M. Ayodele Heath is an American poet,
spoken-word performer, and fiction writer.
Life
Born in
Atlanta, M. Ayodele Heath studied electrical engineering at the
Georgia Institute of Technology
The Georgia Institute of Technology, commonly referred to as Georgia Tech or, in the state of Georgia, as Tech or The Institute, is a public research university and institute of technology in Atlanta, Georgia. Established in 1885, it is part of ...
and holds an MFA in Poetry from
New England College. He was a two-time Southeastern Regional Poetry Slam Individual Champion (1999, 2000) and a top-10 individual finisher at the
National Poetry Slam (1999). His first book of poems, ''Otherness'', was published in 2011 on Brick Road Poetry Press. He is creator of the collaborative poetry form, electronic corpse, and editor of the anthology, ''Electronic Corpse: Poems from a Digital Salon'' (Svaha Paradox, 2014).
Awards
* 1999, 2000 Southeastern Regional Poetry Slam Individual Champion
* 2001 Emerging Artist grant from the Atlanta Bureau for Cultural Affairs
* 2002, 2003 Fellowship, Summer Poetry at Idyllwild
* 2005 Fellowship, Caversham Center for Writers & Artists, South Africa
* 2007 McEver Visiting Chair in Writing at the
Georgia Institute of Technology
The Georgia Institute of Technology, commonly referred to as Georgia Tech or, in the state of Georgia, as Tech or The Institute, is a public research university and institute of technology in Atlanta, Georgia. Established in 1885, it is part of ...
* 2009 Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Prize
* 2010 Fellowship,
Cave Canem Foundation
* 2011 RHINO Editors' Prize
Bibliography
* ''Electronic Corpse: Poems from a Digital Salon'', poems (Svaha Paradox (2014)).
* ''Otherness'', poems (Brick Road Poetry Press, 2011).
* Heath's poetry has appeared in the anthologies ''Poetry Slam: the Competitive Art of Performance Poetry'' (
Manic D Press, 2000), ''My South: a People, a Place, a World All Its Own'' (
Rutledge Hill Press
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, 2005), and ''The Southern Poetry Anthology, Volume V'' (Texas Review Press, 2012).
* Heath's poetry has appeared in numerous journals including ''
Callaloo'', ''
Chattahoochee Review'', ''
Crab Orchard Review
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'', ''diode Poetry Journal'', ''Eclectic Literary Forum'', ''
Mississippi Review
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'', ''Mythium'', ''New Millennium Writings'', ''
New York Quarterly
The ''New York Quarterly'' (''NYQ'') was a popular contemporary American poetry magazine. Established by William Packard (1933-2002) in 1969, ''Rolling Stone'' magazine has called the ''NYQ'' "the most important poetry magazine in America."
Hist ...
'', ''
Open City'', and ''
storySouth''
Film/Video
* ''3-Minute Activists: the Soul of Slam'' (Mad Mouth Media, Cogitate Productions), feature-length film (2014).
* ''28 Days of Poetry: Poets Make Black History (Week 1)'', web video series (2011).
* ''28 Days of Poetry: Poets Make Black History (Week 2)'', web video series (2011).
* ''28 Days of Poetry: Poets Make Black History (Week 3)'', web video series (2011).
* ''28 Days of Poetry: Poets Make Black History (Week 4)'', web video series (2011).
References
External links
VIDEO
lecture, "Poetry 2.0: Poems for a Digital Age," TEDxPeacthreeSalon
INTERVIEWS
interview, "Three Questions," Extract(s): a daily dose of litinterview, "A Southern Griot and His Craft," State of the ReUnioninterview, Roswell Neighborinterview, RHINO Magazineinterview, FGTV's Writers in Focusinterview, Creative Loafinginterview, at Business of WordsARTICLES ABOUT
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ttps://web.archive.org/web/20110723231433/http://oaklandwritingproject.net/content/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/elanfall2002.pdf article, Out Loud Poetry, Oakland Writing Project Newsletterarticle, Poetry Slam A Fingersnapping Good Time, The Collegian of Georgia Perimeter Collegearticle, Spoken Word Event Draws Large Crowd, Jackson Progress-Argusarticle, Review: Anthology Celebrates Georgia Poets, Jackson Progress-ArgusPOEMS (TEXT)
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ttp://www.storysouth.com/.../things-my-father-gave-me-which-i-never-asked-for.html poem, Things My Father Gave Me (Which I Never Asked for), at storySouthshort story, The Gospel According to Queen James, at storySouthpoem, The Stuttering House Negro Diviner Speaks: Heath Plantation, 1863, at RHINOAUDIO RECORDINGS
audio poem, Urban Percussions, at Badilisha Poetry Xchangeaudio poem, Urban Percussions, at IndieFeed Performance Poetryaudio poem, Of Ash & Dust: a Tribute to the Crew of STS-107, Space Shuttle Columbia, at Indiefeed Performance Poetry*
ttps://web.archive.org/web/20160304061307/http://fatcityreview.com/praisesong-for-the-marvelous-city-m-ayodele-heath/ audio poem, Praisesong for the Marvelous City, at Fat City Review
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African-American poets
Writers from Atlanta
Poets from Georgia (U.S. state)
Living people
1974 births
New England College alumni
21st-century American poets
21st-century African-American writers
20th-century African-American people