ARTISTS | ORGANIZATIONS AND RESOURCES | MEDIA
ARTISTS
AlixOlson.com
Alix's website features upcoming performance dates, recent tour blog entries and more.
Cherylb.com
The website of Brooklyn-based spoken-word artist Cheryl B.
DaphneGottlieb.com
The website of San Francisco-based performance poet, Firecracker Alternative Book Award winner and ForWord Girls co-founder Daphne Gottlieb.
EileenMyles.com and EileenMyles.net
The two websites of the Chelsea Girls and Cool for You author, 1992 openly female write-in presidential candidate and all-around genius Eileen Myles.
Good Sista/Bad Sista
The online home of the spectacular spoken-word duo of Turiya Autry and Walidah Imarisha.
Inspirachel.com
The website of spoken-word artist Rachel Kann, host of the Co-lab:oration reading series at Temple Bar in Santa Monica, CA.
Ivanecoyote.com
The online home of Yukon-born spoken-word artist Ivan E. Coyote, author of three short story collections, including the excellent "One Man's Trash," and spoken-word CD "You're a Nation" (with One Trick Rodeo).
MartyMcConnell.com
Find out what the Declare Yourself Tour and Def Poetry Jam vet, and co-founder of the Morrigan, is up to these days at her website.
Rachelkramerbussel.com
The website of the prolific and lusty lady Rachel Kramer Bussel.
Rachna Vohra
Author of The Distance Within, her work has also appeared in Beyond Memories, an anthology created to raise funds for breast cancer care for women with little or no insurance in the NYC area.
Sholeh Wolpé
The poetry site of Persian-born poet, translator and painter Sholeh Wolpé. She is based in Redlands, Ca., and hosts the Poetry at the Loft series.
Sini Anderson
See what the performance poet, producer, director and co-founder of Sister Spit is up to.
Sister Spit
The historical site of the mother of all spoken-word road shows.
Sisterz of the Underground
A collective of female expressionists building a hip-hop community in San Francisco and world wide.
TaraBetts.net
The website of writer/educator/performer and Illinois native, now based in New York.
TheaHillman.com
The online home of spoken-word artist and intersex activist Thea Hillman.
ORGANIZATIONS AND RESOURCES
Academy of American Poets
An incredible amount of poetry-related resources across the country: events, venues, magazines, organizations, writing programs and colonies, etc.
Asian-American Writers Workshop
A great organization based in New York supporting Asian-American art and community. They often host readings and workshops, as well as a monthly open mic.
The Crystal Quilt
A New York-based feminist social justice nonprofit that brings together diverse women for cultural and educational programs.
Eleventh Hour Productions
A "literary arts non-profit, event producer, cultural experiment in language and community." Producers of the Seattle Poetry Festival, the Seattle Poetry Slam and another reading series called Ekphrastika.
e-poets network
An online community for poetry and spoken-word produced in Chicago, featuring video clips of artist performances, a monthly events and announcement calendar and more.
female:pressure
An international database of female DJs, producers and visual artists, mostly connected with the electronic music scene.
ForWord Girls
The website for the now-legendary 2002 ForWord Girls, the first-ever national women's spoken-word conference.
The Fund for Women Artists
An organization "supporting art that reflects the diversity and complexity of women's lives."
Girls Write Now
A nonprofit organization "that guides and encourages teenage girls to develop their writing and communication skills through mentoring relationships with professional women writers."
GoGirlsMusic
A kick-ass website promoting women in music (and something like what Let's Do It on the Road hopes to be for women spoken-word artists when it grows up) founded by Madalyn Sklar.
GoTour
This online offshoot of the New York-based arts nonprofit, the Field, aims to give independent artists the resources they need to go on tour. Right now most of the info in its venue database is oriented towards dance and visual artists. This is something like what Let's Do It on the Road hopes to look like when it has NEA and Guggenheim funding like GoTour does, but until then, you might want to check it out.
The Guild Literary Complex
The Guild Complex is an independent, not-for-profit cultural center in Chicago that serves as a forum for literary cross cultural expression, discussion and education in combination with other arts.
Livepoets.com
An impressive online database of poet bios, gigs, performance video clips and more. Produced single-handedly by Gabrielle Bouliane.
LouderArts
New York City's poetry powerhouse collective hosts slams and open mics on Mondays in Manhattan, and 2nd and 4th Tuesdays in the Bronx.
NORthern AriZona Poets
An excellent site covering the poetry scene of northern Arizona.
PoetryKit
An impressive database of international poetry resources—publishers, competitions, courses, funding, events, etc.—produced in England.
PoetryMenu
A great resource listing readings happening in Nebraska.
PoetsWest
"The gateway to online information about poets and poetry in the Pacific Northwest."
Poetz
The super poetry website produced by the host of the Pink Pony West reading series, Jackie Sheeler. In addition to work by legions of poets, the site also features links to various regional spoken-word calendars, including a New York calendar maintained by Jackie.
SPLAB: Northwest Spoken Word Lab
An organization dedicated to poetry and the betterment of society, located near Seattle, which hosts a weekly writing circle fall-spring, and produces slams and spoken-word workshops in nearby schools. They also host a visiting writers series.
Urban Word NYC
Offers free creative writing, performance, spoken-word and hip-hop resources for New York City teenagers.
VermontSlams
"A hub of all things slam poetry in the people's republic of Vermont."
Youth Speaks
Youth poetry, spoken word and creative writing program based in San Francisco and Seattle.
MEDIA
Bitch Magazine
A feminist response to pop culture, and one of the best magazines around today.
Bust Magazine
The magazine for women with something to get off their chests.
Girlistic.com
"The ultimate feminist resource, where all things women-centered can be found within a few clicks."
Paintedladypress.com
The online literary journal published by the lovely and fabulous Cat Tyc.
PISTIL Magazine
An independent, Chicago-based national magazine that showcases groundbreaking talent.
PoetCD.com
Poet internet marketer and spoken-word label. Site features streaming radio, plus online storefront featuring poetry albums, videos, chapbooks, etc.
PoetryTelevision
"A video based, multi-cultural online forum that celebrates the word and its voice. The website is a platform for poets to communicate their poetry and exercise their social and artistic influence in the world at large."
Venus Zine
The no. 1 source for coverage of women in music, art, film, fashion and D.I.Y. culture.
