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JUST BE(LOVED) Poetry Slam & Open Mic ft. Mahogany L Browne
Fri, May 01
|Just Book-ish
Just Beloved is a poetry slam and open mic that occurs every 1st and 3rd Friday of the month. Rooted in love, this event is curated by Crystal Valentine & Emmanuel Oppong-Yeboah and features a headling poet. This week's feature poet is Mahogany L Browne.
Time & Location
May 01, 2026, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Just Book-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 and 3rd Friday of the month. Rooted in love, this event is curated by Crystal Valentine & Emmanuel Oppong-Yeboah and features a headling poet. This week's feature poet is Mahogany L Browne.
Mahogany L. Browne, a Kennedy Center's Next 50 fellow and MacDowell Arts Advocacy Awardee, is a writer, playwright, organizer, & educator. Browne received fellowships from All Arts, Arts for Justice, Air Serenbe, Baldwin for the Arts, Carolyn Moore Writing Residency, Cave Canem, Hawthornden, Poets House, Mellon Research, Rauschenberg, Wesleyan University, & UCross. Browne’s books include Vinyl Moon, Chlorine Sky (optioned for a play by Steppenwolf Theater), Black Girl Magic, and banned books Woke: A Young Poet’s Call to Justice and Woke Baby. Founder of the diverse lit initiative Woke Baby Book Fair, Browne currently tours Chrome Valley (highlighted in Publishers Weekly and The New York Times) and is the 2024 Paterson…