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Mic Check Poetry Fest Showcase
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Mic Check Poetry Fest is proud to partner with The Hancher to present our festival showcase featuring Danez Smith, Denice Frohman, and teen poets from IC Speaks.
With: Danez Smith, Denice Frohman, IC Speaks
Date: Friday, Nov 3
Time: 7:00 pm and 9:00 pm
Location: Hancher Auditorium / Strauss Hall / Cabaret
Tickets:
- $15 for adults 19+
- $10 for college students with college ID
- Pre-paid to Fest Pass holders
- Free to youth 13-18 with ID
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Advance registration is required even if you are a teen or have purchased a Fest Pass.
7 pm show sold out! Don't wait to get tix for 9 pm show!
Danez Smith
Danez Smith is a Black, Queer, Poz writer & performer from St. Paul, MN. Danez is the author of Homie, (Graywolf Press, 2020), winner of the Minnesota Book Award, the Heartland Bookseller Award, and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award; Don’t Call Us Dead (Graywolf Press, 2017), winner of the Forward Prize for Best Collection, the Midwest Booksellers Choice Award, and a finalist for the National Book Award; they also wrote [insert] boy (YesYes Books, 2014), winner of the Kate Tufts Discovery Award and the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry. They are the recipient of fellowships from the Poetry Foundation, the McKnight Foundation, the Montalvo Arts Center, Cave Canem, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Danez's work has been featured widely, appearing on platforms such as Buzzfeed, The New York Times, PBS NewsHour, Best American Poetry, Poetry Magazine, and on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Danez is a member of the Dark Noise Collective and is the co-host of VS with Franny Choi, a podcast sponsored by the Poetry Foundation and Postloudness.
www.danezsmithpoet.com
Denice Frohman
Denice Frohman is a poet and performer from New York City. A Pew Fellow and Baldwin-Emerson Fellow, she’s received support from CantoMundo, Headlands Center for the Arts, the National Association of Latino Arts & Cultures and Millay Colony. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The BreakBeat Poets: LatiNext, Nepantla: An Anthology for Queer Poets of Color, ESPNW and elsewhere. A former Women of the World Poetry Slam Champion, she’s featured on hundreds of national and international stages from The Apollo to The White House. She lives in Philadelphia.
www.denicefrohman.com
IC Speaks
IC Speaks seeks to develop and sustain an inclusive, thriving spoken-word poetry community in Iowa City that empowers youth from all backgrounds to speak their truths.
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