Open Mic Night @ Booksweet

1729 Plymouth Road,Ann Arbor MI 48105

24 March, 2023

Description

Join us on Friday, March 24 from 7-8 pm for Open Mic Night @ Booksweet, featuring special guest Isabella J Mansfield, a poet, spoken word artist, and 2x Pushcard Nominee. This is a FREE event, but your Eventbrite RSVP is so helpful to our planning. Want to read at our 3/24 open mic night? Priority will be given to those who sign up in advance using this form, although night-of sign ups will also be taken. Please keep the following in in mind: We'll get started at 7 pm, so if you are reading, please arrive a few minutes prior. Once Isabella J Mansfield, our featured guest for the evening, reads for 10 minutes, everyone will be allotted 5-10 minutes (depending on our volume of sign-ups) We welcome writing of all kinds at this event: fiction, non-fiction, poetry, works-in-process, or published works This event is for teens and adults. Content warnings are appreciated, with a pause to allow people to leave the room if needed We don't use a mic in our space (too intimate a setting), so you'll need to project your voice. Learn more about health and safety at Booksweet.Booksweet is 100% wheelchair accessible.We offer ample free parking and bike racks. We're also off the AATA bus route 23 and 22. Stop name: Courtyard Shops.Booksweet events are generally filled with writers. We're so excited to hear your voices and your work. Learn more about our featured guest, Isabella J. Mansfield // Isabella J Mansfield (she/her) writes about anxiety, intimacy, and body image both generally and as a woman with a disability. She has a love for stage poetry, and has taken her work around the country and across the pond, including performances at the Oberon Theater, Cambridge, MA, and Nambucca London. A two-time Pushcart nominee, and a Write Bloody McCarthy Prize Honorable Mention, Isabella is always looking for ways to bring a little humor into her deeply personal poems, and is almost never sorry to make you cry. Instagram and Facebook @isabellajmansfield