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Spoken Word and Slam Poetry

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Jason Henry-Simon Bierenbaum is a stalwart of the Boston poetry scene, and has been very active in reaching out to college and high school youth, through both CUPSI and the Massachusetts Louder Than a Bomb festivals. He has recently... more

Mindy Nettifee is Pushcart Prize nominated writer and accomplished performance poet. She is the author of Sleepyhead Assassins and Rise of the Trust Fall and Glitter In The Blood - A Poet's Manifesto for Better, Braver Writing. She has... more

A veteran of the nineties Columbus, OH indie music scene, SouMacMillan was the voice behind Caroline/Double Deuce band PetUfo. She is the author of _Chrysanthemum_, a punk rock coming of age story, and has been published in... more

A long-time veteran of the New England Slam Team, Dawn was the first person to be on all three (at that time) N.E. Slam teams- Boston, Worcester, MA, and Providence, Ri. An excellent story-teller, by turns funny and heart-breaking,... more

John S. Blake is a writer, lecturer, teaching artist, performance poet, Youth Advocate and workshop facilitator. John S. Blake has worked with youth across the nation; from Warehouse508 in Albuquerque, NM, to Slam... more

Rich Villar is a writer originally from Paterson, New Jersey. He directs Acentos, an organization fostering audiences and community around Latino/a literature. He has been quoted on Latino literature and culture by both The New York Times... more

Former Individual World Poetry Slam finalist (2008), Lizz Straight was the top ranked female poet at the Southern Fried Regional Poetry Slam from 2005 – 2009, the largest invitational poetry slam in the world. As her career as... more

As an aspiring novelist/astronaut/oil painter/brain surgeon/ninja, Asia never thought spoken word poetry would be his calling. But as with everything else we encounter in life while dealing with the illusive astrological joke we've come to... more

Ian Khadan is a poet, author, editor and curator that lives in New York City. He's curated a number of series and poetry events including the Urbana Poetry Slam series for the last three years. He's author of the upcoming chapbook The... more

Carlos Andrés Gómez is a poet, actor, and writer. He is the author of Man Up: Cracking the Code of Modern Manhood. He was nominated for the Pushcart Prize and costarred in Spike Lee's movie Inside Man and appeared in... more

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