Massachusetts Statewide Poetry Calendar 2

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Meeting ID: 835 6241 4054
Malachi Black is the author of Indirect Light, forthcoming from Four Way Books in
2024, and Storm Toward Morning (Copper Canyon Press, 2014), a finalist for the
Poetry Society of America’s Norma Farber First Book Award and a selection for
the PSA’s New American Poets Series (chosen by Ilya Kaminsky). Black’s poems
have appeared in The American Poetry Review, The Believer, The Los Angeles
Review of Books, The Paris Review, Ploughshares, and Poetry, among other
journals, and in a number of anthologies, including Before the Door of God: An
Anthology of Devotional Poetry (Yale UP, 2013), The Poet’s Quest for God
(Eyewear Publishing [U.K.], 2016) and In the Tempered Dark: Contemporary Poets
Transcending Elegy (Black Lawrence, 2024). Black’s work has been supported by
fellowships and awards from the Amy Clampitt House, the Bread Loaf Writers’
Conference, Emory University, the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown,
Hawthornden Castle, the MacDowell Colony, the National Endowment for the
Arts, the Poetry Foundation (a 2009 Ruth Lilly Fellowship), the Sewanee Writers’
Conference, and Yaddo. Black’s poems have several times been set to music and
have been featured in exhibitions both in the U.S. and abroad, including recent
and forthcoming translations into French, Dutch, Croatian, Slovenian, and
Lithuanian. Black teaches at the University of San Diego and lives in California.

Part of an ongoing poetry slam competition. Come watch the next four qualifying contestants compete! This event is free and all ages. It includes complimentary admission to the Museum galleries and snacks for purchase.

The Boston Poetry Slam holds a weekly show every Wednesday downstairs at the Cantab Lounge. This is the flagship show of the Boston Poetry Slam and the entire night is devoted to the craft, performance, and enjoyment of poetry.

The cover charge is $4, cash or credit. No tickets are sold in advance. The poetry show is 21+, with a photo ID and Vaccination Card required to enter the venue. No outside drink is allowed— please patronize the bar— but you may bring food and eat it in the venue. Regrettably, the basement of the Cantab is not wheelchair-accessible; please email us to learn more about the space and to discuss accessibility options.

Doors open at approximately 7:15 for an 8:00 poetry-only open mic. The venue has a capacity of 75 persons with seating for approximately 60; if you want to sit down for the first part of the show, you will need to arrive before 8:00 PM. Large parties are strongly advised to arrive in a timely manner, as the show frequently sells out.

There is a short break after the open mic at approximately 9:45, during which some seats usually free up for incoming crowd. (If the feature is popular, do not expect seats to become available.) After the break, the featured poet or event begins. Standard features last for 30 minutes and featured slams last about 60 minutes, after which our featured poets vend their product and chat with fans. As of 2023, the full show is usually over by 11:00.