Catastrophes: Open Mic Poetry
Catastrophes: Open Mic Poetry In-Person
Bring us poems with catastrophes!
Featured Poet: Iheoma 'Oma is Loud' Uzomba, Artist-in-Residence, University of Calgary Libraries and Cultural Resources
Event time: November 5th, 3pm
Location: Gallery Hall, Taylor Family Digital Library
Sign-up starts at 2:50pm, Show starts at 3pm
Oma is Loud is a writer and performance poet. Her writing is published in Prairie Schooner, Rattle Magazine, Chestnut Review, Palette Poetry, and other leading journals, earning honours such as the Glenna Luschei Award for Poetry, the Accute Poetry Prize, the Lagos-London Poetry Prize, and the UCPS Award for Best Emerging Poet amongst others. A winner of the Calgary Poetry Slam (July 2025) and the Vancouver Poetry Slam (October 2025), she is currently Artist-in-Residence with the University of Calgary Libraries and Cultural Resources.
- Date:
- Wednesday, November 5, 2025
- Time:
- 2:50pm - 4:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Mountain Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Gallery Hall
- Campus:
- TFDL
- Audience:
- Faculty Graduate Public Undergraduate
- Categories:
- Archives and Special Collections Special Event