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Listen To Your Skin: Monthly Erotic Reading Series Literary s*x church, last Sundays. Read your raw gut stuff (not just erotica) in the open mic +/or enjoy our features. We don't just show up to show off.

We witness, write, share. We are also Listen To Your Skin Press, with our first book out currently! We meet via Zoom the last Sunday of each month at 5p (mst). BEFORE JOINING: Read our very important event guidelines. Our intent is to create a safe space to be open for all participants, and toward that aim, there are some themes/approaches we just aren't interested in hearing: https://sisterrainbo

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You will be booted from the Zoom meeting if you violate the guidelines of the event. REGISTER to receive the Zoom event link: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwtdeygqDssG9zymefi4MCT3C2OIzX0kwSj

SIGN UP to read on the open mic via Google Docs here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_a5fUTTFcZZzBjo2D08R0itnHEiWUwCLaed7tQ9oK10/edit?usp=sharing

NOTE: If you haven't registered, you will not be able to read on the open mic, even if you signed up inside this Google doc. WANNA FEATURE? Please see this page: https://sisterrainbowscream.com/featured-readers/

We commit to centering work by BIPOC and LGBTQIAP+ writers and performers. If you know of a writer/performer who has s*xual themes in their work and who is in one of these categories, please contact [email protected] to nominate them/yourself as a future feature.

Up at 430a learning how to get you direct links to buy our books through Bookvault cuz UK time difference. They've final...
06/11/2024

Up at 430a learning how to get you direct links to buy our books through Bookvault cuz UK time difference. They've finally figured out amaz*n integration, which we have a few feels about but also we know so many still order books that way.

Not that I didn't love stuffing our first book into manila envelopes and writing personal notes, etc., but we didn't love the double shipping of it. The issue was some tech glitch we would never have found on our own. Great customer service and the British agent made it less painful to be conscious before sunrise.

FRUITful call!!!!
Heh heh, see what I did there?
Cuz "fruit" and our second title...
Ok, ok, going back to bed

https://www.facebook.com/TakeTheFruitAnthology/Go here and follow Take The Fruit's page if you want to know details abou...
02/11/2024

https://www.facebook.com/TakeTheFruitAnthology/

Go here and follow Take The Fruit's page if you want to know details about our process around publishing our second book and its Dec. 15th book release.

Attached images are sneak peaks of the cover and inside!!!

Read to end for explanation of screen shot!We're getting really excited about our next book, Take The Fruit: An Antholog...
10/10/2024

Read to end for explanation of screen shot!

We're getting really excited about our next book, Take The Fruit: An Anthology Of Religious Trauma. It explores not just the things that happen in high-control religion, but the ways we seek to heal or grow from them. Many pieces, like "Punk Rock Jezebel" by co-editor , talk about music's place in that healing and the recognition necessary to heal. We are so grateful to have a beautiful foreword by that brought me to my knees, the way my Southern Baptist church wished it ever had.

We're having a release party in Denver Dec 15. Stay tuned for details. Some of our far-flung authors will be flying out to join!!!! .leftwich has agreed to be the High Priestess of our proceedings. 🥹🧙‍♀️🪄 (maybe will be one?!)

I've been over here shooting my shots left and right, including being brazen enough to try to convince the astounding Ethel Cain to blurb us, for one, and told my youngest kid about it. They shared the music of Rabbitology with me. Hence, the screen shot.

🎤

Announcing our next two performers for this Sunday's gathering (5p, MST)!!!! PLEASE SHARE this status with anyone you k...
24/09/2024

Announcing our next two performers for this Sunday's gathering (5p, MST)!!!!

PLEASE SHARE this status with anyone you know who loves poetry, performance, and art. These Poetry Brothel poets are so talented and $e###y!

We'll have multiple mini-features and our usual, slightly shorter, open mic!

Link to register: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0qc-mtrD8jE9AjAfbl64Vr8ZBEPLAiDY5A

The Professor...aka Calvin Shaw, hailing from St. Louis, is a bank manager by day and aspiring songwriter/poet by night. With a briefcase full of money that he may have robbed from his own bank, The Professor’s shy charm draws you in. He can be hard to read, but is an open book with the ones he trusts. His desires are marked by the loneliness he holds in his heart, and a tenuous balance between good and evil. His dead mother is his guardian angel, but the reflection he sees is the mirror image of his womanizing, alcoholic father. Is there a soulmate that will soften the hard exterior of this hopeless romantic?

Lady Lyric, the Librarian...aka Ahja Fox, Aurora Poet Laureate, an intellectual pleasure-pusher, Lady Lyric wants you to thirst for what only can be found in the library of black holes and deep wells. Untraditional with a pen and even more striking at the mouth, you need only ask the lady for a literary lesson in how puddles become torrent monsoons. Fall into the abyss, she will teach you how to come home with the right books. She will find the pulpiest part of you, tease it out with her tongue, and fan the pages that teach your body to flame.

