Poetry Societies at Cambridge

Stay tuned as Sam, a third-year student, shares everything you need to know about the poetry scene at Cambridge, how she approaches writing poetry, how she set up the open-mic spoken word society Give Us the Mic, and reads her own poem about life at Trinity Hall. You can find Sam's new book— Naked Pen — in the link below:https://sam-elbahja.squarespace.com/naked-penYou can find Sam's poem — The Wishing Well — in the link below:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nF16rrSp9c90uYcABOVkDk8qh3cyAVa4/viewA full list of discussion topics can be found below.00:00 Sam’s book launch06:30 What kind of things are on offer for students?08:00 What is Give Us the Mic?08:50 What’s the difference between college societies and university societies?11:00 What happens in a poetry society?12:20 What are UniSLAM and Slam poetry?18:50 Should poetry be accessible?20:20 How did you get into spoken word poetry?25:10 Did you ever consider continuing your public speaking by taking part in the Cambridge Union?25:50 What kinds of student positions/committees constitute each student society—like Give Us the Mic?28:30 What inspired you to start the Give Us the Mic society?30:00 Should your creative interests be a side hustle or the main hustle?31:30 Is it possible for students to harness their creative spirit in their academics?49:50 Trinity Hall’s 675th Anniversary Campaign and Sam’s poem about her life at Trinity Hall — The Wishing Well54:30 How did you got about writing your poem — The Wishing Well59:00 Do you think you're at a disadvantage in writing poetry by not studying English?01:01:00 How to work out whether your course is liberating or limiting01:11:00 Using poetry to talk about first- and second-generation immigrants studying at CambridgeYou can find Sam's first podcast on the Architecture course in the link below:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqF6-klNb7EMore information on Trinity Hall's 675 Anniversary Campaign can be found in the link below:https://campaign.trinhall.cam.ac.uk/about-the-campaign/