SLAM NUBA
October Session Featuring André O. Hoilette
Friday October 29 / DOORS OPEN at 7:30 PM, SHOW STARTS at 8:00 PM
VENUE: In Person at RedLine
PARTICIPATE: DONATION BASED, REGISTER HERE
Slam Nuba takes place at RedLine every Fourth Friday of the month.
André O. Hoilette is a Jamaican-born poet living in Denver, Colorado. He is a Cave Canem alumnus and the former editor of ambulant: A Journal of Poetry & Art and former assistant editor of Nexus Magazine. He earned an MFA in Fiction and Poetry from Regis University’s Mile-High MFA program. 2020 nomination for Pushcart Prize. 2021 Finalist Frontier Poetry Chapbook Prize, 2021 Semi-finalist Cave Canem Book Prize. Previous publication in Role Call, Stand Our Ground, Bum Rush the Page: A Def Poetry Jam and Cave Canem 10-Year Reader anthologies and journals: Inverted Syntax, Cultural Weekly, Rigorous, milk magazine, Nexus magazine, South Broadway Press and Burrow Press.
Slam Nuba focuses on literacy, mentorship and competitive, performance-based poetry. The mission of Slam Nuba is to promote the creation and performance of poetry and cultivate literary activities and engage the community, focused on the power of the written and spoken word. Based at RedLine Contemporary Art Center in Denver, CO, the Slam Nuba collective of artists performs poetry throughout the nation, as well as teaches workshops locally in and around Colorado and the region. Since its inception, Slam Nuba and its members have consistently ranked among the highest in the nation in competitions.
