Yanara Friedland, Adrienne Perry, Frances Richard, Rachel Levitsky, and Serena Chopra share their work published in the inaugural issue of Belladonna Collective’s critical-creative journal, Matters of Feminist Practice.

Watch Matters of Feminist Practice Journal Reading Launch #3

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Serena Chopra reads from her essay, “Rampage, Wounds and Chthonic Desire: A Mythological Complex for the Feminist Poetic Line.”

Purchase Matters of Feminist Practice, volume 1, including work by Alexis Almeida, Mary-Kim Arnold, Mildred Barya, Teresa Carmody, Julie Carr, Serena Chopra, Caroline Crumpacker, Lynne DeSilva-Johnson, Marcella Durand, Jennifer Firestone, Yanara Friedland, Carla Harryman, Madhu Kaza, Petra Kuppers, Jean Lee, Rachel Levitsky, Megan Madden, Saretta Morgan, Lida Nosrati, Adrienne Perry, Frances Richard, Kat Savino, Celina Su, and Rachael Guynn Wilson.

Watch: @Salon Pride: Queer Sound Showcase 2020, Samuel Ace in conversation with Serena Chopra and Andrea Abi-Karam

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Watch the full Queer Sound Showcase series curated by Samuel Ace at Obsidian Literary Magazine

Watch: “Real Life, Real Art,” A Lighthouse Lit Fest 2020 Salon with Serena Chopra, Lacy M. Johnson, Francesca Sloane and Danez Smith

Watch Real LIfe, Real Art with Serena Chopra, Lacy M. Johnson, Francesca Sloane and Danez Smith, moderated by Alan Brooks.

Real Life, Real Art: Autofiction, fictional memoir, veiled metaphor: call it what you like—writers’ lives unavoidably inform their work. Serena Chopra, Lacy M. Johnson, Francesca Sloane, Danez Smith will explore the perils and possibilities, awkwardness or affirmation, and responsibility or l’art pour l’art of writing from life with moderator R. Alan Brooks. We’ll begin the night with a short reading from each author’s work.

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June 30th, @Salon Pride: Queer Sound 2020 featuring Serena Chopra and Andrea Abi-Karam, curated by Samuel Ace

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@Salon Pride: Queer Sound 2020 is being presented throughout the month of June by Samuel Ace, featuring sound artists whose work is highlighted in the original @Salon 2020 showcase.

With technological advances, sound as a discreet art form has significantly expanded and evolved to reflect the diverse contemporary cultures of artists and their communities. The poets and performers featured in the @Salon Queer Sound 2020 showcase use sound, not only as an accompaniment to language, but to create works where music, sound, and language form an integrated whole. Each event will feature showcase contributors in conversation and performance.

Throughout the month, featured sound artists include:

• 6/2: Shayla Lawson, Urayoán Noel
• 6/9: Ching-In Chen, Ian Hatcher, micha cárdenas
• 6/16: Julian Talamantez Brolaski, Ronaldo V. Wilson
• 6/23: Jai Dulani, Rosy Thowtho, Tanner Menard & Andrew Weathers
• 6/30: Andrea Abi-Karam, Serena Chopra

Serena Chopra’s “My Family’s Fears” part of @Salon: Queer Sound Showcase 2020

The @Salon: Queer Sound Art Showcase was curated by trans poet/sound artist Samuel Ace for @Salon: FREEDOM NOW 2020 and features work by Andrea Abi-Karam, Samuel Ace, Shayla Lawson, Denice Frohman, micha cárdenas, Jai Dulani, Caroline Bergvall, Urayoán Noel, Serena Chopra, Tanner Menard & Andrew Weathers, Ian Hatcher, Ching-In Chen, Julian Talamantez Brolaski, Rosy Thowtho and Ronaldo V. Wilson.

“My Family’s Fears,” by Serena Chopra