SMUT-Verse: Open Mic and Poetry Reading

September 27th, 2024

SMUT-Verse: Open Mic

Curated by Aimee Herman 

Co-sponsored by Rocky Mountain Equality (formerly Out Boulder)

7-9pm

There is a suggested donation of $5.00 to attend this event, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds.

SMUT-Verse is a night celebrating sexy words and stories. Come to be turned on, or step up to the open mic and share some of your words! This evening will feature three Colorado poets: Cortney Collins, Eli Whittington, and Mahogany Imani. Join us for an evening meant to leave your workday and to-do list behind, let go, and celebrate some smut. This event is FREE. 18+. 

Aimee Herman is a gay, nonbinary writer and educator. They currently host several monthly series throughout Boulder including And Now: Featuring…Variety Show and Queer Art Organics Open Mic. Their erotica has been published in Nice Girls, Naughty Sex, Me and My Boi: Queer Erotic Stories, and Best Mammoth Book of Erotica 11, among many other anthologies. Aimee is the author of two books of poems and the novel Everything Grows. They are turned on by public libraries, garage sales and postal workers.

Cortney Collins lives on the Front Range in Colorado with her two beloved feline companions. She is the founder of the pandemic-era-virtual open mic Zoem, which produced an anthology of its poets’ work, Magpies: a Zoem Anthologythat she co-edited. Her work has been published by South Broadway Press, 24hr Neon Mag, Amethyst Magazine, Shelia-na-Gig, Back Patio Press, and others. Cortney considers herself a poet secondarily; her first calling is encouraging others’ beautiful words in community.

Eli Whittington is a Colorado poet, parent, and singer-songwriter who “isn’t afraid to get some teeth dirty.” Their debut poetry book, Treat Me Like You Treat the Earth, was published in 2019 by Suspect Press. They have had essays and poems published in Stain’d Magazine, South Broadway Ghost Society, Spit Poet Zine and Punch Drunk Press. They are a frequent collaborator with Black Market Translation and anyone else who wants to put music to spoken word. They recently self-published a chapbook, Confessions from the Brink of Ecocid.

Mahogany Imani, your friendly neighborhood slutty slam poet, is so excited to have y’all here! Imani’s work can be described as a “celebratory self-exposé,” as one will never get anything other than authentic originality from their poetic works. Imani encourages active participation in their readings, so sit back, relax, and let’s have fun.

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