SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

another enthusiastic recommendation for the coming week.

Reserve your free tickets to The Oresteia here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-oresteia-tickets-1670077549909?aff=oddtdtcreator 

Hope to see you at the show!

 

ABOUT SEWANEE SPOKEN WORD

Sewanee Spoken Word is a gathering to celebrate expression on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month at the Blue Chair Cafe, in Sewanee, Tennessee, USA

please:

* Keep your turn under five minutes.

* Perform your own work or someone else’s.

* Feel free to ignore or mock the theme.

* Remember that we welcome a wide range of creative expression; we’re not just about poetry. 

* Let me know if you plan to attend.

 

           — Brooks Egerton 

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

Our next gathering isn’t until Oct. 14 — 

so I’m recommending this event in the meantime: 

when: 4:30 p.m. Monday, October 6, 2025

where: McGriff Alumni House

what: Robert Wood Lynn reads from his collection Mothman Apologia, which made a New York Times list of best poetry of 2022.

cooking

Chicken with  paprika and black pepper in tumeric bone broth. Bell peppers, red onions, walnuts.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

Sewanee Spoken Word friends Linda Heck and Lana Sain are among those performing tomorrow at Electric Arcadia’s latest sonic salon.

If you’ve never been to one of these gatherings, you’ve been missing out on some magic.

 

 

 

 

MEETING INFORMATION

when: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025

where: the Blue Chair Cafe, in Sewanee, Tennessee, USA

35 University Ave, Sewanee, TN 37375 

theme: TEMPTATION

elaboration: Cletus Crow, a widely published poet 

from Middle Tennessee, 

will be our guest reader before the open mic. 

His two book-length collections are  

Phallic Symbols and Jesus Freak 

 — hence the organizing principle 

for this gathering. 

 

cashew curry @ Alex Thai

sliders at the depot