NYC “The Rabbit Did Not Ask For This.” But We Did Dolan Morgan’s Chapbook Release Reading Black Spring Books Williamsburg, Brooklyn Oct. 13, 2023 Black Spring Books is famously situated in a building once occupied by the legendary Henry Miller K Hank Jost 17 Oct 2023 · 4 min read
Tulsa Rappers Meet Up With Poets To Pärlā Pärlā Creative Festival Presents: Open Mic Poetry & Hip-Hop Night Letterman’s Lounge Sept. 21, 2023 “Good poets talk about the loss. Great poets teach you how to win.” These Ryan Anderson 27 Sep 2023 · 2 min read
NYC No One Stole The Show, But … In which a writer discovers why it might be worth showing up at an open mic even though neither he nor a friend is performing. Easy Paradise Open Mic The K Hank Jost 13 Sep 2023 · 5 min read
Boston Amid Verse-Tossing, The Cutest Date Night Of All Time Poetry Open Mic Night Trident Booksellers & Cafe 338 Newbury St, Boston Sept. 3, 2023 “And next up, Tony!” called the host of Trident Booksellers’s Poetry Open Mic Night. Sasha Patkin 8 Sep 2023 · 4 min read
Tulsa The Lucky Find In The Dumpster Fire: Hot Messes Tackle Hot Topics At Tulsa Story Slam “OK, So” Story Slam: Hot Mess Aug. 11, 2023 Living Arts of Tulsa The literary theorist Roland Barthes believed it was a photographer’s job to “shock” — in other words, Alicia Chesser 17 Aug 2023 · 3 min read
Oakland Black Men Speak From The Heart On a hot night in Oakland, a packed house listened to Black men get vulnerable and share stories about their journeys. Produced by Create the Space, 2ME4U: Stories of Self-Exploration Lisa Gray 28 Jul 2023 · 4 min read