Cantab Feature for Wednesday, June 25, 2014: Brendan Constantine

Brendan Constantine, Los Angeles poet.

Brendan Constantine, Los Angeles poet.

Brendan Constantine’s work has appeared in numerous journals, most notably Ploughshares, FIELD, Zyzzyva, Ninth Letter, Poetry Daily, Verse Daily, ArtLife, The Los Angeles Review, The Pinch and the L.A. Times bestseller The Underground Guide to Los Angeles. His most recent collections are Birthday Girl With Possum (Write Bloody Publishing) and Calamity Joe (Red Hen Press). Brendan has received grants and commissions from the Getty Museum, James Irvine Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts. He is currently poet in residence at the Windward School and adjunct professor at Antioch University. In addition, he regularly offers classes to hospitals, shelters and with the Alzheimer’s Poetry Project. Visit him at brendanconstantine.com.

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 poetry slam in the 8×8 series will follow. The show is 18+ (ID required) and the cover charge is $3.