Open mic following the features.
Featuring poet P.C. Tavarez
and poetry and music by A.S. Coomer.
Sponsored in part by the Bloomington Arts Commission and the Bloomington Urban Enterprise Association
P.C. TAVÁREZ is a Cuban Dominican poet and fiber artist from Miami, currently living in Indiana, whose work explores Caribbean memory, womanhood, and diasporic and digital identities. She is the author of *That’s Not Love, That’s a Live Grenade* (2021), *Love in Winter, Alive in Spring* (2024), the chapbook *I’m Sorry I’m Just a Girl* (Pure Sleaze Press, 2025), and *I’m Sorry I’m Just a Girl and Other Lunacies*, a self-published full collection of 40 poems (2026), *Esther&Holden*(2026) and is currently completing her fifth book, *Songs of a Hairless Tongue*(TBD). Her poetry has been featured in online journals and literary magazines, and she shares her writing and fiber art on Instagram as @_ daftpixie_ and on Facebook as Daft Pixie
A.S. COOMER is a writer & musician. Books include Memorabilia, The Fetishists, Birth of a Monster, Songs for Leaving, & many others. He’s been nominated for stuff. He won a thing before. He’s lost a whole lot. He runs Lost, Long Gone, Forgotten Records, a “record label” for Poetry.