PLEASE SHARE this widely with anyone you think might enjoy our little gathering?This event takes place on zoom, but FB w...
13/09/2024

PLEASE SHARE this widely with anyone you think might enjoy our little gathering?

This event takes place on zoom, but FB won't let me click "virtual" and add a link, so go here for the link:

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0qc-mtrD8jE9AjAfbl64Vr8ZBEPLAiDY5A

Join us for a powerful collaboration with internationally known, immersive literary cabaret, The Poetry Brothel! We’re proud to host this pre-party for the Denver chapter’s launch (October 13th), where you can meet the opening cast and get a sneak peak at their original poetic material and personae.

In anticipation of the unique format of Poetry Brothel events, we’ll be doing something a little different. Our “main stage” will have the usual rolling recitations, and attendees can request private recitations in break-out rooms.

We'll be announcing our poets over the next few days, starting with our Colorado producer, Madame Cybele CaryMel...
Ring leader, cheerleader, dreamer, seer, web weaver, and schemer. She fills her hat with stars. This ravenous pleasure seeker has a special talent for traversing hidden realms. Yield to your senses and she will have you speaking in tongues. This psychopomp has crossed dimensions to find you, and now she wants to show you the way back to the motherland. Drop into her galactic nest to have forgotten fantasies reawakened.

PLEASE SHARE this widely with anyone you think might enjoy our little gathering? [When our schedule went a little wonky ...
22/08/2024

PLEASE SHARE this widely with anyone you think might enjoy our little gathering? [When our schedule went a little wonky in the last year, attendance fell off and we *miss y'all so much*.]

This event takes place on zoom, but FB won't let me click "virtual" and add a link, so go here for the link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0qc-mtrD8jE9AjAfbl64Vr8ZBEPLAiDY5A

Join us the last Sunday in August for our open mic + feature reading series. Our theme is "philosophical kink."

Humans think about s*x, on average, 10-20 times a day, but how often do we consider the ideological underpinnings of our experiences? What are the potential benefits of living an examined kink life? Many philosophers wrote extensively about s*x (Foucault, Barthes, Derrida, Lacan). Bentham promoted ma********on. Rousseau was a ma*****st and C. S. Lewis loved whips. Why are philosophers and kinksters such great bedfellows?

Writing prompt: Find an encyclopedic entry for a philosophical branch or concept; write a braided piece that weaves the entry with imagined or lived moments of s*x.

Audry Lu Black...is a professional do******ix, s*x educator, personal consultant, and philosopher. She has created programs for consensual behavioral modification integrating B**M and s*x-positive techniques with dynamic habit building. She currently teaches kink skills and negotiation, and works with clients one-on-one. She is writing a book on the dynamic intersectional relationship between psychology, philosophy, and kink. The book concentrates on utilizing stoic and cognitive behavioral therapeutic techniques to examine hedonistic experiences.

04/08/2024

Read this book y'all!

I became a television addict during the pandemic. Truly. Constantly. Deeply.

Before that time, I could take it or leave it.
I had mostly stopped reading anything other than my friends' books when they asked me. (Which hasn't been the worst bc I know a lot of amazing writers who just put out great books)

When I see folks talk about how many books they've read lately, I get this feeling like the one I used to get before I was published and others were seemingly getting something placed every month.

's book is a page-turner and I can't imagine a better gateway back into my reading life. I've loved her films in an obsessive way since I saw "are you anyone's favorite person," but hadn't read her books yet.

I consider her part of a holy trinity of writing mentor kin along with (Lidia Yuknavitch) & Dorothy Alison

She is so delightfully f*cking weird.

Maybe she'll agree to feature at Listen To Your Skin one day if we ask very nicely?

If you are a middle-aged artist with kids, read this.
If you like honesty that borders on uncomfortable, read this.
If you like skillfully written self-analysis that doubles and triples back on itself while seeking a quiet space of just... being, read this.

Thanks for the tip, and Lena Rogin!

Join me for this book release+reading tonight!Please show up and show out for Marie Timbreza ( ) and the release of her...
01/08/2024

Join me for this book release+reading tonight!

Please show up and show out for Marie Timbreza ( ) and the release of her book: Sustenance: 50 poems + a love story!!!

The night includes performances by myself and and

Hosted by Ahja Fox!

Canceling July's event, with regrets. It's hard to compete with nature, no matter how warm our zoom room may be!BTW, an...
25/07/2024

Canceling July's event, with regrets. It's hard to compete with nature, no matter how warm our zoom room may be!
BTW, and were both featured in poets.org in the last month! Way to GO!!!!! If you don't already follow their work, now is obvi the time to go and do that.
BTW 2, if you're in LA, or near, on August 4th, come hug my neck and cheer on .rogin at the really cool events she has planned for her book release (Burying Norma Jean). Pic 2 is the official event, but dm me for the "guerilla" events. (Shhhhh!)

