This new series that asks the feature to experiment with new work or reworked pieces in a way that gives the audience and writer a new way to see the work. The series takes literay arts and performance to a new level. The open mic is open to writers of all diciplines.
Krista Franklin is a poet and visual artist who hails from Dayton, Ohio and currently resides in Chicago. Her work has appeared in such literary journals as Nexux Literary and Art Journal, milk, QBR: The Black Book Review and nocturnes 2: (re)view of the literary arts. She has also been published in the anthologies The Bust Guide to the New Girl Order and Bum Rush The Page: A Def Poetry Jam (Three Rivers Press, 2001) She is a Cave Canem fellow and a resident poet of ink &image productions, a multimedia artist collective. She was a featured poet in the 2000 New Voices New Worlds Series in St. Louis, MO, and has performed in various other cities. Don't forget to bring your poems for the Open Mic.