JUST BE(LOVED) Poetry Slam & Open Mic

Just BE(Loved) is a poetry slam and open mic that occurs every 1st & 3rd Friday. This event is hosted and curated by the City of Boston's Poet Laureate, Emmanuel Oppong Yeboah and Mass Poetry Director & Cave Canem Fellow, Crystal Valentine. The feature for this event will be the poet Imani Davis.

Imani Davis is a queer, Black, & neurodivergent writer who grew up splitting time between Brooklyn & Long Island. A recipient of fellowships from Cave Canem, The Mellon Foundation, Lambda Literary, StoryStudio Chicago, and the Stadler Center for Poetry, they’re currently a Ph.D. candidate in American Studies at Harvard, where they also earned their M.A. in English. Imani holds a B.A. in English and Africana Studies from the University of Pennsylvania as well.

Imani’s poetry appears with The Academy of American Poets, Best New Poets, Best of the Net, PBS News Hour’s Brief But Spectacular Series, The…