The Berkeley Slam ft. Aparna Paul

THE LONGEST RUNNING POETRY SLAM ON THE WEST COAST!

Bringing you some of the best poetry from across the world every week since 1998, and third in the nation at the 2015 National Poetry Slam! 3rd place at Bigfoot 2023 and 2nd place at Bigfoot 2024 in Portland, OR.

don't forget to check us out before the show for the writing workshop, led by one of our crew members.

Doors open @ 7:00PM

Workshop Hosted in Person and Online @ 7:00PM

Poetry Slam SIGN UP LIST Goes out @ 7:00PM

SHOW STARTS AT 8PM!!!

📝Workshop starts at 7:00PM on Zoom ID: TBA

Bio: Aparna Paul (she/her) is a writer, chemical engineer, banana bread enthusiast, & amateur crossword constructor based in Cambridge, MA. Her poetry & prose has been recognized by Reckoning, DMQ Review, & Gaining Ground, among others. She edited the anthology Reflections of The Land (Literary Cleveland, 2022) and is a co-editor of GOOD SOUP (@goodsoup.mag). She is the 2023 Boston Poetry Slam grand champion, has been a BPS team member four years running, and won Pushing the Art Forward at the 2025 Northbeast Poetry Regional. HOME FREE (Game Over Books, 2025) is her debut full-length poetry collection.