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Aziza Barnes
Aziza Danielle Bailey Barnes (born October 1992) is an American poet. Barnes frequently performs slam poetry and has performed at the Da Poetry Lounge, Urban Word NYC, PBS NewsHour and Nuyoricans Poets Cafe. Education Barnes received their B.A from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. They received their MFA from the University of Mississippi. Career Barnes is the author of the chapbook ''me Aunt Jemima and the nailgun'' (2013), which won an Exploding Pinecone Prize from Button Poetry. Their full-length collection, ''i be but i ain’t'' (2016), won a Pamet River Prize from YesYes Books. They are the cofounder of the ''Poetry Gods'' podcast and the co-founder of The Conversation Literary Festival. Barnes wrote the play ''BLKS'', which played at Steppenwolf Theatre Company Steppenwolf Theatre Company is a Chicago theatre company founded in 1974 by Terry Kinney, Jeff Perry, and Gary Sinise in the Unitarian church on Half Day Road in Deerfield, Illinois ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Da Poetry Lounge
Da Poetry Lounge is the largest weekly open mic performance space for poetry in the US. It is located in Los Angeles at the Greenway Court Theatre. History Da Poetry Lounge was founded in 1998 as "Dante's Poetry Lounge" by poets Dante Basco, Ron "Shihan" VanClief, Devan "Poetri" Smith and "Brutha" Gimmel Hooper. Da Poetry Lounge was originally hosted in Basco’s living room for three years before expanding to the Greenway Court Theatre. The DPL has a slam poetry team that performs in national poetry competitions. Performers have to show up to the Tuesday night readings early to sign up to perform. The artists then perform on a first-come-first-served basis. Da Poetry Lounge inspired “Def Poetry Jam” on HBO and on Broadway. In 2010, Javon Johnson published “Manning Up: Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Los Angeles' Slam and Spoken Word Poetry Communities”, an essay addressing the prevalence of sexism at Da Poetry Lounge. In 2018, Da Poetry Lounge was hosted by Edwin B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |