Collected by: New York University

Archived since: Feb, 2016

Description:

Sister Spit was an all woman, spoken word and performance series in San Francisco, founded by Sini Anderson and Michelle Tea. It ran weekly from 1994-2006, in opposition to the male dominated slam-poetry scene. Members included Lynn Breedlove, Tara Jepsen, Eileen Myles, Anna-Joy Springer, and Sash Sunday. Sister Spit went on tour as the Ramblin' Road Show in 1997 with tours through 2001. In 2007, the tour was revived as Sister Spit: The Next Generation annual tour. In 2022, the tour changed its name to Resplendent to be more inclusive of all genders. The website mostly contains information about their 1997, 1998, and 2001 Ramblin' Road Show tours, including biographies of performers, poems and writings by the performers, images from the tour, and tour diaries. It also includes information about the 2007 Sister Spit: The Next Generation tour. Sini Anderson's 2002-2005 website is also part of the Sister Spit website and features her tour dates in 2004, mp3s, photos, biography, and tech rider. Sister Spit performers included Sini Anderson, Michelle Tea, Eileen Myles, Samuael Topiary, Ali Liebegott, Sara Seinberg, Marci Blackman, Tara Jepsen, Harry Dodge, Cooper Lee Bombardier, Sarah West, Sash Sunday, Shoshana Von Blanckensee, Lynn Breedlove, Ida D. Acton, Beth Lisick, Shar Rednour, Stanya Kahn, Miranda Mellis, Alessandra Ogden, Carina Gia Sarrero, Nomy Lamm, Robin Akimbo, Rhiannon Argo, Nicole Georges, Tamara Llosa-Sandor, and Cristy C. Road.

Subject:   Arts & Humanities