Beatnik Cafe: Poetry
Schedule
Sun Oct 23 2022 at 04:00 pm to 06:00 pm
Location
Hey Hey | Los Angeles, CA
Advertisement
Beatnik Cafe presents another night of truth and perspective! Bill Ratner is a 2022 Best of the Net Poetry Nominee with poems published in Best Small Fictions 2021 (Sonder Press), To Decorate a Casket (Finishing Line Press-chapbook), Fear of Fish (Alien Buddha Press-full collection), Missouri Review Audio, Chiron Review, Baltimore Review, Feminine Collective, and other journals. Bill is a 9-time winner of The Moth StorySLAM, and earns his living as a voice actor. https://billratner.com/author • twitter & instagram @billratner
Marc Olmsted has appeared in City Lights Journal, New Directions in Prose & Poetry, New York Quarterly, The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry and a variety of small presses. He is the author of six collections of poetry, including What Use Am I a Hungry Ghost?, which has an introduction by Allen Ginsberg. Olmsted's 25 year relationship with Ginsberg is chronicled in his Beatdom Books memoir Don't Hesitate: Knowing Allen Ginsberg 1972-1997 - Letters and Recollections, available on Amazon.
3:50-4 pm- Open Mic Sign Up
4-4:10 pm- Intro
4:10- 4:30 pm- Bill Ratner Reading
4:30- 4:50 pm- Marc Olmsted Reading
4:50- 5:50 pm- Poetry Open Mic (3 minutes per poet)
5:50- 6 pm- Close
Poetry Open Mic Guidelines: You could read up to two poems at the Open Mic. They can be poems by you or by other poets you respect. Although we want to hear from you, this is not a space to promote your wine company's social media. You are encouraged to be creative about your language, but racism, bigotry, and sexism are not allowed.
Consider using the below writing prompt.
Write a poem about having a relationship with a monster.
Here are some virtual poetry events for you to consider:
Cobalt Presents- Every Tuesday at 7:30 pm
Two Idiots Peddling Poetry- Every Wednesday at 8 pm
Advertisement
Where is it happening?
Hey Hey, 1555 W Sunset Boulevard,Los Angeles,CA,United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
