Liars of Orpheus is a show for word nerds, storytelling fans, poetry people and those who enjoy chocolate and unicorn bubble guns.
Liars of Orpheus is a kids show for adults where writers produce small lectures on strange topics. They win points from bootlegging their truths past their opponents or having their lies mistaken for truths. You can call it literary comedy or an excuse to eat chocolate outside of the house. You can say it’s a slapstick slam where the points don’t matter, if you wish. What you can never say is that its tepid or plain.
This episode entitled Gods and Monsters features our host Lucia Misch, Roger Blenman, Jenny Garcha, Nate Nate Nainers and Alyssa Sy de Jesus.
Bios
Alyssa Sy de Jesus is a poet of Chinese heritage in search of the words and haunted artefacts of her family’s settlement in the Philippines and migration to Canada. The first movie she ever saw in theatres was "Ghost" starring Patrick Swayze, Whoopi Goldberg and Demi Moore. She was only a few months old and her parents couldn't find a babysitter. As a child, her bedtime stories were not fairytales but her dad's recaps of Twilight Zone episodes. She is based on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh People. Previous publications: Chinatown Stories (Vancouver) and Living Hyphen (Toronto). She was co-editor of de-comp Journal’s “Translate Me Not” issue.
Jenny Garcha humbly learnt to accept the generosity of Penticton’s diverse immigrant community. These people who were from all the different corners of the globe. Who were here in Canada, trying to make a name for themselves and provide for their families, just like her mother. Her childhood was multicultural; different languages, tongues and mouths speaking, often hollering over one another as if she had landed in the middle of the tower of Babel. This loving community that surrounded Jenny in her early years, is the positive influence she has with her through every adventure she partakes in. She carries her Canadian family with her everywhere.
Lucia Misch is a writer, performer and facilitator from unceded Muwekma Ohlone land. Lucia's spoken word poetry has found a home everywhere from historic theaters to high school auditoriums, and their first collection of poetry, The Problem With Solitaire, was released by Write Bloody North in 2020.
Nate Nate Nainers is a Vancouver Story Slam Championship Finalist, spoken word artist, and a roaming wizard of rad times! They have performed in cabarets, arts festivals, studios and galleries since 2015. You can catch their 40 minute set “Jerald the Bear” at Arts in the Garden, North Vancouver, June 14.
They live on the unceded territories of the Kwikwetlem and Katzie First Nations (PoCo, BC).
Roger R. Blenman is an Afro-Caribbean-Canadian poet, novelist (Dead’er), playwright. He enjoys travel, languages, and outdoorsy stuff. He spends too long wondering if he spends too long wondering. He makes a living teaching science and coaching adults.
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