Award-winning NYC poet Ocean Vuong. Open poetry slam in the 8×8 series.
Category: featured poets
Poets featured at the weekly Boston Poetry Slam @ the Cantab Lounge.
Cantab Feature for Wednesday, October 1, 2014: Sean Patrick Mulroy
Sean Patrick Mulroy gets his special send-off feature to the 2014 Individual World Poetry Slam in Phoenix. Extended feature time means a $5 cover charge to help raise money to send Sean to IWPS. No poetry slam tonight!
Cantab Feature for Wednesday, September 24, 2014: Mckendy Fils-Aimé
Vastly talented New England poet Mckendy Fils-Aimé. Open poetry slam in the 8×8 series.
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Ah, mid-September, the time when poets’ thoughts turn lightly to those of touring… Fortunately, we got one-time BPS team member Jade Sylvan to hang with us tonight for a full feature before embarking on yet another whirlwind of poetry performance! Jade treated us to both new and older work, reading excerpts from her latest published …
Cantab Feature for Wednesday, September 10, 2014: Jade Sylvan
Polymath touring machine and local Encyclopedia Show Fact Checker Jade Sylvan. Open poetry slam in the 8×8 series.
Cantab Feature for Wednesday, September 3, 2014: Ryk McIntyre
Providence poet and 1991 BPS team member Ryk McIntyre. Open poetry slam in the 8×8 series.
Cantab Feature for Wednesday, August 27, 2014: April Ranger (was: Imani Cezanne)
SCHEDULE CHANGE: Boston favorite April Ranger visits from NYC. (Canceled show: Imani Cezanne.) Open poetry slam in the 8×8 series.
Cantab Feature for Wednesday, August 20, 2014: Melissa Newman-Evans with Alex Ehrhardt Farewell (was: Tova Charles and Zai Sadler)
SCHEDULE CHANGE: a double-farewell feature from Melissa Newman-Evans and Alex Ehrhardt. (Canceled show: Tova Charles and Zai Sadler.) Open poetry slam in the 8×8 series.
Cantab Feature for Wednesday, August 13, 2014: Jacob Rakovan and the Champion of Champions Slam
Appalachian writer and Poetry & Pie co-curator Jacob Rakovan. Champion of Champions slam: Ellyn Touchette defends her title.
Cantab Feature for August 6, 2014: The Adam Stone Anti-Slam
Adam Stone features, performs, reads, heckles, or bursts into flames, and maybe invites some Special Guests to join him. This feature will be followed by the final open poetry slam in the 8×8 series.
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