THE REVIVAL RETURNS

Derrick Brown, Anis Mojgani, Mighty Mike McGee, and Buddy Wakefield are throwin’ a 10-year reunion show, followed by a month of workshops, and you’re invited. It’s the perfect opportunity to support artists who may or may not have been outta work in the first place.

What is The Poetry Revival?

Solomon Sparrow’s Electric Whale Revival. 

The Junkyard Ghost Revival.

Elephant Engine High Dive Revival.

The Night Kite Revival.

Using a different moniker every fall for four years, Derrick, Anis, Mike, and Buddy lived in a van together with a host of other friends touring North American colleges, universities, and theaters to the acclaim of thousands. Anis’s inside voice and biscuit hoarding destroyed van life, and everyone turned to drugs. Except for Buddy. Who turned to women. Then back to men. Then back-to-back men. Then Derrick turned to Journey songs, topless. Mike turned to getting turnt. Each wrote fictional scripts about redemption, or had improvement surgery. And now they’re back. Poetry will never be the same again once more.

THE SHOW  – APRIL 14, 2020

The Poetry Revival Reunion Concert

With four world championship titles, four national championship titles, and one Derrick Brown between them, this crew of performance poets from all over the West Coast are reuniting once in a decade. So far. That time is now. Hear new poems and classics. Launch questions. Watch in your undies. Watch in someone else’s undies. Lounge for a Living. If you wanna get even more intimate, keep scrolling down and join us for the live workshops too.

The WORKSHOPS: Tuesdays, April 21 – May 12, 2020 at 6pm pST

The Poetry Revival Workshop Experience includes:

• All Revival members present at each workshop.
• Weekly 90-minute writing sessions, interaction, and discourses, led by a different Revival member each week. 
• Q&A with that week’s workshop leader to review each session.
• Q&A and stories with the whole crew.
• Performance coaching and feedback.
• Private Facebook group for questions, sharing, and peer feedback during the week.
• A post-course downloadable review of the information accrued throughout your month-long experience.
  
  
  What you can expect:

• Expect to walk away with a lighter load and a brighter take on writing.
• Expect to develop a keen awareness of what’s at hand, and what’s ahead, for you and your work. 
• Expect to write, to listen, and to participate.
• Expect to shift gears quickly during each session.
• Expect Mike to really answer the question, a lot. Beards shall be stroked.

***Registration will stay open throughout the course for participants comfortable receiving recorded sessions. 

Bios

Derrick C. Brown

Derrick C. Brown is a novelist, comedian, poet, and storyteller. He is the winner of the 2013 Texas Book of The Year award for Poetry. He is a former paratrooper for the 82nd Airborne and is the owner and president of Write Bloody Publishing, which Forbes and Filter Magazine call “…one of the best independent poetry presses in the country.” He is the author of eight books of poetry and three children’s books. The New York Times calls his work, “…a rekindling of faith in the weird, hilarious, shocking, beautiful power of words.” He lives in Long Beach, California. brownpoetry.com

Anis Mojgani

Poet and artist Anis Mojgani is a two-time individual champion of the National Poetry Slam, winner of the International World Cup Poetry Slam, and author of five books. His work has appeared on HBO, NPR, and Buzzfeed; as part of the Academy of American Poets Poem-A-Day series;and in the pages of such publications as Rattle, Forklift Ohio, Paper Darts,Thrush, Bat City Review, and Illustoria. Originally from New Orleans, Anis currently lives in Portland, Oregon. thepianofarm.com

Mike McGee

Mighty Mike McGee is an internationally recognized touring stand-up poet from San José, California. McGee has appeared on CBC, NPR, and HBO. He is the 2018 & 2019 Poet Laureate of Santa Clara County (Silicon Valley). mightymikemcgee.com

Buddy Wakefield

Buddy Wakefield was the inaugural author released on Write Bloody Publishing. He is a three-time world champion spoken word artist, and the most toured performance poet in history.  buddywakefield.com