:28:54 melissa schindler: Thank you for this amazing event! 01:29:31 Dove V.: 💃💃💃 01:29:44 Vanessa Attah: Reacted to "💃💃💃" with 🎉 01:29:54 Alyiah Gonzales: Reacted to "💃💃💃" with 🎉 01:30:26 Alex Nissen: ❤️🌹❤️💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻❤️🌹❤️ 01:30:34 Dove V.: Reacted to "❤️🌹❤️💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻❤️…" with ❤️ 01:30:49 Cherie Ann Turpin: ❤️❤️ 01:30:54 doris davenport: Reacted to "❤️🌹❤️💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻❤️..." with 🙏🏾 01:30:59 Jeannette Sanchez: Reacted to "❤️🌹❤️💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻❤️..." with 🤩 01:31:09 Jeannette Sanchez: Reacted to "💃💃💃" with 💖 01:31:13 Jeannette Sanchez: Reacted to "❤️❤️" with 👍🏽 01:32:00 Kenia Hale: To the hosts and writers - thank you for putting on this event!!! It means so much to be here with y’all. I currently run a Black Queer Women run press called Porch Water Press - porchwaterpress.com - and it means THE WORLD to be learning from my literary ancestors and elders and history <3 <3 <# THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK! I’m so inspired :’)