Born and raised in San Francisco, Thea Matthews is an awarded poet, spoken word artist, activist, curator, bruja, revolutionary, collaborator, and scholar. She writes on the complexities of trauma, grief, resiliency, and ultimately, the triumph over trauma. Her work can be found in For Harriet’s Soar, Rag Queen Periodical, as well as SoundCloud, YouTube, and Ello. She has studied the poetics of June Jordan, Pat Parker, and Jewelle Gomez. As a seasoned performer, Thea frequents the San Francisco Bay Area literary scene; and has featured at literary festivals such as Beast Crawl Oakland, Lit Crawl San Francisco; and reading series such as Paseo Artístico, Lyrics & Dirges, Hazel Reading Series, Nomadic Press’s First Fridays and Get Lit. Currently, she is working on her first book– a thematic collection of poetry incorporating flower medicine.  https://www.theamatthews.com/

Jane Rades’ prismatic poetry seems deceptively simple and crystalline. She has read her work intermittently in San Francisco for four decades.

Jerry Ferraz hosts our 1st & 3rd Mondays poetry series… two featured readers followed by an open mic.

Bring one of your own!

BYOB as well!