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SUMMARY:¡Slam Diáspora: GRAND SLAM!
DESCRIPTION:The first and only Spanish language slam in Chicago returns in-person!\n\n\nPrimera llamada to this year’s GRAND SLAM! Winners go on to Abya Yala Poetry Slam and Circuito Nacional Poetry Slam México – así que échenle todo el power a sus versos que con la poesía se viaja. All participants have a chance to compete at the international level at the final slam hosted by a Latinx country. Hosted and curated by Crystal Vance Guerra and Luis Tubens “Logan Lu.” \nOpen to poets of all styles and ages! From anyone who is just starting\, to anyone who has been writing for decades\, are all welcome to participate. SIGN UP HERE. \nRequirements:\nSlam– 2 poems in Spanish/Spanglish\nOpen Mic– Any genre of performance art in any language! \nWe believe that poetry pertains to everyone\, and that all of us carry it within us. This slam is to experiment\, play\, and to let the words flow. \nRemember: the point is not the points\, the point is the community. We want to nurture a poetic community\, and invite new people to participate as audience members\, as poets\, and as spoken-word lovers.\nSlam Diáspora is the first Spanish slam in the U.S. and aims to create a space that unites Latinx poets in the US with poets in Latin America\, to form a poetry community despite borders. Participants and winners from last year can participate again! \n——————————————– \n¡Abierto a poetas de todos estilos y edades! Desde quien apenas esta empezando a escribir\, a quienes llevan décadas escribiendo– todos están bienvenidos a participar. REGÍSTRATE AQUÍ. \nRequisitos:\nSlam– Dos poemas (en español/spanglish)\nOpen Mic– Música/Poesía/Cuento etc\, en cualquier idioma \nCreemos que la poesía le pertenece a todxs\, y que todxs traemos poesía adentro. Este Slam es para experimentar\, jugar\, y dejar que la palabra fluya. \nRecuerden: el punto no son los puntos\, sino la comuna. Queremos crecer como comunidad poética\, e invitar a nuevas personas a participar como audiencia\, cómo poetas\, y cómo amantes de la palabra viva.\nSlam Diáspora es el primer slam de poesía en español de los EEUU y busca crear un espacio que une\npoetas Latinx en los EEUU con poetas en Latinoamérica para fomentar una comunidad poética a pesar de las fronteras. ¡Participantes y ganadores del año pasado pueden participar de nuevo! \nJUEZ DE HONOR: ÉRIKA ORDOSGOITTI\n \nÉrika Ordosgoitti (Caracas\, 1980) lives in Chicago\, Illinois. A performance\, audiovisual\, and poetry artist\, Ordosgoitti holds a degree in Fine Arts with a concentration in New Media from the Instituto Universitario de Artes Armando Reverón in Caracas. For the last 25 years\, her research has focused on studying the concept of freedom in relation to art. \nOrdosgoitti is known for her site-specific interventions in public space\, which she calls «photo-assaults» («fotoasalto»). These are performative declarations of freedom intended to bear witness to her fleeting existence and inspire new acts of disobedience. Risk is a significant element in her artistic practice. \nHer work explores the mechanisms of power that operate on behavior\, using her own body as the fundamental signifier and a space of contention\, recognizing it as power’s primary target and\, therefore\, the sole vehicle for freedom.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/slam-diaspora-en-vivo-2026-4/
LOCATION:Taqueria El Mezquite\, 1756 West 18th Street\, Chicago\, IL\, 60608\, United States
CATEGORIES:Partner Event,Slam Diáspora
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SUMMARY:Evanston Writers Workshop: In the Trenches Conference
DESCRIPTION:The Guild Literary Complex partners with the Evanston Writers Workshop to host a reading at the In the Trenches Conference 2026 featuring finalists from our 2026 Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Awards (GBOMA).\n\nFeatured Readers\n\n\nDARIO\nDavid Matthews\nKira Tucker
\nTom Gossett\n\n\nA big thank you to Evanston Writers Workshop for inviting the Guild to be part of this year’s conference. We’re looking forward to celebrating these talented poets and sharing their work!
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/in-the-trenches-conference-2026/
LOCATION:Hilton Garden Inn\, 1818 Maple Ave\, Evanston\, IL\, 60201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Partner Event
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SUMMARY:Transvengence Vol.14: Book Launch for "Goodbye to a Dream Believed" by Joss Barton
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, November 21st / 6:30 @ Haymarket House \nTransvengence Vol. 14 features the book launch of Goodbye to a Dream Believed by Joss Barton. \nJoss Barton will perform readings from the book\, followed by an author Q&A\, a book signing\, and refreshments. \nGoodbye to a Dream Believed!\, Joss Barton’s debut collection\, is a clutch of transsexual acid dreams and tweaker rave poems. Bound together in her singular style of nightclub stream of consciousness and righteous queer rage\, these poems demand another bump\, another battle\, and another belief system. This book asks us to ponder what lies beyond the revelatory seconds of a poem’s ego death and who will be there holding you when the party ends and the sun begins to rise.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/transvengence-vol-14/
LOCATION:Haymarket House\, 800 West Buena Avenue\, Chicago\, IL\, 60613\, United States
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