Union Square Slam is delighted to roll out our new summer reading series, featuring an extended open mic and a truly stellar featured artist.

This week, we welcome Candice Iloh!

Candice Iloh is a first-generation Nigerian-American writer, poet, and artist-educator residing in Brooklyn, NY whose writing has appeared in Fjords Review, The Grio, For Harriet, Blavity and elsewhere. A VONA fellowship recipient and Home School Lambda Literary Fellow, Candice also contributes to Lambda Literary. She is a MFA candidate in Writing for Young People and Poetry at Lesley University and is currently working on her first young adult novel in verse. When not writing or teaching, you can find her in a dance class in Bedstuy or follow her @becomer.

6:30-7:30pm: Sign-ups and Socialize
7:30-8:30pm: Open Mic
8:30pm: Feature

All Ages // $5