On SAM Body + Mind Saturday evenings, enjoy performances featuring local and visiting storytellers, poets, and creative organizations.
Inside proudly presents a curated poetry show, an evening where words create a sanctuary for the soul. Rooted in their steadfast belief in the power of self-expression, Inside invites you to partake in an event that mirrors their mission of fostering self-discovery and healing.
The headlining poet of the evening is E.J. Koh, the author of the novel The Liberators, which won The New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award. Koh is also the author of the memoir The Magical Language of Others, which won a Washington State Book Award, Pacific Northwest Book Award, Association for Asian American Studies Book Award, and was longlisted for the PEN/Open Book Award. Her work has appeared in AGNI, The Atlantic, Boston Review, Los Angeles Review of Books, The Paris Review, Poetry, Teen Vogue, and World Literature Today. Koh earned her MFA at Columbia University and her PhD at the University of Washington, and has received National Endowment for the Arts, MacDowell, and American Literary Translators Association fellowships.
5:30 pm - Doors open. Buy a drink from the Shooby Doo bar and explore artist Mia Imani's installation, Dreamstation.
6 pm - Poetry performances curated by Inside
7 pm - Intermission
7:10 pm - Performance by E.J. Koh
8 pm - Doors close
Tickets
Free with registration required.
Tickets are available two weeks before the program.
Seating and standing room are first-come, first-served.
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