HYBRID EVENT

Join poets of World Stage Press in The Art of Storytelling

Purchase virtual tickets to join via Zoom or join us in person every 3rd Wednesday of the month at:

The World Stage

4321 Degnan Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90008

Wednesday, October 18th, 2023 at 7:30 P.M. PT

Featuring

Pam Ward

Aiyana Sha'niel

Besskepp

Followed by an Open Mic!

About the Poets

Writer/designer, Pam Ward just released her poetry book BETWEEN GOOD MEN & NO MAN AT ALL, World Stage Press. She’s published two novels, WANT SOME GET SOME, and BAD GIRLS BURN SLOW, Kensington. A UCLA graduate, recipient of a California Arts Council Fellow, a Pushcart Poetry Nominee, Pam has published in Chiron, Calyx, Voices of Leimert Park and the LA Times. She's currently working on a novel about her aunt’s dalliance in the Black Dahlia Murder, an event that shocked the nation and happened in Pam’s own neighborhood.

Aiyana Sha’niel is a 20 year old Black creative writer born and raised in Los Angeles, California that has been performing for over eight years, being a county youth representative of spoken word in various events. She is a 2021 graduate of the Community Literature Initiative program (CLI), and finished the program at 18 years old, with her own full body of work. Sha’niel signed to World Stage Press and released her first collection of poems, “Little Black Poetry Book”, on September 25th, 2022.

Besskepp is a father, husband, educator and writer raised on Langston Hughes and Public Enemy. His new book, Dreaming Under Polka-Dot Stars is published by World Stage Press. He is host of A Mic & Dim Lights open mic.