JustBe(Loved) Poetry Slam & Open Mic— Ft. Cai Sherley

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. Join us for a poetry slam open mic and featured poet. This will feature Boston-bred poet, Cai Sherley.

Cai Sherley (he/him) is a poet-educator with roots in Boston, MA. A two-time Pushcart Prize nominee, you can find his work in Best New Poets 2022, swamp pink, Peach Mag, and My Loves: A Digital Anthology of Queer Love Poems from Ghost City Press. He is passionate about writing Black trans-masculine lives past & present and has found homes at The Watering Hole, Brooklyn Poets, Tin House, and LAMBDA. As an educator, Cai has worked at the K-12 and college levels, including with the children of incarcerated adults and queer youth. He has developed and facilitated poetry workshops with schools & organizations across the East Coast and provides professional development for…