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Reading: Poetry Alix Olson: Word Warriors: 35 Women Leaders in the Spoken Word Revolution

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Activist-poet-performer (and Def Poetry Jam veteran) Alix Olson comes to Berkeley on tour with Word Warriors, an anthology she edited to reflect the variety of spoken word being performed by women today. Contributors including Michelle Tea and Eileen Myles were asked to submit an original poem as well as an essay on some aspect of their experience as women performer-poets, making Word Warriors not just a compendium of spoken word but also a survey into the state of the art. Olson's own radical credentials are impeccable, having received plugs from bell hooks, Eve Ensler, and Howard Zinn.

– Max Goldberg

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