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Slamlandia – March
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.
This month, Slamlandia will be hosted by special guest host Jennifer Nicole. The featured poet is Brian Stephen Ellis.
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.
Brian Stephen Ellis
Brian Stephen Ellis (he/they) is the author of five collections of poetry, and one collection of short fiction, the most recent of which are, Pretty Much the Last Hardcore Kid in This Town (2023) from Alien Buddha Press and Against Common Sense (2023) from Limit Zero Publications. In 2014 he was the recipient of the William Stafford War No More Award. They live in Portland, Oregon.
