JUST BE(LOVED) Poetry Slam & Open Mic-- Featuring Hanif Abdurraqib

JUST BE(LOVED) is a poetry slam and open mic occurring every 1st & 3rd Friday. The event is curated and hosted by Emmanuel Oppong-Yeboah & Crystal Valentine. This week will feature writer Hanif Abdurraqib. 

Hanif Abdurraqib is a poet, essayist, and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio. His poetry has been published in Muzzle, Vinyl, PEN American, and various other journals. His essays and music criticism have been published in The FADER, Pitchfork, The New Yorker, and The New York Times. His first full length poetry collection, The Crown Ain't Worth Much, was released in June 2016 from Button Poetry. It was named a finalist for the Eric Hoffer Book Prize, and was nominated for a Hurston-Wright Legacy Award. With Big Lucks, he released a limited edition chapbook, Vintage Sadness, in summer 2017 (you cannot get it anymore and he is very sorry.) His first collection of essays, They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us, was released in winter 2017 by Two…