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The Brooklyn Poetry Slam /

Brooklyn Poetry Slam: Welcome Back | Aug 13

Date

MON, AUG 13 | 7PM

Cost

FREE w/ RSVP

Photo Credit: Angelys Ocana

This edition will be a "welcome back" for the Brooklyn Slam Team who are returning from an international poetry convening!

Program For The Evening:

* BRIC TV's Brooklyn Slam documentary screening

* Brooklyn Poetry Slam team performances

* * Open Mic

PLEASE NOTE that there will not be a slam competition during this event, only performances by members of the Slam team.

The Brooklyn Poetry Slam brings together Brooklyn’s best slam poets for a monthly gathering of words and wisdom, hosted by poet, activist, and educator Mahogany L. Browne with music by DJ Jive Poetic. As Mahogany says, “These poets will make you feel things.”

HASHTAG: #BrooklynPoetrySlam


PLEASE NOTE:
* Entry to this event is first come, first admitted, while space is available. Although it is preferred, you do NOT need a RSVP to attend this event.
* This event is General Admission Seated/Standing in the BRIC House Ballroom. 


BIOS:

Mahogany L. Browne is a Cave Canem, Poets House, and Serenbe Focus Fellow alum, and the author of several books including Swag & Dear Twitter: Love Letters Hashed Out On-line, recommended by Small Press Distribution & listed as About.com Best Poetry Books of 2010.She has released five LPs and is co-founder of Brooklyn Slam (currently ranked 2nd in the world) and has toured Germany, Amsterdam, England, Canada, and Australia as one-third of the cultural arts exchange project Global Poetics. Her journalism work has been published in magazines UptownKINGXXLThe Source, Canada’s The Word and UK’s MOBO. Her poetry has been published in literary journals PluckManhattanville ReviewMuzzleUnion Station MagLiterary BohemianBestiary Brown Girl Love, and Up The Staircase. She is the Artistic Director of Urban Word NYC (as seen on HBO’s Brave New Voices) and facilitates performance poetry and writing workshops throughout the country. She is the publisher of Penmanship Books, curator & Friday Night Slam host at Nuyorican Poets Café, and Program Director of BLM at Pratt Institute.

Jive Poetic is a poet, activist, and educator. He is the Brooklyn Poetry Slam’s co-founder & resident DJ, and has represented the U.S. national slam team, been featured on TV One’s Lexus Verses and Flow, and PBS’ Brief but Spectacular. He teaches hip hop and poetry workshops throughout the country, and is a recent graduate of the MFA Writing & Activism Program at Pratt Institute. In addition to the Brooklyn Poetry Slam, Jive Poetic hosts the Wednesday night Poetry Slam Open at the Nuyorican Poets Café.