Slamlandia
Slamlandia is a poetry open mic and slam that meets every month at Literary Arts, on the third Thursday. This mic provides a creative, fun, and welcoming space for all literary communities in Portland. We encourage poets new and old to come share their work. We strive towards a safe space for poets to read their own poetry, witness others, and participate in community.
Hosted by Julia Gaskill. December’s featured poet will be announced soon!
Julia Gaskill
Julia Gaskill (she/her) has competed multiple times on national stages and toured with her poetry across North America. Her work has been published through Vagabond City Lit, Nailed Magazine, Knight’s Library Magazine, and more, and her poems have been featured on the YouTube channels SlamFind, Write About Now, and Button Poetry. She was included in the anthologies In Absentia in 2020 and Excelsior! in 2022. Julia is the author of four chapbooks, runs the mic Slamlandia, co-created the Bigfoot Regional Poetry Slam, and is the creator of the spoken word album, Stouthearted Bitch. Her debut full length collection, weirdo, is out now from Game Over Books. It goes without saying, she loves Muppets more than you. Find out more about Julia at @geekgirlgrownup on Twitter and Instagram or at juliagaskill.com.
Jennifer Nicole
Dr. Jennifer Nicole is a writer, researcher, and educator from Houston, TX. An award-winning scholar, she holds a PhD in English with an emphasis in queer young adult literature, and her scholarly work is published in some of the top journals in her field. She is drawn to cross-genre texts and is currently working on a series of essays that combines poetry, memoir, and scholarship. Jenn began writing poetry in 2015, unless you count the time she plagiarized Evanescence lyrics for her 9th grade poetry assignment.
