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JUST BE(LOVED) Poetry Slam & Open Mic ANNIVERSARY EDITION ft Pages Matam
Fri, Nov 20
|JustBook-ish
JustBe(Loved) is a poetry slam and open mic that occurs every 1st & 3rd Friday at JustBook-ish and is curated by Emmanuel Oppong-Yeboah and Crystal Valentine. This event will feature the poet and performer, Pages Matam. Sign up to slam to compete for a $75 cash prize! Come get fed, LITERALLY!
Time & Location
Nov 20, 2026, 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
JustBook-ish, 1463 Dorchester Ave, Dorchester, MA 02122, USA
Guests
About the event
JustBe(Loved) is a poetry slam and open mic that occurs every 1st & 3rd Friday at JustBook-ish and is curated by Emmanuel Oppong-Yeboah and Crystal Valentine. This event will feature the poet and performer, Pages Matam. Sign up to slam to compete for a $75 cash prize! Come get fed, LITERALLY! Complimentary light bites served for our Birthday Bash!
PAGES matam (They/He), is a genderqueer med-school dropout turned award-winning multi-hyphenate who was late to their own birth (aka almost didn’t survive) after a near 11-months pregnancy. Now, they strive to create timely and timeless stories centering Black & Queer characters who defy the odds.
Fluent in five languages, they are a published poet and spokenword artist, burlesque performer, high-concept drama TV writer, pleasure advocate and agent of imagination born and raised in Cameroon, Central Africa who then blossomed in Washington D.C. (Piscataway Land). PAGES loves anime, mario kart and fried plantains as…