Feature for February 2, 2011: Lynne Procope

Lynne Procope

Lynne Procope

Lynne Procope is a Cave Canem fellow and a former National Poetry Slam champion (Team: Nuyorican NYC 1998). She is co-author of the collaborative collection Burning Down the House (Soft Skull 1999). Her poems appear in Drum Voices Review 2000, Poetry Slam: The Competitive Art of Performance Poetry (Manic D Press 2000), His Rib: Women’s Anthology (Penmanship 2007), Bowery Women (YDK 2006), The Last American Valentine (Write Bloody 2007), Word Warriors: 35 Women Leaders in the Spoken Word Revolution (Seal Press 2007), Quarter After Eight, Washington Square, decomP Literary Magazine and the So Much Things to Say anthology from the Calabash Literary Festival. She is a poet in residence with Vision Into Art, an editor for Union Station Magazine, and Executive Director of the louderARTS Project.

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.