Poet, Spoken Word Artist
Publications & Prizes
Anthologies:
Best American Essays 2011 (Mariner Books, 2011)
, Best American Poetry 2011 (Scribner, 2011)
, The Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature (Bedford/St. Martin's, 2009)
, Live Through This: On Creativity and Self-Destruction (Seven Stories Press, 2008)
, 2008 Pushcart Prizes XXXII (W. W. Norton & Company, 2007)
, The Spoken Word Revolution Redux (Sourcebooks, Inc., 2007)
, Word Warriors: 35 Women Leaders in the Spoken Word Revolution (Seal Press, 2007)
, Zoland Poetry (Zoland Books, 2007)
, Gathering Ground: A Reader Celebrating Cave Canem's First Decade (University of Michigan Press, 2006)
, The Oxford Anthology of African-American Poetry (Oxford University Press, 2005)
, On the Wing: American Poems of Air and Space Flight (University of Iowa Press, 2004)
, The Spoken Word Revolution (Sourcebooks, 2003)
, Short Fuse: The Global Anthology of New Fusion Poetry (Rattapallax Press, 2002)
, Bum Rush the Page: A Def Poetry Jam (Three Rivers Press, 2001)
, Outlaw Bible of American Poetry (Thunder's Mouth Press, 1999)
, Power Lines: A Decade of Poetry From Chicago's Guild Complex (Tia Chucha Press, 1999)
Books:
Blood Dazzler (Coffee House Press, 2008)
, Teahouse of the Almighty (Coffee House Press, 2006)
, Close to Death (Zoland Books, 1993)
, Big Towns, Big Talk (Zoland Books, 1992)
, Life According to Motown (Tia Chucha Press, 1991)
Journals:
Asheville Poetry Review
, , Callaloo
, , Drunken Boat
, , Harvard Divinity Bulletin
, , , Paris Review
, PMS: poemmemoirstory
, , Poetry Magazine
, , Tin House
, Xavier Review
Prizes won:
--2008 National Book Award finalist
--2005 National Poetry Series
--Hurston Wright Legacy Award in Poetry
--Paterson Poetry Prize
--Paterson Poetry Prize for Sustained Literary Achievement
--4-time National Poetry Slam Champion
More Information
Gives readings:
Yes
Travels for readings:
Yes
Identifies as:
African American
Prefers to work with:
Adults, At Risk Youth, Children, Homelessness, Disability, Incarcerated individuals, Teachers, Teenagers
Fluent in:
English
Born in:
Chicago
Raised in:
Chicago,
IL
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Last update: Aug 19, 2011