Tag: Ross Gay

Cantab Recap for Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Happy April, Cantab. What a gift this month brings us: Ross Gay, our just-for-a-minute neighbor, presented to us from his award-winning book Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude –including the long-reaching title poem, a rare treat in our venue that so often holds us to three minutes. Truly, as excellent a feature as we could have hoped …

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Cantab Feature for Wednesday, April 20, 2016: Ross Gay and the Champion of Champions Slam

Ross Gay, National Book Award Finalist. Photo by Zack Hetrick.

Ross Gay, author of “Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude.” Champion of Champions SPEED slam: Mckendy Fils-Aimé defends his title.

Cantab Recap for Wednesday, August 15

There was a line around the block last night for our little dive bar poetry show! Was it because people heard the open mic would be packed with great work? Or did they know that featured poet Ross Gay was going to be an exceptional feature? Or perhaps they heard that the slam would fill …

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Cantab Feature for Wednesday, August 15, 2012: Ross Gay

Poet and professor Ross Gay.

A rare New England feature from Indiana/NYC poet and professor Ross Gay. Open poetry slam in the 8×8 series.