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Award-Winning Playwright, Actress and Poet
Sarah Jones is a Tony and Obie Award-winning playwright and performer. She is perhaps best known to theater audiences for her multi-character, one-person show Bridge & Tunnel, which was originally…
Internationally Acclaimed Spoken Word Artist, Solo Performer, Author, Actress, Writer and Director
Vanessa Hidary, Native New Yorker Vanessa Hidary, AKA The Hebrew Mamita, grew up on Manhattan's culturally diverse Upper West Side, graduating from LaGuardia High School of the Arts and Hunter…
Def Poetry Jam on HBO and on Broadway
Georgia Me, a def jam poet from Atlanta, Ga., who has been featured on "Def Poetry Jam" on HBO and on Broadway. Born Tamika Harper, Georgia Me became a poet…
Palestinian-American Poet, Author, Performer, and Political Activist who uses the vibrant language of Brooklyn to create a passionately modern voice
In her poems and plays, Suheir Hammad blends the stories and sounds of her Palestinian-American heritage with the vibrant language of Brooklyn to create a passionately modern voice. Suheir Hammad…
Slam Poet, Actress & Activist
Bridget Gray left her small town to pursue her dreams in Los Angeles. It was there that her acting chops landed her guest starring roles on ABC, CBS and Disney.…
Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author
Nikki Giovanni is a world - renowned poet, writer, commentator, activist, and educator. Over the past 30 years, the outspoken nature of her writing and speaking has br ought the…
Co-founder of HBO’s Def Poetry Jam
Bruce George is the co-founder of HBO’s Def Poetry Jam As a Peabody Award Winner he is a visionary, executive producer, writer, poet and activist. He was born and raised…
Writer, Spoken Word Artist and Author
Dana Gilmore’s brand of poetry is both invigorating and cathartic. She has appeared on seasons 3 and 4 of HBO’s Def Poetry Jam where she received several standing ovations. She…
Acclaimed Poet and Spoken Word Artist
Poet and performer Mayda Del Valle has been described by the Chicago Sun Times as having “a way with words. Sometimes they seem to flutter and roll off her lips.…
NPR Commentator, "All Things Considered"
Well known poet, author and National Public Radio commentator. Andrei Codrescu was born in Sibiu, Transylvania, Romania. His first poetry book "License to Carry a Gun" won the Big Table…
Writer, Performance Poet, Recording Artist, Educator, Playwright and Founding Member of The Getback
Rafael Casal is a writer, performer and producer originally from the Bay Area, CA. Rafael got his start performing on three seasons of HBO’s Def Poetry, and as a creator…
Author & Poet, often referred to as "Bob Marley with a pen," due to the spiritual, sensual, social themes presented from a literary Jamaican perspective
Colin Channer was born in Jamaica, and educated there and in New York. His most recent book is the poetry collection Providential (2015), which Eileen Myles describes as "one of…
HBO’s “Def Poetry Jam"
Lamont Carey a native of Washington, DC, is an internationally known and award winning spokenword artist, as well as a filmmaker, author, workshop facilitator and motivational speaker. In 2005, Mr.…
Rapper, Poet, Playwright and Educator. Multi-Faceted Hip-Hop Artist
Dahlak Brathwaite, is a multi-faceted hip-hop artist that maximizes his abilities as musician, actor, poet, and educator within the transformational space of the theater. Since launching into the national spoken word…
Poet, Musician & Social Educator
Mohammed Bilal is best known as "the even-tempered, dread- locked rapper guy” on MTV's Real World III: San Francisco. He is also a diversity consultant, a musician, a poet, and…
Comedian and Actor. Best Known for Russell Simmons' Def Comedy Jam
Using his experiences growing up in Newark, Bill Bellamy started doing stand-up while he was a student at Rutgers University.
Founder of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe
Miguel Algarin is a true renaissance man, a literary mastermind whose passion for the art of poetry and the rawness of spoken word has transcended him into a living legend…
Singer-Songwriter, Musician, Producer, Poet and Painter
Mixing the heartfelt angst of a singer/songwriter with the cocky brashness of a garage rocker, Ryan Adams is at once one of the few artists to emerge from the alt-country…
Award-Winning Poet
Jamele “Harlym125” Adams is, hands-down, one of the most powerful performance poets in the country. A onetime NPS finalist with the Boston Poetry Slam team back in 2008, he now…
Poet, Spoken Word Artist and Actor. Andersen's writing and live performances have received widespread popular and critical acclaim. In his November 2011 TEDYouth talk Please don't take my Air Jordans
Lemon Andersen is a poet, spoken word artist and actor. He first garnered national attention appearing in Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam on Broadway in 2002, which won a Tony…
Poet and Inspirational Speaker
ButtaFlySouL as he is known by family, friends and students is a nationally recognized training consultant and inspirational speaker. He is a powerful advocate for youth with a strong focus…
From Russell Simmons HBO's Def Poetry Jam
Who said that Poetry has limitations? Flowmentalz will demonstratehow poetry has “No limitations”, by bringing infinite thought into all his work. Creative thinking magnified through sound is the best synopsis…
Award-Winning Spoken Word Artist, Activist, Director and Filmmaker
Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai is a spoken word artist, speaker, playwright, essayist, educator, activist and choreographer who strengthens cultural pride and survival through how she lives and how she spits. Her…
