About this Event
THE LONGEST RUNNING POETRY SLAM ON THE WEST COAST!
Bringing you some of the best poetry from across the world every week since 1998, and third in the nation at the 2015 National Poetry Slam! 3rd place at Bigfoot 2023 and 2nd place at Bigfoot 2024 in Portland, OR.
don't forget to check us out before the show for the writing workshop, led by one of our crew members.
Doors open @ 7:00PM
Workshop Hosted in Person and Online @ 7:00PM
Poetry Slam SIGN UP LIST Goes out @ 7:00PM
SHOW STARTS AT 8PM!!!
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Ashia S. Ajani is a sunshower, a glass bead, a carnivorous plant, an overripe nectarine. Originally from Denver, CO, Queen City of the Plains and the unceded territory of the Ute, Cheyenne and Arapahoe peoples, Ajani's work explores Afro-diasporic counterinsurgencies through an ecological lens. Now living in the Bay Area on Muwekma Ohlone land, she is an doctoral student of sociology at UC Santa Cruz. Ajani is the author of one poetry collection, Heirloom (Write Bloody Publishing, 2026) and a nonfiction collection, Tending the Vines: Black Abundance in Eight Plants (Timber Press, 2026). Their writing is a kaleidoscope of praxis as an eco-griot and abolitionist.
Event venue & nearby stays
The Starry Plough Pub, 3101 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, United States
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