This month’s collection of Austin Writers Roulette books included the host’s first novel, Tribe of One.The Rouletters came out to share mostly cat adventures.RG HOOK shared her road trip adventures with a cat through the Mojave desert.
STEPHANIE ELISE FRENO sang about transitioning from a man into a woman.
TERESA Y. ROBERSON told about the challenges of hustling like a dog during the day and partying like a cat at night while middle aged.
THOM THE WORLD POET contrasted the differences between dogs and cats, loyal and independent, respectively.
OPEN MIC ARTISTS
Click on the link below to see the performances of the following open mic artists: STEPHANIE ELISE FRENO, BRIAN GROSZ, RG HOOK, HOPE RUIZ, ELLEN BRAVERMAN & THOM THE WORLD POET.
The Rouletters started the Never-Ending Tomorrow with a photoshoot that had more cameras than usual, which was prophetic since they had a near standing-room only audience. Ms. Sandman hosted the event.Our venue, Malvern Books, gathered books which complemented our theme.NICOLE CORTICHIATO checked off her list of never-ending things, explained among several poems. HALEY CAMPBELL detailed the never-ending challenges of health care.
STEPHANIE ELISE FRENO gave us a snapshot of her never-ending transitioning journey.
RG HOOK told about the never-ending battle to save her husband’s life.
TERESA Y ROBERSON amused the crowd with her on-going adventures with insomnia, technological upgrades, and lists of checklists.
THOM THE WORLD POET shined a light on the never-ending wheel of prescription drugs, deadens jobs and everything in between.
OPEN MIC
Click on the link to see the performances of the following open mic artists: BIRDMAN 313, URSULA PIKE, BRIAN GROSZ, LIABLEWRITER, KELLY J, RG HOOK, PYKASU KOUBE, ROBERT PORTER & THOM THE WORLD POET.
The host symbolically took her place in the Black Woman Network.In honor of Mother’s Day, ABE LOUISE YOUNG concluded a writers’ workshop before the roulette began.The rouletters touched upon different aspects of minding another’s business. LIABLEWRITER witnessed, as a voyeur, another’s relationship.
ALLISON JONES weighed the benefits of knowing too much versus being blissfully uninformed.
KELLY J pondered parallel versions of herself on a road more or less traveled.
CARRIE ANN PAULO wished to be in another’s head, then back out again!
STEPHANIE ELISE FRENO shared how supporting LGBTQ rights is everybody’s business.
BRENNAN UTLEY told us about what happened when an insomniac just tried to mind his own business.
SPENCER MIRABAL showed how to tend to love ones as a bother and son.
TERESA Y. ROBERSON shed light on the original Internet: The Black Woman Network.
THOM THE WORLD POET minded everyone’s business in the universe of poetry, storytelling and truth-telling.
OPEN MIC
Click on the link below to view the performances of the following open mic artists: DONNA DECHEN BIRDWELL, STEPHANIE ELISE FRENO, KELLY J, BRIAN GROSZ, LIABLEWRITER, SAM TREVINO, BRENNAN UTLEY, RG HOOK, & THOM THE WORLD POET.
In celebration of National Poetry Month, the Rouletters spoke about drugs and fantasies, and welcomed poets who were in town for the Austin International Poetry Festival.The host translated a line from her spoken word piece into binary code and featured the number 8 on her dress.HELEN BUCK noted that drugs are anything that gets you high–in this case, her grandkids.
R.G. HOOK experienced drug flashbacks while cleaning up.
BRENNAN UTLEY recorded surreal conversations, making the audience feel that SOMEONE must be high.
TERESA Y. ROBERSON revealed her fantastic dream where people represented zeroes and ones, reflecting and sharing their values.
THOM THE WORLD POET led the audience in the ABC’s of drugs and addiction.
OPEN MIC ARTISTS
Click the link to see the performances on the following open mic artists: BIRDMAN 313, HELEN BUCK, TREV THE ROAD POET, BRENNAN UTLEY, EL GUAPO, URSULA PIKE, ELLEN BRAVERMAN, DAVID LESTER YOUNG, RG HOOK, & THOM THE WORLD POET.
Just like the theme, the Rouletters planned to take a posed picture, but that went sideways.At least the themed books were organized.LIABLEWRITER told of her travels to the Discipline Desert, first strumming a tune on her banjolele.
