July 2010 Feature Poet: Lara Bozabalian
As a member of the 2009 Toronto Poetry Slam Team, Lara Bozabalian competed at the American National Poetry Sla
m and the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word. As an individual performer, she represented Toronto at the 2008 Individual World Poetry Slam and also competed at the 2009 Women of the World Slam. She is a founding member of Toronto Poetry Project, a collective oriented towards creative change and writing opportunities. As an English teacher, she founded and runs SW: Be Heard, a spoken word festival for students across York Region.
m and the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word. As an individual performer, she represented Toronto at the 2008 Individual World Poetry Slam and also competed at the 2009 Women of the World Slam. She is a founding member of Toronto Poetry Project, a collective oriented towards creative change and writing opportunities. As an English teacher, she founded and runs SW: Be Heard, a spoken word festival for students across York Region.Her writing has appeared in journals and two literary anthologies. Her first full length collection, The Cartographer’s Skin, was released in May 2010 by Piquant Press.
Laura will be performing as the Feature Poet at the July 16, 2010 edition of the London Poetry Slam. For complete details about this slam click here.
