
ALT A photo of the feature poet is to the right. White and dark blue text to the left reads "hot damn it's a holiday slam! featuring Sheila J Sadr. Monday December 7th, 2020, 8:30 pm EST, poetry slam and open mic. Part of Glad Day's Naked Heart Festival."

ALT White text on a light blue background reads "Sheila J Sadr (she/they) is a first generation Iranian-American poet, educator, and resident giraffe-enthusiast nuzzled somewhere along the Southern California coast. Sheila has had her work featured with the United Nations, Segerstrom Center of the Arts, House of Blues, Write About Now, Nat. Brut, Tinderbox Poetry, BOAAT, and many other gems. She took first place at the 2018 Jack Rabbit Poetry Slam and is a two-time finalist for the Not A Cult Poetry Book Competition, winning the second time around. Her debut book Birthday Girl is out now with Not a Cult Press. She is currently pursuing her Master's in Clinical Psychology at Antioch University Los Angeles, specializing in Trauma Psychology and serves as the Talent Director for the Definitive Soapbox family, one of LB's longest running open mics that is now going on its eleventh year."

































