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Join us on Thursday November 7 for an open mic featuring Maya Williams! Doors open and sign-up sheet is posted at 7pm.
Admission is $5-10 suggested donation, or pay what you can. No one is turned away for lack of funds.
MORE ABOUT OUR FEATURE:
Maya Williams (ey/they/she) is a religious Black multiracial nonbinary suicide survivor who was selected as Portland, ME's seventh poet laureate for a July 2021 to July 2024 term. Maya received a MFA in Creative Writing with a Focus in Poetry from Randolph College in June 2022. Eir debut poetry collection Judas & Suicide (Game Over Books, 2023) was selected as a finalist for a New England Book Award. Their second poetry collection, Refused a Second Date (Harbor Editions, 2023), was selected as a finalist for a Maine Literary Award. Their third poetry collection, What's So Wrong with a Pity Party Anyway?, was selected as one of four winners of Garden Party Collective's chapbook prize in 2024. Maya was selected as one of Maine Humanities Council's recipients of the Constance Carlson Public Humanities Prize in 2024. Follow her at @emmdubb16 and mayawilliamspoet.com.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
115 Empire Street, 02903, 115 Empire St, Providence, RI 02903-3254, United States,Providence, Rhode Island
