House Poet 26: New Years' Revolution

House Poet #26: New Years' Revolution

Wednesday, December 9, 2025

open mic to follow

7 - Poets

9 - Dance

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Derrick C. Brown is a renowned poet, comedian and former Paratrooper. He is the poet laureate of Los Feliz, CA. His album, 'A Close Shave with Heaven' earned him Paste Magazine's '2023 Album of the Year.' Winner of the Texas Book of The Year award for Poetry, owner and president of Write Bloody Publishing, hailed by Forbes and Filter Magazine as one of the nation's premier independent poetry presses with a sister company, Write Bloody North in Toronto. He has authored ten poetry books and four children's books. Brown's impact on literature is undeniable. He's toured stages worldwide, from Glastonbury to The Tonight Show, and collaborates with poets and comedians like Bobcat Goldthwait, Kristin Schaal, David Cross, and Eugene Mirman.

Danielle Levsky (they/she) is a Post-Soviet, Jewish, and Queer artist who dreams of more inclusive spaces centering experimental forms and stories that remind us of our shared humanity. Their poetry and prose have appeared in The Future Fire, Last Girls Club, Fractured Literary Magazine, Collide Literary Magazine, Sand Hills Literary Magazine, Poetry for Ukraine, Silence is Different Now, Quarantimes, and LOCUS: IV. As a playwright, Danielle writes scripted, devised, and partially improvised pieces examining themes of diaspora, tradition, and identity, including "War and Play" (commissioned by National Queer Theater at Lincoln Center) and "The Waiting Room" (an absurdist exploration of migration and bureaucratic purgatory), and most recently, Sappho's Salon (an immersive theater piece about Natalie Barney's legendary lesbian salon in 1920s Paris). Their theater writing has also been published in TripWire Harlot's Theater Artists Making Theatre With No Theater and The Braid's Yearning to Breathe Free. Formerly a Theater Editor for Scapi Magazine, Danielle managed coverage of Chicago's DIY art scene and pioneered "Expressions," a form of creative response writing. As a community curator in West Philly, they organize literary events most frequently at Dyke+ Art Haus including the Fragments of Sappho Reading Circle, After Sappho Book Club, and Andrea Gibson Poetry Night.

Khaleel Mason is a 40-year+ veteran of servicing the world with house music, home and abroad. He performed on the show "Welcome to Our House" for 10 years on 105.3 WDAS FM. An organizer, producer, and DJ, Khaleel serves up some of the grooviest beats in Philadelphia's most welcoming and inclusive spaces.

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