Say What?! Open Mic & Feature Jennifer Bartell Boykin

Say What?! Open Mic at Coffee Underground featuring Jennifer Bartell Boykin of Columbia! All poetry styles welcome! The night will also feature a full night of open mic slots for local poets on a first-come, first serve basis. Host ShAy Black.

Coffee Underground. 1 East Coffee Street. Greenville, SC 29601. Doors open at 7:00 pm. $10. Follow our social media @witsendpoetry across all platforms.

WORKSHOP: 5:30 AT COFFEE UNDERGROUND.

Jennifer Bartell Boykin was born and raised in Bluefield, a community in Johnsonville, South Carolina. She received a BA in English literature and creative writing from Agnes Scott College and an MFA in poetry from the University of South Carolina. She also has a master of library and information science from the University of South Carolina.

Bartell Boykin is the author of Only Believe (The Word Works, 2024) and Traveling Mercy (Finishing Line Press, 2023). Her poetry has appeared in numerous journals and magazines, including Obsidian, Callaloo, the Raleigh Review, kinfolks: a journal of black expression, the museum of americana: a literary review, and Scalawag. Bartell Boykin is the recipient of fellowships from Callaloo and The Watering Hole.

She has been an English educator for over seventeen years; she taught at Spring Valley High School in Columbia, South Carolina, where she was named the 2019–20 Teacher of the Year. She is currently a school librarian at Muller Road Middle in Blythewood, South Carolina.

Bartell Boykin currently serves as poet laureate of Columbia, South Carolina. In 2023, Bartell Boykin received an Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellowship

Open mic poets may read/recite one poem.All poetry styles welcome! Open Mic FAQ at https://www.witsendpoetry.com/about.html#sunday

Entry is only guaranteed to those with advanced tickets. Non-sold-out shows have tickets for sale at the door via credit card, cash app, PayPal, or cash. $witsendpoetry. The time limit is 4 minutes per poet including banter.

ALL TICKETS CAN BE TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER SHOW BY EMAILING WITSENDPOETRYSC@GMAIL.COM before 7:30. Full refunds are available for cancellations 7 days in advance.

Produced by Wits End Poetry, these poetry events are made possible in part by the generous support of the South Carolina Arts Commission and the Metropolitan Arts Council with funds received from the City of Greenville, BMW Manufacturing Company, Michelin North America, Inc., SEW Eurodrive and the South Carolina Arts Commission. More information at www.witsendpoetry.com.

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