GrooveNation honors poets out of the African diaspora by featuring such artists and requiring that all readers share work by black writers along with their own. Often, the format pairs an established poet with an emerging writer from the community or a more academically focused poet with one more strongly identified with the world of performance poetry.

GrooveNation aims not only to create a safe space which honors the voice of black poets, but also a time and location to celebrate and discover the work of poets from outside the immediate community.

louderARTS: the reading series

every Monday at 13 Bar/Lounge
35 East 13th Street @ University Place
2nd Floor
New York, NY 10003 • 212.979.6677
4, 5, 6, L, N, Q, R, W to 14th Street | Union Square
$6 | $5 students
2 for 1 drinks all night