Join Knoxville poet laureate Rhea Carmon and her collective of poets for The 5th Woman Abridged, a shortened version of their full-length show. They will use music and spoken word to tell the stories and struggles of some women in America during the pandemic. Grab a friend and join us for this energetic online event.

When the founder and executive director, Rhea “RheaSunshine” Carmon, began to express her narrative through the powerful tenet of spoken word poetry twenty years ago, she realized that there is healing to be found in the act of speaking our stories aloud. Poetry creates space for every story to be heard. The 5th Woman Poetry Collective uses poetry as a means of community, activism, and inspiration.