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Slamlandia – July

Thu, Jul 17, 2025 from 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

Slamlandia is a poetry open mic and slam that meets every month, 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. July’s featured poet is Courtney LeBlanc.

Julia Gaskill

Julia Gaskill

Julia Gaskill (she/her) is a poet and organizer hailing from Portland, OR. She has competed multiple times on national spoken word stages and toured with her poetry across North America. Her work has been published through FreezeRay Poetry, Pile Press, Vagabond City Lit, and more, as well as in several anthologies. Her debut poetry collection, weirdo, was published with Game Over Books Press in 2022. Julia runs the monthly poetry mic series Slamlandia, and she is a co-creator and the lead organizer of the Bigfoot Poetry Festival (taking place in downtown Portland for its fifth time this June). She was elected to the board of the Oregon Poetry Association in 2024, and she was a 2025 Carolyn Moore Writers House resident. When not writing poetry or organizing events, Julia can be found binging the latest must-watch TV, exploring the Pacific Northwest with her husband, or walking your dog.
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Courtney LeBlanc

Courtney LeBlanc

Courtney LeBlanc is the author of four full-length poetry collections, most recently Her Dark Everything. She is the founder and editor-in-chief of Riot in Your Throat, an independent poetry press, and Poetry Coven, a monthly generative workshop. She loves nail polish, tattoos, and a soy latte each morning. Find her online at www.courtneyleblanc.com.

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