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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. November’s featured poet is Christopher Diaz.
Christopher Diaz
Christopher Sablan Diaz is an indigenous CHamoru from the Pacific Island of Guåhan. He’s been featured by NBC News and Poets & Writers.org, and was recently shortlisted for the 2026 Poet of the Year Award by ONLY POEMS literary magazine. He’s received fellowships and support from Indigenous Nations Poets, Kundiman, the McCormack Writing Center (formerly Tin House), the Washington State Arts Commission, and the Sitka Center for Art & Ecology. He's a two-time grand slam champion and has taught with “Writers in the Schools.” He lives on the unceded ancestral lands of the Chinook in Vancouver, WA, where he volunteers to co-facilitate writing workshops at the juvenile detention center.
