Simone has performed her work in colleges, bookstores, theaters, and bars on both coasts and all over New England. A lifetime nerd and part-time athlete, Simone is a natural product of the sound of Boston performance poetry, bringing the arts of slam and storytelling simultaneously to the poetry stage.

As a promoter and producer, Simone had the joy of producing the Boston Poetry Slam's World Qualifier at the Middle East Rock Club in December 2006, and, with the Poetry Jam Collective, brought Marc Smith to the Cambridge Family YMCA in April 2007. In October of 2007, she coordinated the first NorthBEAST Regional Qualifier Slam, showcasing competing slam teams from all over New England. She's been a return performer and booking agent for demo slams at high schools, colleges, and literary festivals statewide, and in January of 2009 she’ll return to run the fourth annual Attleboro Arts Museum Poetry Slam.

As a performance and slam coach, Simone has both competed for and worked with the Cantab Slam Team since 2004. In 2008, the team attained a spot on the largest poetry stage in the country, the Finals of the National Poetry Slam, where their fourth-place finish in the competition was Boston’s highest since 1995. This same year, she also operated as performance coach for the Emerson College’s debut slam team (“The Gringo Choir”), who achieved a semi-final finish at the College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational.

As a host, Simone takes the stage at the Cantab Lounge every Wednesday night to kick off the open mic, welcome the feature, and run the late-night poetry slam. After four years as the SlamMaster of the Boston Poetry Slam at the Cantab Lounge, she can run the four-hour show singlehandedly, from setup to breakdown, including all the math in between. She frequently hosts outside of her own venue, and in February 2007, she hosted Finals Night at the Individual World Poetry Slam in Vancouver, B.C., at the (over)sold-out Rio Theater.

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