This week we present the Southern Fried Poetry Slam Winners.
Southern Fried is a 23 year arts festival celebrating poetry, spoken word and slam. The name alone evokes a sense of home cooked meals and good ol’ Southern food, and Southern Fried shares the absolute best southern offerings-- hospitality, comfort and tradition.
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Southern Fried recorded in Little Rock, AR.
Recorded and Arranged at WCAI in Woods Hole, MA
Music from the FMA from Anitek
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http://archive.org/download/SouthernFriedMixdown/southern%20fried_mixdown.mp3
Thursday, July 23, 2015
Thursday, July 16, 2015
Write About Now featuring Tova Charles & Zai Sadler!
This week we present Tova Charles and Zai Sadler.
Nova and Zai are from Austin, Texas. You can find them online at http://tovacharlespoetry.tumblr.com/ and http://zaispitstruth.bandcamp.com/
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Tova and Zai’s performance recorded at AvantGarden in Houston, TX.
Recorded and Arranged at WCAI in Woods Hole, MA
Music from the FMA from Anitek
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http://archive.org/download/tovazai_bounce/tovazai_bounce.mp3
Nova and Zai are from Austin, Texas. You can find them online at http://tovacharlespoetry.tumblr.com/ and http://zaispitstruth.bandcamp.com/
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Hosted by Davis Land.
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Tova and Zai’s performance recorded at AvantGarden in Houston, TX.
Recorded and Arranged at WCAI in Woods Hole, MA
Music from the FMA from Anitek
http://feeds.feedburner.com/WANPoetry
http://archive.org/download/tovazai_bounce/tovazai_bounce.mp3
Thursday, July 9, 2015
Write About Now featuring Element 615!
This week we present Element 615.
Hailing from Texas, he speaks in a cadence that does not break down across barriers of race, age or geography. Soulful stanzas echoing something between Coltrane and Cyrano, Element 615 is unapologetically romantic, devoid of pretension, and delightfully sensual. His work promotes thought as a natural bi-product of itself, while unambiguously uniting his audience with his honest, compassionate take on the human experience. Find him at http://element615.bandcamp.com
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facebook.com/WANpoetry
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Hosted by Davis Land.
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Element 615's performance recorded at AvantGarden in Houston, TX.
Recorded and Arranged at WCAI in Woods Hole, MA
Music from the FMA from Anitek
http://feeds.feedburner.com/WANPoetry
http://archive.org/download/ElementMixdown/Element_mixdown.mp3
Hailing from Texas, he speaks in a cadence that does not break down across barriers of race, age or geography. Soulful stanzas echoing something between Coltrane and Cyrano, Element 615 is unapologetically romantic, devoid of pretension, and delightfully sensual. His work promotes thought as a natural bi-product of itself, while unambiguously uniting his audience with his honest, compassionate take on the human experience. Find him at http://element615.bandcamp.com
@WANPoetry
writeaboutnowpoetry.com
youtube.com/WANpoetry
facebook.com/WANpoetry
wanpoetry.tumblr.com
Hosted by Davis Land.
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Element 615's performance recorded at AvantGarden in Houston, TX.
Recorded and Arranged at WCAI in Woods Hole, MA
Music from the FMA from Anitek
http://feeds.feedburner.com/WANPoetry
http://archive.org/download/ElementMixdown/Element_mixdown.mp3
Friday, July 3, 2015
Write About Now featuring Button Poetry!
This week we present Button Poetry.
Sam Cook, Dylan Garity, and Hieu Minh Nguyen are from Button Poetry. Button produces and distributes poetry media, including: video from local and national events, chapbooks, collaborative audio recordings, scholarship and criticism, and many other products. Find them at http://buttonpoetry.com
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youtube.com/WANpoetry
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Hosted by Davis Land.
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Button's performance recorded at AvantGarden in Houston, TX.
Recorded and Arranged at WCAI in Woods Hole, MA
Music from the FMA from BOPD, 6th Sense, and Cheese N Pot
http://feeds.feedburner.com/WANPoetry
http://archive.org/download/ButtonMixdown/Button_mixdown.mp3
Sam Cook, Dylan Garity, and Hieu Minh Nguyen are from Button Poetry. Button produces and distributes poetry media, including: video from local and national events, chapbooks, collaborative audio recordings, scholarship and criticism, and many other products. Find them at http://buttonpoetry.com
@WANPoetry
writeaboutnowpoetry.com
youtube.com/WANpoetry
facebook.com/WANpoetry
wanpoetry.tumblr.com
Hosted by Davis Land.
davisland.info
Button's performance recorded at AvantGarden in Houston, TX.
