Cantab Feature for Wednesday, May 14, 2014: Sasha Banks

Sasha Banks, poet and educator from Ft. Worth.

Sasha Banks, poet and educator from Ft. Worth.

Sasha Banks is a poet and educator from Ohio, by way of Alaska, by way of Germany, by way of California. She lives in Ft. Worth, Texas, teaching writing workshops for elementary and university level students. She has spoken for Arun Gandhi, and was a Golden Poem Award winner and performer at the 2013 National Poetry Slam. Her work has appeared in The Austin International Poetry Anthology, Kinfolks Quarterly, Tulane University’s Vagina Monologues and was awarded publication in Alight. She is a 2013 Button Poetry Chapbook Prize finalist.

This show in our weekly Wednesday series takes place at the Cantab Lounge, 738 Massachusetts Ave. in Cambridge. Doors for the show open at 7:15. The open mic begins at 8:00 and the feature performs at approximately 10:00. An open slam in the 8×8 series will follow. The show is 18+ (ID required) and the cover charge is $3.