You can’t miss a Terrance Hayes reading. For months, the local community of writers in Tampa buzzed about Hayes coming to the University of South Florida to spend a week as Scholar-in-Residence, attending classes and hosting a Wednesday night reading. Some of us had class, but it didn’t matter. You ask to be excused, you leave early, you do what it takes. But you can’t miss Hayes. Continue reading
Author: V Navarro
All of us at Sweet were very proud to hear that “False Alarm,” Saffron Marchant’s essay she published with us in issue 7.3, was selected by Sundress Publications for their Best of the Net 2015 anthology. Continue reading
Cassandra de Alba graduated from Hampshire College with a degree in poetry and history and holds two masters degrees, but she also boasts an impressive background in the world of poetry slams. She has represented both Slam Free or Die and Hampshire County at the National Poetry Slam and she runs one of my absolute favorite poetry blogs over at the Boston Poetry Slam tumblr. Continue reading
I kept looking over my shoulder but I couldn’t find Aja Monet among the teachers and organizers gathered in the back of the filled Grace Allen room at the University of South Florida. I was excited to see her in person after watching Youtube videos of her reading on a sunny sidewalk or in front of a slam crowd. Jessica Thompson, a second-year MFA at USF, came to the mic and introduced Monet and her notable acclaim since winning the champion title at the Nuyorican Poets Café grand slam when she was only nineteen. Continue reading