Recorded and Arranged at WCAI in Woods Hole, MA
Music from the FMA from BOPD, 6th Sense, and Cheese N Pot
http://feeds.feedburner.com/WANPoetry
http://archive.org/download/ButtonMixdown/Button_mixdown.mp3
Thursday, June 25, 2015
Write About Now featuring Neil Hilborn!
This week we present poet Neil Hilborn.
Neil Hilborn is a College National Poetry Slam champion, and a 2011 graduate with honors from Macalester College with a degree in Creative Writing. His debut full-length book, Our Numbered Days, is now available, as well as his chapbook, Clatter. Neil was a member of the 2011 Macalester Poetry Slam team, which ranked first in the nation at the 2011 College National Poetry Slam. He co-coached the 2012 Macalester team, leading them to a second place finish nationally. He was also a member of the Minneapolis adult National Poetry Slam team in 2011, which placed 5th out of 80 teams from cities across the country at the adult National Poetry Slam. He is the co-founder of Thistle, a Macalester literary magazine, and has run numerous writing workshops with college and high school students. His work has been featured in publications such as Borderline Magazine and Orange Quarterly. Find him at http://buttonpoetry.com/2013/06/03/neilhilbor/
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Hosted by Davis Land.
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Neil Hilborn's performance recorded at AvantGarden in Houston, TX.
Recorded and Arranged at WCAI in Woods Hole, MA
Music from the FMA from Ketsa
http://feeds.feedburner.com/WANPoetry
http://archive.org/download/NeilHilbornMixdown/Neil%20Hilborn_mixdown.mp3
Neil Hilborn is a College National Poetry Slam champion, and a 2011 graduate with honors from Macalester College with a degree in Creative Writing. His debut full-length book, Our Numbered Days, is now available, as well as his chapbook, Clatter. Neil was a member of the 2011 Macalester Poetry Slam team, which ranked first in the nation at the 2011 College National Poetry Slam. He co-coached the 2012 Macalester team, leading them to a second place finish nationally. He was also a member of the Minneapolis adult National Poetry Slam team in 2011, which placed 5th out of 80 teams from cities across the country at the adult National Poetry Slam. He is the co-founder of Thistle, a Macalester literary magazine, and has run numerous writing workshops with college and high school students. His work has been featured in publications such as Borderline Magazine and Orange Quarterly. Find him at http://buttonpoetry.com/2013/06/03/neilhilbor/
@WANPoetry
writeaboutnowpoetry.com
youtube.com/WANpoetry
facebook.com/WANpoetry
wanpoetry.tumblr.com
Hosted by Davis Land.
davisland.info
Neil Hilborn's performance recorded at AvantGarden in Houston, TX.
Recorded and Arranged at WCAI in Woods Hole, MA
Music from the FMA from Ketsa
http://feeds.feedburner.com/WANPoetry
http://archive.org/download/NeilHilbornMixdown/Neil%20Hilborn_mixdown.mp3
Thursday, June 18, 2015
Write About Now featuring Pages Matam!
This week we present poet Pages Matam.
Pages Matam is a Cameroonian artist residing in the D.C. metropolitan area. He is a Write Bloody author, Callaloo fellow, 2014 National poetry slam champion and winner of Beltway Poetry Quarterly's Best New Book of 2014. Pages is a proud gummy bear elitist, bowtie enthusiast, professional hugger and anime fanatic. When he takes stage – as a performer, educator, or activist for immigration and surviving sexual trauma – be prepared to be taken on an experience of cultural, socially conscious storytelling. Find more about him at: pagesmatam.com
@WANPoetry
writeaboutnowpoetry.com
youtube.com/WANpoetry
facebook.com/WANpoetry
wanpoetry.tumblr.com
Hosted by Davis Land.
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Pages Matam's performance recorded at AvantGarden in Houston, TX.
