Category: featured poets

Poets featured at the weekly Boston Poetry Slam @ the Cantab Lounge.

Cantab Feature for Wednesday, April 22: Chanel Dupree

2014 NPS semi-finalist Chanel Dupree.

NPS 2014 showcase poet Chanel Dupree. Seventh speed slam in the 8×8 series: 3-, 2-, and 1-minute rounds.

SCHEDULE CHANGE: Cantab Feature for Wednesday, April 15, 2015: Emily Rose Kahn-Sheahan (CANCELED: Danez Smith)

Emily Rose onstage upstairs at the Cantab at the National Poetry Slam.

Chicago Poet Emily Rose Kahn-Sheahan (CANCELED:Minneapolis resident and wildly successful stage/page poet Danez Smith). Sixth speed slam in the 8×8 series: 3-, 2-, and 1-minute rounds.

Cantab Feature for April 8, 2015: Karen Finneyfrock

Longtime Seattle performance poet and booming YA novelist Karen Finneyfrock.

Legacy Seattle performance poet and YA novelist Karen Finneyfrock. Fifth speed slam in the 8×8 series: 3-, 2-, and 1-minute rounds.

Cantab Feature for Wednesday, March 25, 2015: Rachel Wiley

Rachel Wiley, Columbus performance poet.

Remarkable Columbus poet Rachel Wiley. Fourth speed slam in the 8×8 series: 3-, 2-, and 1-minute rounds.

Cantab Feature for Wednesday, March 11, 2015: Jesse Parent

Jesse Parent, SLC performer and top-ranked individual slammer. Photo by Julie Moench Parent.

Salt Lake City poet, improv artist, and top-ranked slammer Jesse Parent. Third speed slam in the 8×8 series: 3-, 2-, and 1-minute rounds.

Cantab Feature for Wednesday, March 4, 2015: Regie Gibson

Regie Gibson, MFA in Poetry and National Poetry Slam Champion.

SCHEDULE CHANGE: Onetime Chicagoan, now full-time local MFA and National Poetry Slam Champ Regie Gibson. Second speed slam in the 8×8 series: 3-, 2-, and 1-minute rounds.

Cantab Feature for Wednesday, February 25, 2015: Doc Luben

IWPS Finalist and Portland (Oregon) Slam Champ Doc Luben. Photo by Jill Greenseth.

IWPS Finalist and Portland (Oregon) slam champ Doc Luben. First speed slam in the 8×8 series: 3-, 2-, and 1-minute rounds.

Cantab Feature for Wednesday, January 21, 2015: Jason Carney

Jason Carney, Dallas slam legend.

Dallas slam legend and Young DFW Writers co-founder Jason Carney. Last Chance Slam to qualify for 2014 Boston Poetry Slam Team selection.

Cantab Feature for January 14, 2015: Pages Matam and the Champion of Champions Slam

Pages Matam, DC-Cameroonian poet.

Washington, D.C. poet-by-way-of Cameroon Pages Matam. Champion of Champions poetry slam: Sean Patrick Mulroy defends his title.

Cantab Feature for Wednesday, January 7, 2015: Rachel McKibbens

Rachel McKibbens, widely published and acclaimed poet.

Beloved New York poet Rachel Mckibbens. Open poetry slam in the 8×8 series.