mk zarielI have a run of upcoming poetry events—mix of in-person + virtual—featuring *VOIDGAZING* (gender, technology, queer online life):
**Apr 25 (Madison, in person)**
Never Again Action gathering for immigration justice
(poetry: *VOIDGAZING* + *DIFFERENT WITH HIM*)
🔗 https://www.mobilize.us/disappearedinamerica/event/935395/
**May 1 (Zoom, 6pm CST)**
Full *VOIDGAZING* reading (9 poems)
🔗 https://www.redrosethorns.com/event-details/a-live-reading-of-voidgazing-by-mk-zariel
**May 8 (Discord)**
Reading from *VOIDGAZING*
(DM for RSVP)
**May 21 (in person)**
Headlining Cliterati Open Mic @ Charis Books & More
Poems about:
→ doomscrolling
→ group chats & surveillance
→ gender as something iterative
→ queer community online
Would love to see folks there.
#poetry #queerpoetry #transpoetry #immigrantjustice #reading
Communities Not Cages: National Day of Action to Stop ICE Warehouse Detention · Disappeared in America
*with Live Music and Poetry:* WHAT__ A joyful evening. Meet your neighbors and kick back on the Capitol Square at King Street. If we connect, we can build a world together where all are safe. __HOW__ Make connections and have a good time. Some options for attending: **Make posters that Voces de la Frontera can use for their May Day rallies. **Introduce yourself by bringing something a book or object that is special to you. **Bring snacks to share (please provide a list of ingredients). Stone benches will be available, feel free to bring a chair or blanket as well __WHO__ Bring yourself and your people, and enjoy the music of Amanda Jane Hoffman and the poetry of mk zariel (bios below). This event is hosted by Never Again Action and Detention Watch Network. __WHY__ Join us outside as part of a nationwide day of action to oppose the Trump administration's expansion of ICE warehouse detention and its attack on the due process rights of immigrants and all Americans. -------------------- Join us outside as part of a nationwide day of action to oppose the Trump administration's expansion of ICE warehouse detention and its attack on the due process rights of immigrants and all Americans. The Department of Homeland Security is moving to lock thousands of people in massive detention warehouses — disappearing them from their families, their lawyers, and their communities. We're taking to the streets to make clear that stands for dignity, justice, and the rule of law. We'll gather to: - Show visible, public opposition to ICE detention expansion and the criminalization of immigration - Stand in solidarity with detained immigrants and the communities fighting to protect them - Demand that our elected officials defend due process for everyone Bring a sign. Bring your neighbors. Bring your voice. This action is part of the Communities Not Cages National Day of Action organized by the Disappeared In America campaign and partners including Detention Watch Network, Public Citizen, The Workers Circle, MoveOn and many others.
cathos
mk zariel.
Elle J. Snyder
Ashley Halliwell
