Boston Poetry Slam

TOMORROW!! Our monthly workshop, run by Maria Pinto, & a feature from Michael Lee Vikre!
FEATURE INFO: Michael Lee Vikre is a Norwegian-American writer, performer and educator. Author of The Only Worlds We Know (Button Poetry, 2019), he has received grants and scholarships from the Minnesota State Arts Board, the LOFT Literary Center, and the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. Winner of the Scotti Merrill Award for poetry from the Key West Literary Seminar and the Arthur Lynn Andrews Award for Fiction from Cornell University, Michael’s writing has appeared in the Massachusetts Review, The Missouri Review, Ninth Letter, and Best New Poets among others. Holding an Ed.M in Arts Education from Harvard University and an MFA in English Literature and Creative Writing from Cornell University, Michael teaches in and coordinates the TREC Prison Education Program at Metro State University which offers a BA in Interdisciplinary Studies for incarcerated students in Minnesota. He lives on the Northside of Minneapolis.

WORKSHOP INFO: Nature isn’t something you have to travel outside the city to find: our relationships with our neighbors count as nature, the urban paths where our dogs chase pigeons count, too. Franklin Park, the Boston Nature Center, and Stonybrook Reservation are just a few of the green spaces the city has to offer. Boston is teeming with natural beauty and splendor to which we might write odes and even protect with the written word.

Maria Pinto will read passages from her own nonfiction book, then participants in this workshop will write to prompts designed to help them look closely at Boston’s natural abundance.
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The feature might be live streamed on our instagram
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Accessibility information: The portion of the Cantab where the poetry show is hosted is accessible by one flight of stairs. There is seating available as well as standing room. We highly encourage the use of masks and have them available for anyone who wants one, but they are not required, per venue management.
There are two single-stall, gender neutral bathrooms. Both require stepping onto a slight ledge to access. No flashing lights are used and no music is played over the speakers throughout the show; in general, the room is dimly lit/dark throughout, but can often get loud from conversations occurring. Please message us with any specific questions and we will get back to you ASAP.

Come get spooky at our TRICK OR TREAT SLAM, where every round starts with a trick and ends with a treat! Each head-to-head round will have THREE WAYS to win extra points toward a sweet prize: wear a costume, do a poem that relates to your costume, AND complete the round’s “trick” (a challenge to incorporate into your poem)! You only need to bring one poem to compete! DM us or line up early if you would like to sign up!

NOTE: this slam does NOT qualify poets for team selection, it is for a silly goofy time!
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The feature might be live streamed on our instagram
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Accessibility information: The portion of the Cantab where the poetry show is hosted is accessible by one flight of stairs. There is seating available as well as standing room. We highly encourage the use of masks and have them available for anyone who wants one, but they are not required, per venue management.
There are two single-stall, gender neutral bathrooms. Both require stepping onto a slight ledge to access. No flashing lights are used and no music is played over the speakers throughout the show; in general, the room is dimly lit/dark throughout, but can often get loud from conversations occurring. Please message us with any specific questions and we will get back to you ASAP. om conversations occurring. Please message us with any specific questions and we will get back to you ASAP.