Beast Crawl

Hey Beast Crawlers! HERE ARE SOME Upcoming DATES! To warm up as we approach the Festival, come to our Book Launches in April! Feeling like writing? Come to our workshop on April 22nd! All Tickets for events can be found at the link on our website! (Through Eventbrite)

Welcome to the next beast of a year! Beast crawl wishing all a safe new years holidays.

Rain, wind, snow, but on we GO! Happy holidays and see you in 2023! <3

The Throwback Special at Beast Crawl 2022 facebook.com/search/top/?q=…

Between Spirit and Stone: A Tribute to Julia Vinograd at Beast Crawl 2022: facebook.com/events/9967064…

Yes the Beast is back and we love you because we are nothing without you. Sincerely, the Beast Crawl Squad

To the Curators who brought the extreme talent, to the Readers who brought their best work, to our Volunteer team who brought the whole thing together, and special thank you to our Venues who contributed the time and space for this epic event.

Summertime Beast was such a huge amount of fun, thank you to all who took part and contributed to the wild success of Beast Crawl 2022!

Find out more about Oakland Slam and all the rest of the legs of the Summertime Beast at beastcrawl.org. And don't miss Summertime Beast, starting TODAY at 4 p.m. in Oakland!

Join us for an evening of poetic excellence, featuring the most prominent voices to have touched Oakland Poetry Slam, including Reggie and Collin Edmonds, Caleilia, Bambi, D'mani Thomas, Prophet, and Tino V.H. Jr.

Spotlight on Oakland Slam Showcase during Leg 2 of the Summertime Beast, Saturday, 5:30 p.m. at Oakland Street Food.

And find out more about Fierce Words and all our Summertime Beast curators at beastcrawl.org. See you tomorrow in Oakland! First leg starts at 4 p.m.!

Fierce Words will feature Natasha, lynn breedlove, Mason J., Avren Keating, Cal Calamia and Jasper Jay. Don't miss this fire event, during Leg 3 of the Beast at Summer Lounge!

Spotlight on Fierce Words, an allgender reading during Leg 3 of the Summertime Beast this Saturday at 7 p.m. at Summer Lounge! Curated by Natasha Dennerstein, out trans poet, Fierce Words assembles a group of the best Bay Area trans/gender nonconforming writers to sear your ears.

We're thrilled for #beastcrawl2022 featuring many Shuffle members: @georginamariepoet, @barbararuth, @kevdublin @wordslanger, @mkchavez, @randomlisasf, @mawsheinwin, Adrienne Danyelle Oliver and of course, founder of Beast Crawl @cormanroberts! 👉🏽 buff.ly/38tV0RC

Find out more about West Oakland to West Africa and all our Summertime Beast curators at beastcrawl.org! See you in Oakland tomorrow!

This year's exchanges included Oakland, Hawaii, Nigeria, Kenya and Ghana, featuring ayodele nzinga, Kevin Dublin, Lisa D. Gray, Nana Boateng, adrienne danyelle oliver, and DaJuan “DonJuan” Carter-Woodard.

Spotlight on West Oakland to West Africa, reading during Leg 2 of the Summertime Beast, this Saturday at 5:30 p.m. at the Damel! West Oakland to West Africa connects members of the African diaspora and Africa through the exchange of renshi poetry.