Recorded and Arranged at WCAI in Woods Hole, MA
Music from the FMA from Ryan Little
http://feeds.feedburner.com/WANPoetry
http://archive.org/download/PagesMatamMixdown/Pages_Matam_mixdown.mp3
Pages Matam is a Cameroonian artist residing in the D.C. metropolitan area. He is a Write Bloody author, Callaloo fellow, 2014 National poetry slam champion and winner of Beltway Poetry Quarterly's Best New Book of 2014. Pages is a proud gummy bear elitist, bowtie enthusiast, professional hugger and anime fanatic. When he takes stage – as a performer, educator, or activist for immigration and surviving sexual trauma – be prepared to be taken on an experience of cultural, socially conscious storytelling. Find more about him at: pagesmatam.com
@WANPoetry
writeaboutnowpoetry.com
youtube.com/WANpoetry
facebook.com/WANpoetry
wanpoetry.tumblr.com
Hosted by Davis Land.
davisland.info
Pages Matam's performance recorded at AvantGarden in Houston, TX.
Recorded and Arranged at WCAI in Woods Hole, MA
Music from the FMA from Ryan Little
http://feeds.feedburner.com/WANPoetry
http://archive.org/download/PagesMatamMixdown/Pages_Matam_mixdown.mp3
Friday, June 12, 2015
Write About Now featuring Zach Caballero!
This week we present poet Zach Caballero.
Poet. Organizer. Energy Enthusiast. Mover & Shaker. Professional Optimist. Bokononist. Co-Founder of Spitshine Poetry. Law Student South Texas College of Law. @CabbythePoet
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writeaboutnowpoetry.com
youtube.com/WANpoetry
facebook.com/WANpoetry
wanpoetry.tumblr.com
Hosted by Davis Land.
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Zach Caballero's performance recorded at AvantGarden in Houston, TX.
Recorded and Arranged at WCAI in Woods Hole, MA
Music from the FMA from Willbe
http://feeds.feedburner.com/WANPoetry
http://archive.org/download/ZachMixdown/Zach_mixdown.mp3
Poet. Organizer. Energy Enthusiast. Mover & Shaker. Professional Optimist. Bokononist. Co-Founder of Spitshine Poetry. Law Student South Texas College of Law. @CabbythePoet
@WANPoetry
writeaboutnowpoetry.com
youtube.com/WANpoetry
facebook.com/WANpoetry
wanpoetry.tumblr.com
Hosted by Davis Land.
davisland.info
Zach Caballero's performance recorded at AvantGarden in Houston, TX.
Recorded and Arranged at WCAI in Woods Hole, MA
Music from the FMA from Willbe
http://feeds.feedburner.com/WANPoetry
http://archive.org/download/ZachMixdown/Zach_mixdown.mp3
Thursday, June 4, 2015
Write About Now featuring Arati Warrier!
This week we present poet Arati Warrier.
Arati Warrier was a member of the 2013 and 2014 They Speak Austin Youth Slam Teams and has been a member of UT Spitshine Poetry Slam since the fall of 2012. She represented UT, Austin at the national collegiate poetry slam in 2014, winning 1st place and the title of Best Poem and in 2015, where the team placed 13th and was awarded Best Writing for a Team. She has performed and led workshops across Texas. Arati is a third year English and Asian American Studies major and an aspiring English teacher. Her work is currently focused on reconciling multiple identities and experiences in one body and honoring the joy of living. She has performed and led workshops across Texas. Arati's other interests include dancing, reading, and loving intentionally. She likes to think of her heart as an ocean. You can find more about her as well as purchase a book at aratiwarrier.com
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youtube.com/WANpoetry
facebook.com/WANpoetry
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Hosted by Davis Land.
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Arati Warrier's performance recorded at AvantGarden in Houston, TX.
Recorded and Arranged at WCAI in Woods Hole, MA
Music from the FMA from deeB
http://feeds.feedburner.com/WANPoetry
https://archive.org/download/AratiMixdown/Arati_mixdown_update.mp3
Arati Warrier was a member of the 2013 and 2014 They Speak Austin Youth Slam Teams and has been a member of UT Spitshine Poetry Slam since the fall of 2012. She represented UT, Austin at the national collegiate poetry slam in 2014, winning 1st place and the title of Best Poem and in 2015, where the team placed 13th and was awarded Best Writing for a Team. She has performed and led workshops across Texas. Arati is a third year English and Asian American Studies major and an aspiring English teacher. Her work is currently focused on reconciling multiple identities and experiences in one body and honoring the joy of living. She has performed and led workshops across Texas. Arati's other interests include dancing, reading, and loving intentionally. She likes to think of her heart as an ocean. You can find more about her as well as purchase a book at aratiwarrier.com
@WANPoetry
writeaboutnowpoetry.com
youtube.com/WANpoetry
facebook.com/WANpoetry
wanpoetry.tumblr.com
Hosted by Davis Land.
davisland.info
Arati Warrier's performance recorded at AvantGarden in Houston, TX.
