Spring 2025 Volunteer and Intern Potluck and Reading

When we say fuck debt, we of course mean fuck interest and the financial practice of profiting from the act of meeting a need, which most American institutions depend on—banks, insurance companies, universities, to name just a few. But we also mean there’s no fucking without debt (another word for need, dependency, risk).
In this outdoor event, the artists and writers Johanna Hedva and Jordan Lord will think together about the entanglements of sex with money, social life, disability, eating out, friendship, inheritance, the past, prophecy, where and when we live, and how we’ll die. Hedva and Lord will share their work, talk about writing, movies, and work they haven’t made yet, all of which is largely because of debt, in many senses.
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Accessibility Information
Outdoor, CART, ASL, amplification, seating, and wheelchair accessible, all gender, bathroom provided. The yard is not ADA accessible and may not work for all wheelchair users.
This reading will take place outdoors in the East Yard at St. Mark's Church around dusk. Seating is provided (but feel free to BYOBlanket if you like). CART, ASL, and open amplification will be provided. The readers will conduct their own Audio Description as integral to the reading. A wheelchair accessible bathroom is located inside St. Mark’s Church.
The wheelchair accessible ramp to the East Yard is on 10th St and 2nd Avenue. The East Yard is primarily densely packed dirt with some patches of grass, marked occasionally by flat stone grave ledgers that protrude an inch or two above ground. The yard itself is not ADA wheelchair accessible but some wheelchair users may choose to use the plywood path over the uneven ground beyond the ramp and sidewalk at their own discretion. Access Doula, Alex Dolores Salerno and Poetry Project volunteers will be available to support in wayfinding and navigation as desired.
Please feel free to email us at info@poetryproject.org with any questions or for more information on access to this event.
The event costs $10 but no one will be turned away for lack of funds.