Chad Goller-Sojourner | Poet Seattle Writer

		Home \| Bio/Resume \| Works \| Visuals \| Rants/Epiphanies \| Press Links \| Calendar \| Guest Book \| Merch \| Contact Chad Goller-Sojourner is a Seattle based poet, spoken word performance artist and 2007-2008, Seattle Poet Populist Nominee. His inaugural Chapbook entitled Born One Thousand Years Too Early: Fat, Dark-Skinned, Gay and Adopted by White Folks A Fragmentary Journey Towards Alignment received accolades from Maya Angelou and has been described as poignant, chilling and prophetic. Recently he served as the creator, executive producer and artistic director for People of Color Against Aids Network Presents: Standing In The Gap -- And Speaking Their Names -- Black Gay Poets Honor Their Ancestors -- A Spoken Word Requiem. Most recently he was selected by the Central District Forum for Arts & Ideas to participate in their year-long new works Creation Project which is funded by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and The Microsoft Corporation. Currently a novel entitled In God’s Way and a one-sissy multi-media show entitled: Sitting in Circles with Rich White Girls: Memoirs of a Bulimic Black Boy which chronicles his life long affair with the scale and a ten plus year liaison with an eating disorder are in the works. CHAD GOLLER-SOJOURNER Poet and Spoken Word Performance Artist 3703 South Edmunds Street - #30 - Seattle - WA 98118 c_goller@hotmail.com http://www.goller-sojourner.com EDUCATION: 6/03-Present BENT WRITING INSTITUTE, Seattle, Washington Studies in poetry, memoir writing and spoken word performance 6/06 PAT GRANEY COMPANY, Seattle, Washington “Words Can’t Describe,” Scott Tuner-Schofield writing and performance workshop 9/04 MICHELLE TEA & JUSTIN CHIN WORKSHOP, Seattle, Washington Poetry and performance workshop 10/03 IVAN COYOTE & SINI ANDERSON WORKSHOP, Seattle Washington Poetry and performance workshop 6/93-9/94 COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, New York, New York Graduate Studies in Higher Education/Urban Education 9/89-6/93 WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, Bellingham, Washington Double Major: African-American Studies and Public Policy/Bachelor of Arts ARTISTIC/PRODUCTIONS: Sitting in Circles with Rich White Girls: Memoirs of a Bulimic Black Boy, Creator, Writer and Performer, Seattle Poetry Festival, (Richard Hugo House, Seattle, April 2006) Standing In The Gap ── And Speaking Their Names ── Black Gay Poets Honor Their Ancestors ── A Spoken Word Requiem. Creator, Performer, Executive Producer and Artistic Director, POCCAN People Of Color Against Aids Network (Richard Hugo House, Seattle, November, 2006) Born One Thousand Years Too Early: Fat, Dark-Skinned, Gay and Adopted by White Folks A Fragmentary Journey Towards Alignment. An Evening of Selected Originals: Narrative Prose, Psalms, Orations and Manifestos, Writer, Performer and Executive Producer (Richard Hugo House, Seattle, April 2005) The Refreshing: POCCAN (People Of Color Against Aids Network) Presents Writings By Gay Black Men, Writer, Performer (Richard Hugo House, Seattle, February 2004) LEADERSHIP: The Baldwin Parker Lorde Project, founder & executive director, 2006-present Bent Writing Institute, Board Development Committee, member, 2005-present Seattle Stop Buju Banton, chief organizer, September 2006 GRANTS/AWARDS: 2007-2008 Seattle Poet Populist Nominee Central District Forum for Arts & Ideas Creation Project Recipient PUBLICATIONS: Anthologies: Vox Populi, Seattle Poetry Festival-Eleventh Hour Production, Seattle, WA 2007 Benthology I, Bent Writing Institute, Seattle WA 2005 Benthology, Bent Writing Institute, Seattle, WA 2004 Chapbooks: Born One Thousand Years Too Early: Fat, Dark-Skinned, Gay and Adopted by White Folk. A Fragmentary Journey Towards Alignment, self published, December 2006. Magazines, Newspapers & Online Literary Publications: “Black Gay vs. Gay Black,” COLORNW, December 2007 “Black Gay vs. Gay Black,” KeithBoykin.com September 2006 “Black Gay vs. Gay Black,” The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, September 2006 “The Power, Price and Pain of Boy Pussy: A Manifesto,” Free Voices eZine of the People, June 2005 “Goin Home,” Free Voices eZine of the People, June 2005 “On Any Given Sunday,” Free Voices eZine of the People, November 2006 PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE: (Partial List) Bent Mentor Showcase, Seattle WA, October 2003 Gender Bent Gender Odyssey Conference, Seattle WA, September 2004 Bent Mentor Showcase, Seattle WA, September 2004 Seattle Gay Pride Kick-Off, Seattle WA, June 2005 Queerfest, Seattle WA, June 2005 Seattle Poetry Slam, Seattle WA, September 2005-Present Human Rights Awareness Festival, Mount Vernon WA, March 2005 Bent Mentor Showcase, Seattle WA, October 2005 Seattle University-Gay Voices, Seattle WA, April 2006 Pacific NW PFLAG Regional Conference, Portland OR, April 2006 “Words Can’t Describe,” Seattle WA, May 2006 Feature Performer Seattle Spit, Seattle WA, September 2006 QLAW: GLBT Bar Association of Washington Gala, Seattle, WA, September 2006 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, Seattle University, Seattle WA, January, 2007 Transgender Awareness Week, University of Washington, Seattle WA, September 2007 Seattle Poetry Slam Feature Poet, Seattle WA, May 2007 Voices Rising LGBTQ of Color Literary Arts Festival, Seattle WA, July 2007 Seattle Poet Populist Read-Off, Seattle WA, July 2007 Seattle Black Pride, Seattle WA, July 2007 web design by grapfaffx TM ©2008