Poetry Workshop with Mckendy Fils-Aimé

This is a poetry workshop. This workshop will focus on our relationship to community. Participants will read and discuss poems about the people and places that we hold dear. It's taking place in the same space as our poetry open mic, which will be shortly after the workshop.

The facilitator is Mckendy Fils-Aimé.

Mckendy Fils-Aimé is a New England based Haitian American poet, organizer, and teaching artist. He has received fellowships from Callaloo, Cave Canem, The Watering Hole, and Periplus. Over nearly two decades, Mckendy has represented New England in several regional and national poetry slams, making numerous semi-final and final stage appearances. Mckendy’s work has been featured in Adroit, American Literary Review, Obsidian, the Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day series, and elsewhere. His debut poetry collection will be published by YesYes Books in 2026.