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2019

Cambridge, MA, United StatesMore +
20 Oct
Featured Poets
Lizard Lounge 1667 Mass Ave
Cambridge, MA 02476
United States
7:30 PM Admission: $8 at the door Subscribe
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Campbell Mann

Campbell Mann is a Boston based poet whose work has been featured and awarded in The Boston Intercollegiate Poetry Festival and the Kaji Aso Studio’s Haiku Competition.

Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam

The doors open at 7:30 pm every Sunday and we start with our “Poetry Slam.” The “Featured Poet” will start roughly at 9:00 pm accompanied by the Jeff Robinson Trio. After the Featured Poet, we have our “Open Mic” also accompanied by the Jeff Robinson Trio. There’s $8 cover charge at the door, and the Lizard Lounge is a 21+ venue.

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Instagram post 2154513192083870915_1043634276 Campbell Mann is the Featured Poet at the Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam Sunday, October 20, 2019, https://poetryjam.org Campbell Mann is a Boston based poet whose work has been featured and awarded in The Boston Intercollegiate Poetry Festival and the Kaji Aso Studio’s Haiku Competition. She is an active editor and contributor to The Garden, the main literary journal of The Boston Conservatory at Berklee, where she continues to study writing under the tutelage of Judson Evans.
Instagram post 2149439753249798713_1043634276 Zachary Bos is the Featured Poet at the Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam Sunday, October 13, 2019, https://poetryjam.org @lizardloungeclub⁠ Zachary Bos is the publisher of Pen & Anvil Press, and editor of New England Review of Books. An alumnus of the poetry workshops of the BU MFA program, his work has appeared in journals including Dappled Things, Hollow, Hawk & Whippoorwill, Bosphorus Review of Books, Morning Star, The Battersea Review, Public Pool, Fulcrum, Literary Imagination, and The Christian Science Monitor. Through the Boston Poetry Union, he raises money for author travel stipends, student conference sponsorship, and microgrants to aspiring writers in Kenya, among other causes. He is the 2019 judge for the Art on the Trails poetry competition in Southborough.⁠ ⁠
Instagram post 2144366321318715997_1043634276 Christina Liu is the Featured Poet at the Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam Sunday, October 6, 2019, https://poetryjam.org @lizardloungeclub
Instagram post 2140108258319516770_1043634276 D.Ruff is the Featured Poet at the Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam Sunday, September 29, 2019, https://poetryjam.org @lizardloungeclub @d_ruff3⁠ ⁠ D.Ruff is a spoken word poet and co-host of the "if you can Feel It, you can Speak It" Open Mic movement, held every 2nd Thursday of the month at the Bella Luna/Milky Way in Jamaica Plain. He has been writing and performing for over 10 years. Over the past decade, he has featured/hosted at venues such as The Middle East, Slades Bar & Grille, The Haley House, Darryl's Corner, The Strand Theater, Paramount Theater and The Apollo Theater.
Instagram post 2134370749494810179_1043634276 Pat Rossi is the Featured Poet at the Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam Sunday September 22, 2019 https://poetryjam.org @lizardloungeclub Pat Rossi is passionate about life! Her writing is a reflection of that passion. It is sometimes painful and raw, sometimes funny and suggestive, sometimes spiritual and political, and always honest and real! She can shock you, make you laugh, make you cry, make you uncomfortable, and make you think! Pat believes that no matter how hard life can be, there is always something positive to be grateful for. When she is not working, Pat can often be found admiring sunrises and sunsets, taking walks along the beach, listening to the sounds of nature on her deck, and enjoying reading time and making Saturday breakfast with her granddaughter Layla
Instagram post 2129961394770385889_1043634276 Ashley Rose is the Featured Poet at the Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam Sunday, September 15, 2019, https://poetryjam.org @lizardloungeclubAshley-Rose is an award-winning Haitian-American educator, organizer, and poet from Boston Ma. She was honored by Mayor Marty Walsh with the OneIn3 Impact Award for being one of the most influential people under age 35 in Boston and in 2016 she was awarded Boston’s Extraordinary Woman Award for her work with within arts, education and community development in Boston.⁠ ⁠ Most recently she was awarded the 2017 National Poetry Award by the City Works Journal in San Diego, California. Her writing has been featured alongside collections and anthologies including, The Anthology of Liberation Poetry She also was one of the first people to deliver a TEDx Talk in Boston, based on her poem, “The Other Side of Ruggles”. Her poem, “Dark Skin Representative” was highlighted and featured by the American Repertory Theater for their sold-out play, The Black Clown, inspired by Langston Hughes.
Instagram post 2124947148915915430_1043634276 Big Brotha Sadi is the Featured Poet at the Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam Sunday, September 8, 2019, poetryjam.org Big Brotha Sadi (born Sadi Diazabakana in Lynn MA) is a Congolese American Hip Hop artist from Lynn MA. As a Poet, MC and Rapper, Big Brotha categorizes himself as a Hip Hop Poet and most importantly, a Word Smith, a Spoken Words artist with a Hip Hop format of Rhymes and Beats using Rap as language and MCing as a style of Performance. Big Brotha’s music is clearly a blend of the”Underground” style of Hip Hop and the “Rub a Dub” style of Dance Hall Reggae.
Instagram post 2119814551806243204_1043634276 Jeannie Nunes is the Featured Poet at the Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam Sunday, September 1, 2019, https://poetryjam.org @lizardloungeclub⁠ ⁠ Jeannie Nunes was born and raised in Roxbury, Mass. She’s a daughter, mother, sister, and your friendly neighborhood analog girl living in a digital world. She has been writing her life story since high school, but only started her spoken word journey a few years ago.⁠
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The Boston Globe

“The trio was a surprise hit of the last Boston Music Awards. And it’s the glue at the Lizard on Sunday, weaving sinuous riffs that meld uncannily with the rhythm of the poetry.” Steve Morse, The Boston Globe

Abiodun Oyewole

“The Jeff Robinson Trio is one of the most innovative and revolutionary bands of today that mixes the old with a new kind of flavor.” – Abiodun Oyewole, The Last Poets

Patricia Smith

“Whether they’re the fierce undercurrent of a poet’s musings or simply jammin’ on their own, the Jeff Robinson Trio exhibit a power and confidence that flirts with perfection.” Patricia Smith
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