OutWrite Open Mic

The #OutWrite2016 Open Mic will run from 12pm-4pm in the lounge. Hosted by Regie Cabico and Gowri K. Signup begins at 11.45 at the OutWrite Registration Welcome Desk. 5 minutes max per reader... Gowrii K. is a Tamil American writer, performing artist, and lawyer whose family immigrated from Sri Lanka. A Kundiman fellow, she serves as poetry coordinator at BloomBars, a Busboys and Poets poetry events host, senior poetry editor with Jaggery, and co-editor of Beltway Poetry Quarterly. Gowri shares haiku on Twitter and Instagram @gowrimozhi. Regie Cabico’s work appears in over 30 anthologies including The Spoken Word Revolution (Sourcebooks, 2003), Chorus & The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry (Thunder’s Mouth Press, 1999), and Aloud: Voices from the Nuyorican Poets Café (Henry Holt and Company, 1994). He is the co-editor of Flicker & Spark: A Contemporary Anthology of Queer Poetry and Spoken Word (Lowbrow Press, 2013), nominated for a 2014 Lambda Literary Award. He is the Youth Program Coordinator for Split this Rock Poetry Festival.