HOPE RUIZ reminisced about crossing multiple bridges to pursue happiness.
BRENNAN UTLEY tapped into the fever pitch between night and dawn at a festival.
ARALYN HUGHES discovered a new world, starting with her corrected vision.
HELEN BUCK revealed the double-edged sword of social media.
TERESA Y. ROBERSON chronicled her memorable moments of crossing international borders when traveling while black.
THOM THE WORLD POET, accompanied by LIABLEWRITER, poetically contrasted world events, politics, and people like night and day.
OPEN MIC
Click on the link below to view the performances of the following open mic artists: BIRDMAN 313, CASEY GLEN GRAYPOOL, LIABLEWRITER, BRENNAN UTLEY, STEPHANIE ELISE FRENO, TEXWADOR, BRIAN GROSZ, ELLEN BRAVERMAN, DAVID LESTER YOUNG & INVISIBLE THOM.
The Rouletters talked dirty at the latest show.Par for the course, the theme book table just rocked with dirty-talking books!
NICOLE CORTICHIATO shared her dirty-talking quickies: complete with a list of urban diction synonyms for “clitoris.”R. G. HOOK Revealed the three dirty words that made her fall in love.
GUME LAUREL III gave insight into encounters with desires and ridicule.
HOPE RUIZ finally told us about what bunnies do.
TERESA Y. ROBERSON blended sweet-sounding words together with bittersweet ones for her Valentine’s Day tribute.
THOM THE WORLD POET, accompanied by REBECCA ASHE and DANIEL DAVILA, spoke about the beginning of Love in the Garden of Eden and Earth’s mud.
OPEN MIC
Please click on the link to view the performances of the following open mic artists:
STEPHANIE JOHNSON, GUME LAUREL III, BATO THE POET, R. G. HOOK, BRIAN GROSZ, HOPE RUIZ, LIABLE WRITER, MAGIC JACK ATX, ARALYN HUGHES, JENNIFER BERLINER, BIG!
STEPHANIE JOHNSONGUME LAUREL IIIDANIEL DAVILANICOLE CORICHIATOR. G. HOOKBRIAN GROSZHOPE RUIZLIABLEWRITERMAGIC JACK ATXARALYN HUGHESJENNIFER BERLINERTHOM THE WORLD POET accompanied by DANIEL DAVILA
OPEN MICSTEPHANIE JOHNSONGUME LAUREL IIIDANIEL DAVILANICOLE CORICHIATOR. G. HOOKBRIAN GROSZHOPE RUIZLIABLEWRITERMAGIC JACKARALYN HUGHESJENNIFER BERLINERTHOM THE WORLD POET accompanied by DANIEL DAVILA
Talk Dirty to Me Fan Favorite Winners: GUME LAUREL III & JENNIFER BERLINER
Kicking off 2018, an award-winning movie star hosted the January roulette. All the Rouletters shared how they experienced new beginnings.BRENNAN UTLEY suggested many ways to begin, complete with hyperlinks, which he signaled reading, using finger cymbals.
RYAN GOSSEN created new normals with the in-laws and a toddler.
HOPE RUIZ shocked the host by NOT reading about the three bunnies Santa gifted her.
AUDREY BRAZEEL was anxious to start her new year by just sitting there…when she thrives in chaos.
URSULA PIKE provided vivid examples of why beginnings are wonderful and endings suck.
TERESA Y. ROBERSON celebrated the outing of open-secret sexual predators in Hollywood and other workplace environments.
INVISIBLE THOM shared, among other things, his morning routine of reading astrology and the comics.
OPEN MIC ARTISTS
Please click below to view the performances of the following artists: BRIAN GROSZ, STEPHANIE JOHNSON, BRENNAN UTLEY, HOPE RUIZ, JADE BOVE, R. G. HOOK, RYAN GOSSEN, SHERRY LOWRY, & INVISIBLE THOM
BRIAN GROSZSTEPHANIE JOHNSONBRENNAN UTLEYNICOLE CORTICHIATOHOPE RUIZJADE BOVER. G. HOOKRYAN GOSSENSHERRY LOWRYGRACE FLEMING
The host came prepared for a Festivus celebration in Rouletter style with a personal Bah Humbug on her sweater and then passed out Festivus Miracle candy canes.
