Tag: Alexander Nemser

Tips from the Bar: the Alexander Nemser Prompt

Tips from the Bar

Why can’t your parents ever be president?

Cantab Recap for Wednesday, October 31

Happy Halloween, everyone! Big thanks to all who came out to celebrate with us this year at the Dead Poets’ Slam. Our open mic was full of a great mix of live poets doing their own work, live poets doing dead poets’ work, and live poets covering each other. Neat! We enjoyed a few costumes …

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Cantab Recap for Wednesday, December 21, 2011

This past Wednesday, we had not one feature (Amethyst Arsenic), not two (including editor Samantha Milowsky), but nine! To celebrate the magazine’s winter issue release, Samantha put together a super line-up of poets who were published therein: Tony Brown, Sam Cha, Karen Locascio, Michael Lynch, Gordon Marshall, Jacqueline Morrill, Alexander Nemser, Tara Skurtu, and Jade …

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Feature for December 21, 2011: Amethyst Arsenic Release Party

Amethyst Arsenic

Release party for the winter issue of Amethyst Arsenic. Season final poetry slam in the 8×8 series.

Cantab Recap for Wednesday, December 14, 2011

What a hot night, Cantabbers! Christian Drake pulled out all the stops for us at his feature, bringing us a selection of new-to-us greatest hits, plus a few favorites written just for the Cantab this summer. The slam was won by Simone, who took a decisive two-round victory over Brian Omni Dillon.

Next week: it’s …

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Cantab Recap: Thursday, October 20, 2011

It was an extra-special night at the ‘tab last night, folks, as Alexander Nemser treated us to his one-man show, “Moshe Feldstein: Icon of Self-Realization.” If you want a summary of what happened… We can’t offer it. You’ll just have to see it for yourself! The jam-packed slam that followed the show was won by Sam Teitel, who …

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