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Sierra DeMulder: February Tour Schedule
I’ll be adding a few shows here and there, but I will keep everyone posted. March, April and May schedules are on the way. Reblog! Invite your friends! Will I be seeing YOU next month??
February 8th:
Cantab Poetry Slam
738 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA - 8pm
February 9th:
Loser Slam
Inkwell Coffee House
655 Second Avenue
Long Branch, NJ - 9pm
February 10th:
SUNY Geneseo
TBA Geneseo, NY - 9pm
February 13th:
York College of PA
Sparts Den
441 Country Club Road
York, PA - 7pm
February 16th:
Troy-Buchanan High School Writer’s Week
Troy, Missouri - Private
February 19th:
Uptown Poetry Slam
Green Mill Jazz Club
4802 N. Broadway Ave.
Chicago, IL - 7pm
February 20th:
Mental Graffiti
Cole’s Bar
2338 N Milwaukee Ave
Chicago, IL - 7:30pm
February 22nd:
In One Ear
Heartland Cafe
7000 N Glenwood Ave
Chicago, IL - 9:00pm
February 27th:
Fremd High School Writer’s Week
Palatine, IL - Private
February 28th:
Berklee College of Music
Berklee Poetry Slam
Room 110 of 7 Haviland Street
Boston, MA - 7:30
February 29th:
Sarah Lawrence College
TBA
Yonkers, NY - TBA
February 30th:
JUST KIDDING IT DOESN’T EXIST!
New Shoes on a Dead Horse Release Party
Write Bloody Publishing and Sierra DeMulder proudly present -
New Shoes on a Dead Horse: A Book Release Party
Sunday January 29th at Honey
7PM / ALL AGES / FREE
Featuring performances by Kerry Alexander, John Jodzio,
and A LOUD HEART with Guante and Claire Taubenhaus
(Source: sierrademulder)
Sierra DeMulder: Want to interview me?
So here is the dealio: my second book is being released by Write Bloody Publishing at the end of January. I am extremely proud of this book and all the hard work I put into it. I can honestly say that I evolved during the writing process and that is one of the most rewarding feelings I have ever felt as an artist.
Sierra, what does this have to do with me? I’ll tell you. This book is very different from my first (in good ways, I assure you) and I wanted the chance to talk about it with y’all first. But me talking about just my book is boring, no?
So, ask me a question. It can be about my writing process, my book title, my preferred footwear, my favorite poets, anything. It will be like a weird, online truth or dare game, without the dare and teen-angst. I am going to collect my favorite questions and answer all your curiosities in a youtube video, as well as talk about exciting details about my book! Sound good? Any questions? I hope so…
Find the ask button on my tumblr page, facebook message me or email me at sierrademulder@gmail.com. Thanks! xo Sierra
Reassurance to Sierra in High School
Don’t worry. The acne will go away, sort of.
You will stop fighting with your sisters. This will be
because of two things: your inability
to steal their clothing and the realization
that they are older, cooler versions of you. Your bully
will end up shaving her head and going to jail
or she will become a lawyer and have a nice car
and six babies. You will have no idea. You will forget
what she looks like, remember her the way
one remembers a splinter. You will stop
loving sharp things. You will learn how to make
your bed without being forced or threatened.
You will break up with your high school
sweetheart. I know this is a surprise
but trust me. It is the right thing.
Yes, he loves you but it is a smothering love,
the way a dog nurses an open wound, all bared teeth
and tongues. When you leave him,
it will not feel like crushing a light bulb
in your hand — more like slowly, so slowly
removing glass from inside your palm.
For years after him, you will let your heart
hang open like a soup kitchen. This is not
a bad thing, more a lesson in proportions.
After graduation, you will change a hundred
times over, like a revolving door, a waterfall.
One day, you will learn how to give
and receive love like an open window
and it will feel like summer every day.
One day, everything will make sense.
Sierra DeMulder: PROMPT CONTEST
I am holding a prompt contest. I want to read your poetry!
The winner will receive a copy of my book The Bones Below and a $25 Gift Card for Powell’s Books. Additionally, the winning poet and poem will be posted on my blog, Facebook, and the Intangible Collective tumblr. (Author will maintain all rights to the poem.)
Below is the prompt, along with poems from Stupid Hope by Jason Shinder, one of my favorite. Shinder’s manuscript is centered around two deaths: the death of his mother and of the poet himself from leukemia. It was published after his death with the help of friends. Towards the end of the book, his writing becomes more fluid and ungrounded as the condition of his disease progresses. The last poem of the manuscript Untitled is included below.
My Twentieth Century
Living
Untitled
After reading these poems, think of a memory that you will never forget. I advise you stick with the first one that comes to mind. Don’t flip-flop. You picked this memory for a reason, out of the thousands of memories you have.
Now free write. Every color, smell, taste, feeling. How old are you? What are you wearing? What is around you? Is is painful to look at this memory or is it happy? Write everything down. Do not stop writing. Do not self-edit. Get everything out. (This exercise is inspired by Gayle Danley.)Once you think you have written everything you could possibly include, pick 5 - 7 of the most unique details. Cut everything else. Sharpen your images. In my class, I tell my students not to be afraid of getting weird. Normally, it creates the best images. Stretch yourself. Write something I have never heard before. I like quality over quantity. If the line isn’t great, cut it OR make it great.
The DEADLINE is March 4th! Email your submission to me at sierrademulder@gmail.com. Please include your full name, age and current city.
Let me keep on describing things to be sure they happened.
Spoken word champs in Midmorning studios | State of the Arts | Minnesota Public Radio
Great interview from August with Khary Jackson, Geoff Kagan Trenchard, and myself on MPR!
NIGHTNIGHT by DEDDY