Recorded and Arranged at WCAI in Woods Hole, MA
Music from the FMA from deeB
http://feeds.feedburner.com/WANPoetry
https://archive.org/download/AratiMixdown/Arati_mixdown_update.mp3
Thursday, May 28, 2015
Write About Now featuring FreeQuency!
This week we present poet FreeQuency.
Born in Kenya in 1991 as Mwende Katwiwa, FreeQuency is a spoken word artist living, loving and working in New Orleans, LA since 2009. The daughter of two lifelong educators, FreeQuency was raised believing in the power at the intersection of education, art, service and activism. Known for her social justice work and poetry, FreeQuency has been described as 'challenging', 'dynamic', and it has been said on numerous occasions that "the room isn't the same after hearing FreeQuency spit". You can find her at freequencyspeaks.com
@WANPoetry
writeaboutnowpoetry.com
youtube.com/WANpoetry
facebook.com/WANpoetry
wanpoetry.tumblr.com
Hosted by Davis Land.
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FreeQuency’s performance recorded at AvantGarden in Houston, TX.
Recorded and Arranged at WCAI in Woods Hole, MA
Music from the FMA from MC Cullah and the Quality Time Vol. 1 mixtape.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/WANPoetry
http://archive.org/download/FreequencyMixdown/Freequency_mixdown.mp3
Born in Kenya in 1991 as Mwende Katwiwa, FreeQuency is a spoken word artist living, loving and working in New Orleans, LA since 2009. The daughter of two lifelong educators, FreeQuency was raised believing in the power at the intersection of education, art, service and activism. Known for her social justice work and poetry, FreeQuency has been described as 'challenging', 'dynamic', and it has been said on numerous occasions that "the room isn't the same after hearing FreeQuency spit". You can find her at freequencyspeaks.com
@WANPoetry
writeaboutnowpoetry.com
youtube.com/WANpoetry
facebook.com/WANpoetry
wanpoetry.tumblr.com
Hosted by Davis Land.
davisland.info
FreeQuency’s performance recorded at AvantGarden in Houston, TX.
Recorded and Arranged at WCAI in Woods Hole, MA
Music from the FMA from MC Cullah and the Quality Time Vol. 1 mixtape.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/WANPoetry
http://archive.org/download/FreequencyMixdown/Freequency_mixdown.mp3
Thursday, April 23, 2015
Write About Now featuring Kevin Burke!
This week we present poet Kevin Burke.
Kevin W. Burke was born and raised in the aged suburban stretch, industrial parks, and haunted forests of the Chicago Southland. He has found work in a grocery store, animal shelter, power plants, scaffold yard, coffee shop, windshield warehouse, film studio, bar, classrooms, the back of an ambulance, and most recently in poetry of the homemade flyers, frayed cables, and broken nosed laughter between punk-rock and hip-hop. Most recently he founded and is president of Timber Mouse, an independent poetry publisher, promoter, recorder, and partier. He likes hugs, Radiolab, “big-fat-dirty-bass”, and saying things that make people feel ways about stuff and recognize that there is electricity in their chests.
@WANPoetry
writeaboutnowpoetry.com
youtube.com/WANpoetry
facebook.com/WANpoetry
wanpoetry.tumblr.com
Hosted by Davis Land.
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Kevin Burke’s performance recorded at AvantGarden in Houston, TX.
