Join us for an evening of literary open mic. To register, send an email to info@artsbythepeople.org with The Platform in the subject line. You'll receive a Zoom Invite the day of The Platform.

The Platform is a literary open mic featuring first time readers, early career writers and seasoned, published poets and authors. We encourage original poetry or prose and you’ll always find a supportive literary community ready to listen. Each reader gets a 5 minute maximum reading time.

paulA neves is a Luso-American writer and multimedia artist. The recipient of the 2020 NJ Poets Prize from the Journal of NJ Poets, paulA is the author of the poetry chapbook, capricornucopia: the dream of the goats (Finishing Line Press 2018), the co-author (with Nick Kline) of the poetry/photography collection, Shirts & Skins (Shine Portrait Studio Press 2017), and the co-founder (with Boris Tsessarsky) of Parkway North Productions, which co-produced the short film Every Alien Pen, a selection at the 2019 NYC Independent Film Festival. For more about paulA. For more info visit paulaneves.net or @itinerantmuse on Instagram.