The venue was decked out with a seasonal selection of literary delights.Although only three features were officially on the docket, miracles abounded with more artists arriving just in time to share their work.STEPHANIE JOHNSON shared her experience about her first GYN appointment.
HOPE RUIZ wrote about her Warrior Weekend, where, among other things, she walked on hot coals.
HAYLEY LUHR searched high and low for the most valuable treasure.
TERESA Y ROBERSON praised the virtues of internet porn birth control for men and the latest penile implant devices.
THOM THE WORLD POET served up an international smorgasbord of festivus miracles.
Click on the link below to see the open mic performances of the following artists: STEPHANIE JOHNSON, HOPE RUIZ, TERESA Y. ROBERSON, & THOM THE WORLD POET.
Despite the rain, pro football game and other events around town, the rouletters rose to the occasion for the penultimate 2017 show.As reflected in the collection of theme-inspired books, we presented pieces based on “Reinvented Past.”Plus, part of our message was stylishly displayed on our T-shirts.The Jigsaw Puzzle Master hosted this month’s event.HOPE RUIZ took a nostalgic and spiritual journey through East Texas ghost towns.
POET KEN documented the changes between the past and the present through two of his ol’ punk rock songs from the ’80s.
MARIA CLARK revealed that even flawed people could do some good.
TERESA Y. ROBERSON acknowledged how we were all puzzle collectors, making the prettiest, most successful picture we could throughout our life.
THOM THE WORLD POET, the hybrid Santa of the afternoon, encouraged questioning the reinvention of the past.
OPEN MIC
Click on the link below to view the performances of STEPHANIE JOHNSON, MARIA CLARK, THE POET BUTCHER, CARRIE ANN PAULO, BRIAN GROSZ, LYNN HERRICK, ELLEN BRAVERMAN, ROSEMARY GUZMAN HOOK, THOM THE WORLD POETSTEPHANIE JOHNSONMARIA CLARKHOPE RUIZURSULA PIKETHE POET BUTCHERJRCARRIE ANN PAULOBRIAN GROSZLYNN HERRICKELLEN BRAVERMANROSEMARY GUZMAN HOOK
‘Tis the season for spooky tales.Even a rouletter from Houston came up for the occasion.Eventually, all the rouletters were in the space to share stormy tales.One rouletter even wore her “cloak and dagger” attire and brought a rainmaker to lend out to others in case anyone wanted to create a dark and stormy night.Adding to the festive mood, Malvern Books celebrated its 4th anniversary, pumping out all the cake the audience could digest.The mini group picture only involved the two rouletters who dressed for a nightmarish afternoon.BIRDMAN 313 survived the raging storms preceding Hurricane Harvey.
MICHELLE SAVAGE-MENA showed how her inner turmoil played out on an airplane between two guys near the bathroom in her fight for elbow room.
CATHRIN GORDON revealed the making of an artist (or a lesbian serial killer).
MARIA CLARK told about what happened when the Purple Guy appeared.
STEPHANIE WEBB described when “dark and stormy” became “dark and steamy.”
TERESA Y. ROBERSON chronicled the evolution of her anxiety-induced nightmares.
THOM THE WORLD POET spoke powerfully about the real-life nightmare of gun violence, followed by the light evoked when strangers come together helping one another out.
OPEN MIC
Click on the following to view the video clips of the open mic artists: STEPHANIE JOHNSON, MARIA CLARK, BIRDMAN 313, QUIET STORM (STEVE QUAKENBUSH), CATHRIN GORDON, LYNN HERRICK, URSULA PIKE, ELLYN SNIDER, BRIAN GROSZ, HOPE RUIZ, ARALYN HUGHES, THE POETIC BUTCHER, & INVISIBLE THOM (THE WORLD POET).
This month’s collection of Austin Writers Roulette books included the host’s first novel, Tribe of One.
The Rouletters came out to share mostly cat adventures.
RG HOOK shared her road trip adventures with a cat through the Mojave desert.
STEPHANIE ELISE FRENO sang about transitioning from a man into a woman.
TERESA Y. ROBERSON told about the challenges of hustling like a dog during the day and partying like a cat at night while middle aged.
THOM THE WORLD POET contrasted the differences between dogs and cats, loyal and independent, respectively.
STEPHANIE ELISE FRENO
BRIAN GROSZ
RG HOOK
HOPE RUIZ
ELLEN BRAVERMAN