Arranged in Bryan, TX
Music from Tha Silent Partner, Amir Safi
http://feeds.feedburner.com/WANPoetry
http://archive.org/download/Kevin_201504/Kevin.mp3
Kevin W. Burke was born and raised in the aged suburban stretch, industrial parks, and haunted forests of the Chicago Southland. He has found work in a grocery store, animal shelter, power plants, scaffold yard, coffee shop, windshield warehouse, film studio, bar, classrooms, the back of an ambulance, and most recently in poetry of the homemade flyers, frayed cables, and broken nosed laughter between punk-rock and hip-hop. Most recently he founded and is president of Timber Mouse, an independent poetry publisher, promoter, recorder, and partier. He likes hugs, Radiolab, “big-fat-dirty-bass”, and saying things that make people feel ways about stuff and recognize that there is electricity in their chests.
@WANPoetry
writeaboutnowpoetry.com
youtube.com/WANpoetry
facebook.com/WANpoetry
wanpoetry.tumblr.com
Hosted by Davis Land.
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Kevin Burke’s performance recorded at AvantGarden in Houston, TX.
Arranged in Bryan, TX
Music from Tha Silent Partner, Amir Safi
http://feeds.feedburner.com/WANPoetry
http://archive.org/download/Kevin_201504/Kevin.mp3
Thursday, April 16, 2015
Write About Now featuring Lacey Roop!
This week we present poet Lacey Roop.
Lacey Roop is a nationally acclaimed spoken word artist. In 2011, she placed 6th at the Women of the World Poetry Slam (WOWPS), has been the Austin, TX Individual World Poetry Slam (IWPS) representative as well as a two-time member of the renowned Austin Poetry Slam. Roop has toured everywhere from Texas to Canada and everywhere in-between. She has shared stages with numerous artists from finger-painting kindergardeners to The Wailers. She is the author of three self-published chapbooks and one full length collection, And Then Came the Flood, published by Timber Mouse. What is far more interesting about Lacey, however, is that she and her dog wear the same size pants. She also wears a key around her neck that unlocks the bottom of the ocean. Really, it does. She'll tell you what lives underneath, just ask.
@WANPoetry
writeaboutnowpoetry.com
youtube.com/WANpoetry
facebook.com/WANpoetry
wanpoetry.tumblr.com
Hosted by Davis Land.
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Lacey Roops’s performance recorded at AvantGarden in Houston, TX.
Arranged in Bryan, TX
Music from dustmotes, Garmisch, Liam Stew, The Imposibulls
http://feeds.feedburner.com/WANPoetry
Lacey Roop is a nationally acclaimed spoken word artist. In 2011, she placed 6th at the Women of the World Poetry Slam (WOWPS), has been the Austin, TX Individual World Poetry Slam (IWPS) representative as well as a two-time member of the renowned Austin Poetry Slam. Roop has toured everywhere from Texas to Canada and everywhere in-between. She has shared stages with numerous artists from finger-painting kindergardeners to The Wailers. She is the author of three self-published chapbooks and one full length collection, And Then Came the Flood, published by Timber Mouse. What is far more interesting about Lacey, however, is that she and her dog wear the same size pants. She also wears a key around her neck that unlocks the bottom of the ocean. Really, it does. She'll tell you what lives underneath, just ask.
@WANPoetry
writeaboutnowpoetry.com
youtube.com/WANpoetry
facebook.com/WANpoetry
wanpoetry.tumblr.com
Hosted by Davis Land.
davisland.info
Lacey Roops’s performance recorded at AvantGarden in Houston, TX.
Arranged in Bryan, TX
Music from dustmotes, Garmisch, Liam Stew, The Imposibulls
http://feeds.feedburner.com/WANPoetry
Thursday, April 9, 2015
Write About Now featuring Desireé Dallagiacomo
This week we present poet Desireé Dallagiacomo.
Desireé Dallagiacomo is the 3rd ranked lady poet at the 2015 Women of the World Poetry Slam, 3rd ranked poet at the 2014 Individual World Poetry Slam. 3rd ranked (as a member of Slam new Orleans) at the 2014 National Poetry Slam. You can find her at poemsbydes.tumblr.com/
@WANPoetry
writeaboutnowpoetry.com
youtube.com/WANpoetry
facebook.com/WANpoetry
wanpoetry.tumblr.com
Hosted by Davis Land.
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Desireé Dallagiacomo’s performance recorded at AvantGarden in Houston, TX.
