|name |caption genre article_title occupation
beth lisick beth lisick poetry short stories beth lisick
 author , writer , performer , actress
beth lisick

beth lisick is an american writer , performer , and author of five books .
with arline klatte , she co-founded the porchlight storytelling series of open-mic spoken word performances in san francisco in 2002 .
her spoken word performances were featured at the lollapalooza festival in 1994 , the south by southwest music festival in 1996 and 1997 , and lilith fair in 1998 .
she has toured with sister spit .
she has also performed sketch comedy with the group white noise radio theatre and has an ongoing film and stage collaboration with tara jepsen .
in 2009 , she appeared in the film `` everything strange and new '' , directed by award-winning american filmmaker frazer bradshaw .
the film screened at numerous festivals including sundance film festival , munich film festival , karlovy vary international film festival , and the san francisco international film festival , where it won the fipresci award .
in 2011 she received a grant from the creative work fund to collaborate on a book project with creativity explored .
the result is a ten-part series of chapbooks entitled tell you what .
