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Poetry Open Mic
Thursday June 1 2023 @ 7:00 pm
With guest poet Karl Meade.
Karl Meade has been longlisted for five CBC Literary Prizes, shortlisted for Arc Poetry Magazine’s Poem of the Year, and shortlisted for The Malahat Review’s Open Season Creative Nonfiction Award. His work has appeared in dozens of literary magazines, including Literary Review of Canada, Contemporary Verse 2, Painted Bride Quarterly, Grain, Event, Fiddlehead, and Wrath-Bearing Tree. His novel, Odd Jobs, was a finalist for the Foreword Reviews Book of the Year for Humour, and an iTunes Top 20 Arts and Literature podcast.
He splits his time between Salt Spring Island and New York, where his partner is completing an MFA in Poetry at Sarah Lawrence College.
Sign-up for the open mic starts at 6:45.
One poem per reader, max. 3 minutes.