Arranged in Bryan, TX
Music from dustmotes
http://feeds.feedburner.com/WANPoetry
http://archive.org/download/DesMixdown/Des_mixdown.mp3
Desireé Dallagiacomo is the 3rd ranked lady poet at the 2015 Women of the World Poetry Slam, 3rd ranked poet at the 2014 Individual World Poetry Slam. 3rd ranked (as a member of Slam new Orleans) at the 2014 National Poetry Slam. You can find her at poemsbydes.tumblr.com/
@WANPoetry
writeaboutnowpoetry.com
youtube.com/WANpoetry
facebook.com/WANpoetry
wanpoetry.tumblr.com
Hosted by Davis Land.
davisland.info
Desireé Dallagiacomo’s performance recorded at AvantGarden in Houston, TX.
Arranged in Bryan, TX
Music from dustmotes
http://feeds.feedburner.com/WANPoetry
http://archive.org/download/DesMixdown/Des_mixdown.mp3
Thursday, April 2, 2015
Write About Now featuring Clementine von Radics and Alex Dang!
This week we present poets Clementine von Radics and Alex Dang
Clementine von Radics is the founder of Where Are You Press. Her latest book, "Mouthful of Forevers" is currently the #1 New Release by a Female Poet on Amazon.
Alex Dang is a poet from Portland, Oregon. He has four things in common with Hamlet: words, words, word, and an affinity for stabbing curtains.
@WANPoetry
writeaboutnowpoetry.com
youtube.com/WANpoetry
facebook.com/WANpoetry
wanpoetry.tumblr.com
Hosted by Davis Land.
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This performance recorded at AvantGarden in Houston, TX.
Arranged in Bryan, TX
Music from Asthmatic, dustmotes, Grillo, Kozak94, Metaharmo, and Strad
http://feeds.feedburner.com/WANPoetry
http://archive.org/download/ClementineAndAlexMixdown/Clementine%20and%20Alex_mixdown.mp3
Clementine von Radics is the founder of Where Are You Press. Her latest book, "Mouthful of Forevers" is currently the #1 New Release by a Female Poet on Amazon.
Alex Dang is a poet from Portland, Oregon. He has four things in common with Hamlet: words, words, word, and an affinity for stabbing curtains.
@WANPoetry
writeaboutnowpoetry.com
youtube.com/WANpoetry
facebook.com/WANpoetry
wanpoetry.tumblr.com
Hosted by Davis Land.
davisland.info
This performance recorded at AvantGarden in Houston, TX.
Arranged in Bryan, TX
Music from Asthmatic, dustmotes, Grillo, Kozak94, Metaharmo, and Strad
http://feeds.feedburner.com/WANPoetry
http://archive.org/download/ClementineAndAlexMixdown/Clementine%20and%20Alex_mixdown.mp3
Thursday, March 26, 2015
Write About Now featuring Derrick Brown!
This week we present poet Derrick Brown.
Derrick Brown is the winner of the 2013 Texas Book of The Year award for Poetry. He is a former Paratrooper for the 82nd Airborne and is the president of one of what Forbes and Filter Magazine call “…one of the best independent poetry presses in the country”, Write Bloody Publishing. He is the author of five books of poetry and three children’s books. The New York Times calls his work, “…a rekindling of faith in the weird, hilarious, shocking, beautiful power of words.” He is from Austin TX.
@WANPoetry
writeaboutnowpoetry.com
youtube.com/WANpoetry
facebook.com/WANpoetry
wanpoetry.tumblr.com
Hosted by Davis Land.
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Derrick Brown’s performance recorded at Revolution in Bryan, TX.
Arranged in Bryan, TX
Music from Asthmatic
http://feeds.feedburner.com/WANPoetry
http://archive.org/download/DerrickBrown/Derrick%20Brown_mixdown.mp3
Derrick Brown is the winner of the 2013 Texas Book of The Year award for Poetry. He is a former Paratrooper for the 82nd Airborne and is the president of one of what Forbes and Filter Magazine call “…one of the best independent poetry presses in the country”, Write Bloody Publishing. He is the author of five books of poetry and three children’s books. The New York Times calls his work, “…a rekindling of faith in the weird, hilarious, shocking, beautiful power of words.” He is from Austin TX.
@WANPoetry
writeaboutnowpoetry.com
youtube.com/WANpoetry
facebook.com/WANpoetry
wanpoetry.tumblr.com
Hosted by Davis Land.
davisland.info
Derrick Brown’s performance recorded at Revolution in Bryan, TX.
