August 19: PSNH Poetry at Gibson’s: Slam Free or Die Competition Team and open mic
Date/Time
Date(s) - August 19, 2026
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Location
Gibson's Bookstore
Categories
Christopher is a New Hampshire science teacher, dad, poet and organizer. He was a member of the Slam Free or Die Poetry Slam team in 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2023, and 2026. Christopher is a six-time grand slam champion at the venue. He is the author of more than a dozen chapbooks, and his work has appeared in Plants and Poetry Journal, Sylvia, Bureau of Complaint, and New York Quarterly. He has competed in slam at the national level seven times, was a two-time finalist in the NPS haiku slam and winner of the 2024 Northbeast Regional Haiku Slam and 2024 Blackberry Peach Haiku Slam. He was on the winning team for the 2024 Ohio Meatgrinder slam and was selected to compete in the prestigious Ill List Poetry Slam in Modesto. His first full-length book of poetry, Photosynthesis and Respiration, is now available from Silver Bow Press.
Hannah Dutton (she/her) is a queer artist based in New Hampshire. Her work has appeared in “Centripetal”, “Livina Poetry”, “Hearth and Coffin” and “The People’s Poetry NH”.
william james (they/them) is a poet, community organizer, & teaching artist currently residing in Keene, NH. They’re the author of “rebel hearts & restless ghosts” (2016) and “If I Forget Thee Lowcountry” (2021). Their poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Asterales, Petrichor, South Carolina Review, Stirring, & Two Cardinals.
Luka “at/om” Erausquin (he/they) is a poet and writer from New Hampshire. He is a transgender, mentally ill, poet in his early thirties who, like many, has a dream of being a full time artist. He began writing as a child when he realized he had more to say than any person was willing to listen to. He was always a person with a big heart and a passion for making other people feel. Luka is a firm believer that the spoken and written word is one of the most powerful tools we have to change the world, and believes that by sharing it we can all do exactly that.
Mica L. Rich (they/them) is a New Hampshire poet, performer, witch, and aspiring Feral Forest Being, whose work explores themes of trauma, healing and survival, and identity. Mica has been published with Button Poetry, Wingless Dreamer, Wayfarer Magazine, NHPR.com, and more. Copies of their chapbook, as well as original stickers, bookmarks, and related merch, can be purchased anywhere Mica performs. Mica is a former organizer for Slam Free or Die and works for Poetry Society of New Hampshire as their Events Coordinator. Mica has also been reading tarot (and their friends for filth) for nearly ten years.