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Get Lit Saturday Class

Join Get Lit Saturday Class, a weekly poetry workshop free and open to all teenagers! Learn writing techniques, performance training, and confidence-building every Saturday from 10 am – 1 pm PT. Simply log onto Zoom! bit.ly/GetLitSaturdayClass

BlackFest Digital 2020: Spoken-Word And Poetry Night

Date And Time Wed, 23 September 2020 14:00 – 18:00 EDT ‘Spoken-Word Night’ is back with an exciting line up of emerging and established artists. You won’t want to miss this! About this Event BlackFest presents an electric line-up of emerging and established poets and spoken word artists, featuring special guest Poet: Zita Holbourne. Join

Poetry Jam

Date And Time Tue, September 8, 2020 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EDT About this Event Poets on schedule: Stephen Kuusisto, author of Have Dog, Will Travel; Planet of the Blind (a York Times “Notable Book of the Year”); Eavesdropping: A Memoir of Blindness and Listening and of the poetry collections Only Bread, Only Light

WHY POETRY? KALEEM HAWA, KAYO CHINGONYI, RALF WEBB

  Tuesday, August 11, 19.00 p.m. (BST). This year, the White Review Poet’s Prize was awarded to Kaleem Hawa for his enlivening, assured, and inquisitive portfolio SHE THINKS SHE’S THE PASSIONATE ONE. Kaleem joins Kayo Chingonyi, author of KUMUKANDA and poetry editor at THE WHITE REVIEW, and Ralf Webb, who helped to establish the Prize

Water Worlds Digital Poetry Event

  Date And Time Sat, August 15, 2020 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EDT Water Worlds Digital Poetry Event About this Event Join us for a final event! Our live digital poetry night where writers from all over the globe will share their work! Bridging The Atlantic: Conversation On Blackness, in collaboration with the Black

Online literary event: Open mic, performance & poetry

Saturday, September 5 (Oct 3, Nov 7), 2020 at 7 PM – 8 PM UTC+01   Join us for an evening of open mic, performance and poetry. Join poet Akila Richards, plus special guests, for an open mic, performance and poetry evening as part of our online literary event series in autumn 2020. 5 Sept:

Poetry Yell Open Mic (Sidewalk & Online)

Thursday, August 13, 2020 at 7:30 PM – 9 PM The monthly poetry Yell Open Mic returns–live and on Zoom. If you are joining live, we will be outside the store, wearing masks and practicing social distancing. These are requirements. If you want to sit, please bring something to sit on. Cookman Ave is closed

HYP August Online Slam

  Sunday, August 23, 2020 at 5 PM – 8:30 PM Secure your free ticket today to attend another legendary HYP online poetry slam! This month’s slam features the wonderful Black Poet Residency, who will kick off the event with a session on a critical topic, Mental Health! We’ve also got an Open Mic scheduled,

Poetry Slam Masterclass – Online Event

Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM UTC+10 Get ready to compete in the Moreton Bay Heat of Australian Poetry Slam with our FREE masterclass for poetry and performance skills. Think you’ve got what it takes to become Australia’s next poetry slam champion? If you’d like to brush up on your poetry

Protest Through Poetry: Free BIPOC Seminar

  Aug 12 at 6 PM – Aug 13 at 7 PM CDT Protest Through Poetry is a free 2-night online seminar for BIPOC poets of all writing levels. Night 1: Guest Poet/activist Jacqui Germain will give a reading, a talk on political poetry, and a Q&A.Then writers will generate protest poetry through group-lead writing