Arranged in Bryan, TX
Music from Asthmatic
http://feeds.feedburner.com/WANPoetry
http://archive.org/download/DerrickBrown/Derrick%20Brown_mixdown.mp3
Thursday, March 19, 2015
Write About Now featuring Good Ghost Bill!
This week we present poet Good Ghost Bill.
Bill Moran (Good Ghost Bill) was a proud member of the 2011-2013 Austin Poetry Slam national teams, as well as the 2012 & 2013 Austin Poetry Slam Champion and 2013 Southern Fried Haiku Champion. He has has co-directed the Texas Grand Slam two years running, featured at venues and taught workshops nationwide and internationally, conducted long-term poetry programs at a local juvenile justice center, as well as released four books and a CD. In the fall, he will begin pursuing an MFA in Poetry at Louisiana State University. But for the moment, he is the president of Mic Check, a non-profit poetry and spoken word organization based in Brazos County, Texas. He loves it with all his heart. Also, he is convinced he has the Gulf inside him. He appreciates your concern and well-wishes, but swears he is OK. Really.
@WANPoetry
writeaboutnowpoetry.com
youtube.com/WANpoetry
facebook.com/WANpoetry
wanpoetry.tumblr.com
Hosted by Davis Land.
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Bill Moran’s performance recorded at AvantGarden in Houston, TX.
Arranged in Bryan, TX
Music from Aviscerall and Breakmaster
http://feeds.feedburner.com/WANPoetry
http://archive.org/download/good_ghost_bill_WANpodcast/good_ghost_bill_WANpodcast_01.mp3
Bill Moran (Good Ghost Bill) was a proud member of the 2011-2013 Austin Poetry Slam national teams, as well as the 2012 & 2013 Austin Poetry Slam Champion and 2013 Southern Fried Haiku Champion. He has has co-directed the Texas Grand Slam two years running, featured at venues and taught workshops nationwide and internationally, conducted long-term poetry programs at a local juvenile justice center, as well as released four books and a CD. In the fall, he will begin pursuing an MFA in Poetry at Louisiana State University. But for the moment, he is the president of Mic Check, a non-profit poetry and spoken word organization based in Brazos County, Texas. He loves it with all his heart. Also, he is convinced he has the Gulf inside him. He appreciates your concern and well-wishes, but swears he is OK. Really.
@WANPoetry
writeaboutnowpoetry.com
youtube.com/WANpoetry
facebook.com/WANpoetry
wanpoetry.tumblr.com
Hosted by Davis Land.
davisland.info
Bill Moran’s performance recorded at AvantGarden in Houston, TX.
Arranged in Bryan, TX
Music from Aviscerall and Breakmaster
http://feeds.feedburner.com/WANPoetry
http://archive.org/download/good_ghost_bill_WANpodcast/good_ghost_bill_WANpodcast_01.mp3
Thursday, March 12, 2015
Write About Now featuring Ebony Stewart!
This week we present poet Ebony Stewart.
Ebony Stewart aka The Gully Princess is all things black, woman, and magic. She is the only adult female three-time Slam Champion in Austin Texas. Has shared stages with Buddy Wakefield and the late Amiri Baraka. Coached the Neo-Soul slam team finishing 1st place in Group Piece Finals in 2012, coached the Austin Poetry Slam team leading them to 5th place in 2013 at the National Poetry Slam and coached the TheySpeak Poetry Slam team finishing top 8 in the world at Brave New Voices in 2014.
@WANPoetry
youtube.com/user/WANpoetry
facebook.com/WANpoetry
wanpoetry.tumblr.com
Hosted by Davis Land.
davisland.info
Ebony Stewarts’s performance recorded at AvantGarden in Houston, TX.
Arranged in Bryan, TX
Music from Tab & Anitek - Sights & Sounds
http://feeds.feedburner.com/WANPoetry
http://archive.org/download/EbonyStewartWANPoetry/EbonyStewart_mixdown.mp3
Ebony Stewart aka The Gully Princess is all things black, woman, and magic. She is the only adult female three-time Slam Champion in Austin Texas. Has shared stages with Buddy Wakefield and the late Amiri Baraka. Coached the Neo-Soul slam team finishing 1st place in Group Piece Finals in 2012, coached the Austin Poetry Slam team leading them to 5th place in 2013 at the National Poetry Slam and coached the TheySpeak Poetry Slam team finishing top 8 in the world at Brave New Voices in 2014.
