Favorite Poem Open Mic

Santa Barbara Public Library invites the community to a poetry open mic. In celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month and the Latino Poetry initiative, Places We Call Home, poets and poetry lovers are invited to read a favorite poem that speaks to and from our Latino community. Check out the newly published Latino Poetry Anthology and discover poems from more than 180 Latino poets. Participants may also read their own poems in English, Spanish, Spanglish, or indigenous languages to Latin America. Poets will be limited to 3-minutes per poem. Hosted by Santa Barbara Poet Laureate, Melinda Palacio.

This program is presented as part of Latino Poetry: Places We Call Home, a major public humanities initiative taking place across the nation in 2024 and 2025, directed by Library of America and funded with generous support from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Emerson Collective.

Disclaimer(s):

Participants in this event may be photographed by Library staff. These photos may be used in promotional or educational publications, including in print, social media, and presentations. Please see staff if you do not consent to having your photo taken. Staff will obtain individual, signed photo releases of photographs that contain only an individual as opposed to a group.