Cantab Feature for Wednesday, January 8, 2020: Meaghan Ford

New Jersey born, Cantab-raised poet Meaghan Ford. Photo courtesy of the artist.

New Jersey born, Cantab-raised poet Meaghan Ford. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Meaghan Ford is a queer writer from New Jersey who was voted Most Likely to Leave and Never Come Back. They are a two-time National Poetry Slam Semi-Finalist with the Boston Poetry Slam team and received their MFA from Emerson College. Some of their work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Rumpus, NAILED, PANK, and the Write Bloody We Will Be Shelter Anthology. Meaghan can most often be found hanging out with the cat at your party.

An open poetry slam is scheduled for the late-night portion of this show, following the feature. The slam will be speed slam format: eight open sign-ups will be available starting at door time, and poets will slam head-to-head in up to three rounds with time limits of 3, 2, and 1 minute. Winner and runner-up qualify for the 2020 Team Selection series. To volunteer to judge in exchange for free admission to the show, or to ask questions about the slam, email the slam curator at slamseries@bostonpoetryslam.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, with the poetry slam to follow. The show is 18+ (ID required) and the cover charge is $3.