@WANPoetry
youtube.com/user/WANpoetry
facebook.com/WANpoetry
wanpoetry.tumblr.com
Hosted by Davis Land.
davisland.info
Ebony Stewarts’s performance recorded at AvantGarden in Houston, TX.
Arranged in Bryan, TX
Music from Tab & Anitek - Sights & Sounds
http://feeds.feedburner.com/WANPoetry
http://archive.org/download/EbonyStewartWANPoetry/EbonyStewart_mixdown.mp3
Thursday, March 5, 2015
Write About Now featuring Suzy La Follette!
This week we present poet Suzy La Follette.
Suzanne La Follette hates writing bios about herself in third person but does it anyway. She spent several years doing the slam poetry thing. Was on the Flagstaff, AZ team twice and the Austin Poetry Slam team once in 2005. She made it to the finals stage in 2003 in Chicago and walked away with 6th place. She just got her MFA in poetry and non-fiction at Antioch University Los Angeles. Her non-fiction piece “The Art of Reading Smoke” was nominated by Antioch to represent the school in AWP’s Intro Journal’s Project. She is a firefighter and lives in Austin, TX. She wants to bring the best of the literary world and the slam world together in one website, SWR, that will function like so many on-line literary journals, but better because spoken word is much more exciting! She has been writing a sonnet a day since July 4th, 2013.
@WANPoetry
youtube.com/user/WANpoetry
facebook.com/WANpoetry
wanpoetry.tumblr.com/
Hosted by Davis Land.
davisland.info
Suzy La Follette's performance recorded in Bryan, TX.
Arranged in Bryan, TX.
Music by dustmotes
http://feeds.feedburner.com/WANPoetry
Monday, March 2, 2015
BONUS EPISODE featuring Austyn Degelman!
BONUS EPISODE featuring Austyn Degelman.
@WANPoetry
youtube.com/user/WANpoetry
facebook.com/WANpoetry
wanpoetry.tumblr.com/
Hosted by Davis Land.
davisland.info
Austyn Degelman’s performance recorded at Revolution Bar in Bryan, TX
Arranged in Bryan, TX
Music from dustmotes.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/WANPoetry
http://archive.org/download/AustynDegelmanMixdown/Austyn%20Degelman_mixdown.mp3
@WANPoetry
youtube.com/user/WANpoetry
facebook.com/WANpoetry
wanpoetry.tumblr.com/
Hosted by Davis Land.
davisland.info
Austyn Degelman’s performance recorded at Revolution Bar in Bryan, TX
Arranged in Bryan, TX
Music from dustmotes.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/WANPoetry
http://archive.org/download/AustynDegelmanMixdown/Austyn%20Degelman_mixdown.mp3
Thursday, February 26, 2015
Write About Now featuring Danny Strack!
The first episode of the Write About Now Poetry Podcast!
This week we present poet Danny Strack.
Danny Strack has been performing poetry live for over a decade.
He holds slam championship titles at national, regional and city levels. What? Really? Yeah:
- 2012 National Group Champion w/ Austin Neo-Soul
- 2010 Austin Poetry Slam Individual Champ
- 2007 Southwest Shootout Individual Champion
He is the Slammaster/Executive Director of the Austin Poetry Slam, and a five-time member / three-time coach of teams representing Austin at Nationals. The author of 10 full length books of poetry, Danny's performance oriented work is frequently used by students in forensics competitions.
Danny is also a juggler and playwright associated with the Sky Candy Aerial Circus Arts School and has written two fully produced and well-received plays ("The Time Machine" in 2012 & "The Circus" in 2013), as well as his debut show with Smoke and Mirror's Cabaret in 2010, "Carnivalesque", which was also a great success as one of the first shows to premiere at Austin's HighBall.
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https://www.youtube.com/user/WANpoetry
@WANPoetry
facebook.com/WANpoetry
wanpoetry.tumblr.com
Danny's performance recorded at AvantGarden in Houston, TX
Hosted by Davis Land.
Arranged in Bryan, TX
Music:
Groovy Hip Hop by Bensound
Late Nights by Aviscerall
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