Zach Goldberg

Zach Goldberg is a writer, educator, and arts administrator from Durham, NC. He is the author of XV (Nomadic Press, 2020) and the winner of the 2021 Button Poetry Chapbook Contest. A former member of the 2018 and 2019 Berkeley Slam Teams, Zach is also a proud co-founder of BuckSlam MN. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in journals including AGNI, Pleiades, and RHINO. He lives on occupied Dakota land in Minneapolis, MN. Find him online @gach_zoldberg.

Rudy Francisco – The Heart and the Fist

Performed performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN in 2023.

“We learn the heart is the same size as the fist, but we keep forgetting they don’t have the same function.”

Don’t miss this poem from Rudy Francisco, performing performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN in 2023.

Get Rudy’s book, Excuse Me As I Kiss The Sky.

Sean Patrick Mulroy – For your consideration

Performed in NYC

“Look how hard I am choosing not to die today.”

Don’t miss this poem from Sean Patrick Mulroy, performing in NYC

Get Sean’s book, Hated for the Gods.

Andrea Gibson – No Filter

Performed performing at The Button Poetry Studio in Longmont, CO in 2021.

“My therapist wants me to join a boxing gym so to not break my skeleton on what gets me to where I need to go.”

Don’t miss this poem from Andrea Gibson, performing performing at The Button Poetry Studio in Longmont, CO in 2021.

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Sean Patrick Mulroy – the evidence speaks for itself (Genji Monogatari, 1008 CE)

Performed in NYC

“The first protagonist in all recorded literary history, a man, makes love to men, and hey, guess what? He doesn’t die.”

Don’t miss this poem from Sean Patrick Mulroy, performing in NYC

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Prentice Powell – Letter to My Wife’s Exes

Performed at The Ill List 2023, in Modesto, CA.

“She still has that sparkle in her eyes that makes it hard for you to look at her for too long without becoming religious.”

Don’t miss this poem from Prentice Powell, performing at The Ill List 2023, in Modesto, CA.

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Usman Hameedi – The Ghost of 9/11 Addresses 1/6

Performed at The 2023 Roxbury Poetry Festival in Boston, MA

“Brainstorm turned dust cloud apocalypse, an offering of black soot in severed hands.”

Don’t miss this poem from Usman Hameedi, performing at The 2023 Roxbury Poetry Festival in Boston, MA

Get Usman’s book, Staying Right Here.

Rudy Francisco – Ode to my mother’s plantains

Performed performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN in 2023.

“In the afterlife, this is the only event on my calendar.”

Don’t miss this poem from Rudy Francisco, performing performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN in 2023.

Get Rudy’s book, Excuse Me As I Kiss The Sky.

Prentice Powell – Addiction

Performed at The Ill List 2023, in Modesto, CA.

“I tried to kick this Slam shit, but if you ever picked up a pen and put it to paper, you know that ink, man, it just keeps on calling.”

Don’t miss this poem from Prentice Powell, performing at The Ill List 2023, in Modesto, CA.

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