GET ZOOM LINK HERE:https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0qc-mtrD8jE9AjAfbl64Vr8ZBEPLAiDY5AFyi: Facebook events won...
22/06/2024

GET ZOOM LINK HERE:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0qc-mtrD8jE9AjAfbl64Vr8ZBEPLAiDY5A

Fyi: Facebook events won't let me list June's event as virtual, but it is!

Join us the last Sunday in June for our open mic + feature reading series. Our theme is "ekphrasis." Ekphrasis is the detailed description of visual art (i.e., sculptures or paintings). What we notice outside us reflects our own preoccupations, and can draw out the hidden content of the mind. Therefore, our writing exercise: Describe a photo of yourself as if it’s a famous portrait of someone else, much-analyzed throughout history. You can be the actual subject setting the record straight or just another art critic.

Jason B. Crawford...
is a writer born in Washington DC, raised in Lansing, MI. Their debut Full-Length Year of the Unicorn Kidz is out from Sundress Publications. They are a 2023 Lambda Literary Emerging LGBTQ Voices fellow. Their second collection, YEET! is forthcoming from Omnidawn Publishing in 2025.

Aerik Francis...
(they/them) is a Q***r Black Latinx poet & teaching artist born & based in Denver, CO. Author of BODYELECTRONIC (Trouble Department, ’22) and MISEDUCATION (winner of the ’22 New Delta Review Chapbook Contest). Find their experimental audiobook project for BODYELECTRONIC under phaentom[poet] on all streaming platforms, or an extended play of poetry and self-produced music entitled SYZYGY EP (Bandcamp). On social media, they are , and their website is phaentompoet.com.

BEFORE JOINING: Read our very important event guidelines. Our intent is to create a safe space to be open for all participants, and toward that aim, there are some themes/approaches we just aren't interested in hearing: https://sisterrainbowscream.com/guidelines/
You may be booted from the Zoom meeting if you violate the guidelines of the event.

WANNA FEATURE? Please see this page: https://sisterrainbowscream.com/featured-readers/

We commit to centering work by BIPOC and LGBTQIAP+ writers and performers. If you know of a writer/performer who has s*xual themes in their work and who is in one of these categories, please contact [email protected] to nominate them/yourself as a future feature.

22/03/2024

Live readings of selections from Listen To Your Skin Press's first release.

TO GET A COPY of the book:

-Buy it at The Sexploratorium (now!) and other Denver-local bookstores (soon!). 😍📚
-Buy it out of the trunk of my car. (Mmm, naughty!) 💦

From afar:
- Email us at [email protected] 🙏📬
-We will begin shipping orders March 11, which is co-host/pressmate Evey's bday! 🥳🐠
-If you're in the collection, I'm sending you a code to give to friends and family for a discount. 🥰🫶

TO GET A COPY"how do we get it,you effing teases?!" 🤭🤣😏😏😏Ok so we've heard that y'all think we're playing hard to get wi...
25/02/2024

TO GET A COPY

"how do we get it,
you effing teases?!"
🤭🤣😏😏😏

Ok so we've heard that y'all think we're playing hard to get with this book release... but we're not! It's just... it's our first time. Please be gentle. 👉👈🤭

In-person:
-Come to our release party at The Sexploratorium, Denver, on March 10. Readings from book + live music + open mic! 🙌🥵
-Buy it at The Sexploratorium (now!) and other Denver-local bookstores (soon!). 😍📚
-Buy it out of the trunk of my car. (Mmm, naughty!) 💦

From afar:
-DM us here at our page or on IG . 🙏📬
-We will begin shipping orders March 11, which is co-host/pressmate Evey's bday! 🥳🐠
-If you're in the collection, I'm sending you a code to give to friends and family for a discount. 🥰🫶

Join us for readings from our newly published anthology, Listen To Your Skin: An Anthology of Q***r & Self Love (Listen ...
20/02/2024

Join us for readings from our newly published anthology, Listen To Your Skin: An Anthology of Q***r & Self Love (Listen To Your Skin Press, ’24). Also, open mic! Live music + option to perform with the music.

If you've been to any of our in-person parties, you know it's a good time. We will have our usual (optional) cuddle puddle area, for example. The Sexplo is such a decadent, beautiful space, as well. Come through!!!

AUTHORS in collection: email listentoyourskin@gmail if you haven't already to lmk you're gonna read, kk?

Hosted by The Sexploratorium, Denver’s center for adult s*x education. Sexploratorium! ***You can attend virtually through zoom with our regular event link to be found in our "about" section here.***

You’ve never seen a collection of erotica like this. At the intersection of ### & High Literature, including famous s**t writers and award-winning literati, these pieces will turn you on, body, mind, soul.

