Poetry Slam
Join your local wordsmiths for a night of poetry, libations, and passion! The night will begin with an open mic featuring local artists, singers, and writers, and end with a poetry slam.
Sign up by commenting below, sending a direct message, or emailing bloomingtonpoetryslam@gmail.com
Hosted by Andrea M. Sterling and Sully.
This month's feature is the phenomenal Rachel Wiley!! Rachel Wiley is a poet, performer and body positive activist from Columbus, Ohio.
Rachel has competed in multiple National Poetry Slam Competitions and was a finalist twice in 2011. She has toured nationally performing at Slam Venues, Colleges and Festivals including the 2014 Geraldine Dodge Poetry Festival in Newark, NJ. (Read Her Festival Write Up Here )
Her work has been featured by the Huffington Post ,Everyday Feminism ,Frigg Magazine, Drunken Boat, Drunk in a Midnight Choir, Nailed Magazine and PBS NewsHour.
Rachel's first full length collection of poems Fat Girl Finishing School was published on Timber Mouse Press in 2014.
Her newest collection, Nothing Is Okay, is being published by Button Poetry in March of 2018.
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Performers should arrive by 8:30pm so we can get everyone signed in!