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Chris Tse (born 19 June 1989) (Chinese name: 謝聖文) is a Canadian spoken-word poet, educator, and author of Chinese descent. [1] As a spoken word poet, he placed second at the 2011 Poetry Slam World Cup and 2016 Rio International Poetry Slam, and has shared the stage with Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Shane Koyczan, and Mustafa the Poet.
The Nuyorican Poets Café on New York's Lower Eastside was founded in 1973, and is one of the oldest American venues for presenting spoken-word poetry. [29] In the 1980s, spoken-word poetry competitions, often with elimination rounds, emerged and were labelled "poetry slams".
Sekou Andrews has been performing spoken word poetry professionally since 2002. In that time, he has won two National Poetry Slams, two Independent Music Awards, and six CLIO Awards. In 2019, Sekou became the first spoken word poet in over 12 years to be nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album. [3]
This category is to be applied to people who are defined as spoken-word artists. It is not applicable to people who have trivially engaged in spoken word performance at some point in their career, nor is it applicable to people who are "artists", as in highly skilled at oratory or rhetoric.
Leake in 2020. Brandon Leake (born May 4, 1992) is a spoken word poet, educator and motivational speaker and the winner of the fifteenth season of America's Got Talent. [1] He was the first spoken–word poet to be on America's Got Talent and received the Golden Buzzer award in the first round from Howie Mandel. [2]
American Poetry Center was founded in 1983 to bring the Spoken Word to a wide range of audiences. All programs were created, developed and implemented by Margaret Chew Barringer, under the auspices of the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. For its first decade, Jerome J. Shestack, Esq. chaired the non-profit organization.
Although Kay works primarily in spoken word poetry, she has published poems in magazines such as Foundling Review, DamselFly Press, and decomP literary magazine. [15] [16] [17] In 2011, Kay published "B", a short hardcover book containing the titular poem, which was originally written in 2007. [18] The book features illustrations by Sophia ...
Francisco is the founder and current coach of the San Diego Poetry Slam Team, which won the 2017 National Poetry Slam Championship. [17] [18] Francisco performed his spoken-word poem "Complainers" on his first appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on March 1, 2018.