December 4th at 7:30 PM

Jackie Torres:
bath&body:
A Showcase

Join Jackie Torres for a premiere reading of their latest work, bath&body -- a collection of poems about disability, gender, and staying alive. Featuring a performance from Denarii Grace, this showcase of disabled artists hopes to be a space of discovery and expansion. (Photo credit: Patti Boutin)

The evening includes ASL interpretation and a livestream ticketing option. Livestream tickets HERE.

About the artists

Jackie torres

Jackie Torres (she/they) is an Afro Boricua poet, playwright, actor, educator, organizer and mal'criada whose work focuses on art as a tool for organizing and education, a method of cultural preservation, and a ritual of healing. She is a co-founder of Pa'lante NYC, a collective of poets dedicated to political education, mutual aid, and the revolutionary possibilities of words. Their work is always dedicated to those in their respective communities: Black people, QTGNC people, neurodivergent and disabled people, Caribbean people, and the visions for the future they conjure and conspire to make material.

Denarii Grace

Denarii Grace is a multi-talented multiply marginalized writer creating songs, poetry, screenplays, and publishing personal essays, educational, social justice oriented articles, and reported articles.