She’s one proud s**t, this book.

Might as well call her Nikki, with how hard she's about to grind. [Someone call out the Prince allusion, pls. Looking at you, .rogin ]

"how do we get it,
you effing teases?!"
🤭🤣😏😏😏

Ok so we've heard that y'all think we're playing hard to get with this book release... but we're not! It's just... it's our first time. Please be gentle. 👉👈🤭

In-person:
-Come to our release party at The Sexploratorium, Denver, on March 10. Readings from book + live music + open mic! 🙌🥵
-Buy it at The Sexploratorium (now!) and other Denver-local bookstores (soon!). 😍📚
-Buy it out of the trunk of my car. (Mmm, naughty!) 💦

From afar:
-DM us here at our page or on IG . 🙏📬
-We will begin shipping orders March 11, which is co-host/pressmate Evey's bday! 🥳🐠
-If you're in the collection, I'm sending you a code to give to friends and family for a discount. 🥰🫶

Ask us how much joy it gave us to rewrite our bio as follows:Literary s*x church, last Sundays. Read your raw gut stuff ...
20/02/2024

Ask us how much joy it gave us to rewrite our bio as follows:

Literary s*x church, last Sundays. Read your raw gut stuff (not just erotica) in the open mic +/or enjoy our features. We don't just show up to show off. We witness, write, share. We are also Listen To Your Skin Press, with our first book out currently!

In case you missed it, we became a press! Still working on a website for that, with mission statement, submission inform...
24/01/2024

In case you missed it, we became a press! Still working on a website for that, with mission statement, submission information, etc. But we're putting out our first title at AWP in Kansas City, MO, and we couldn't be prouder! Co-host, Evey, learned InDesign and laid out the book in just a few days. The cover art is SOOOO good, y'all. Our first book baby is a real attention grabber, I tell ya.

We're still figuring out e-reader and pre-order stuff; hold please! (Or dm me with advice if you've been there, done that!)

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Live Readings of Selections from Listen To Your Skin: An Anthology of Queer & Self-Love
Live Readings of Selections from Listen To Your Skin: An Anthology of Queer & Self-Love

Live readings of selections from Listen To Your Skin Press's first release. TO GET A COPY of the book: -Buy it at The Sexploratorium (now!) and other Denver-local bookstores (soon!). 😍📚 -Buy it out of the trunk of my car. (Mmm, naughty!) 💦 From afar: - Email us at [email protected] 🙏📬 -We will begin shipping orders March 11, which is co-host/pressmate Evey's bday! @owildandnameless 🥳🐠 -If you're in the collection, I'm sending you a code to give to friends and family for a discount. 🥰🫶

Nazelah Jamison performing a fabulous set at the February '23 Listen To Your Skin: Monthly Erotic Reading Series. I've been a fangirl of Naz's since the early aughts. Click and watch to find out why. Much spirit, many finely-worded truth bombs...

Racine Frank at the January '23 Listen To Your Skin: Monthly Erotic Reading Series. Such a delightful set here! Enjoy!

We were so happy to host Jessica Chernila at the January '23 Listen To Your Skin: Monthly Erotic Reading Series. Known also as Mir I Am, she hosts the Community Is The Cure open mic at the new Gypsy House in Denver, Co., which is a sacred community space.

Ralonda N Simmons has been a favorite of mine ever since we were on opposing teams at the infamous Punketry vs. Jazzetry a few years ago. Are you ready for her November '22 performance with us? She's a force.

Emily Kagan-Trenchard at the October '22 Listen To Your Skin: Monthly Erotic Reading Series. She digs really deep in this set, y'all. 10 of 10 recommend watching with all your haunted memories and a cup of your favorite tea by a rain-slicked window, if you can manage it.

Byron Aspaas at the October '22 Listen To Your Skin: Monthly Erotic Reading Series. I think he sweetly blushes at least 4x, which is enough by itself to merit you clicking on this link and playing it through, even if his work weren't totally FIRE!

Besties Kona Morris and Lena Rogin tag team it at the July '22 Listen To Your Skin: Monthly Erotic Reading Series. Lots of energy and fun in this one, y'all.

Lisbeth Coiman & Ln Webre at the September '22 Listen To Your Skin: Monthly Erotic Reading Series. Both of these writers have such densely metaphoric natural imagery, capaciously collapsing meaning and moment into artifacts of sensual intelligence, hunger, lust, and the passage of time.

What would we do without Confidence Omenai? We don't know and we don't want to find out. Especially if you've never heard Confidence deliver her work, you're gonna wanna click on this and witness. But I was there, and I can't wait to re-watch, so...

We couldn't get enough of Suzi Q. Smith, so she graciously gave us an incredible encore!

Suzi Q. Smith at the June '22 Listen To Your Skin: Monthly Erotic Reading Series.

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