Podcast appearances and mentions of austin poetry slam

An International literary artist, Texas poet laureate nominee and nationally ranked slam poet who manages to turn life into written and spoken works of art. He is a regular at Austin Poetry Slam since he won his first Grand Slam title in 2005. Christopher is an MC, champion, host, writer, author, educator, publisher, pappy, professor veteran and nurse. Christopher Michael uses poetry to address mental health, relationship accountability, and Black American history. He's the resident host at Austin Slam, EncoreATX and Master Piece's For Love of Words (F.L.O.W.) Show case and F.L.O.W. International. He is the founder of 310 Brown Street publishing that seek to make poets immortal. His latest book “Black Type Poems” will take you on the poetic ride that you deserve. You can learn more by going to www.mrmichael310.com

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. @WANPoetrywriteaboutnowpoetry.comyoutube.com/WANpoetryfacebook.com/WANpoetrywanpoetry.tumblr.comHosted by Davis Land.davisland.infoLacey Roops’s performance recorded at AvantGarden in Houston, TX.Arranged in Bryan, TXMusic from dustmotes, Garmisch, Liam Stew, The Imposibullshttp://feeds.feedburner.com/WANPoetry

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.@WANPoetrywriteaboutnowpoetry.comyoutube.com/WANpoetryfacebook.com/WANpoetrywanpoetry.tumblr.comHosted by Davis Land.davisland.infoBill Moran’s performance recorded at AvantGarden in Houston, TX.Arranged in Bryan, TXMusic from Aviscerall and Breakmasterhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/WANPoetryhttp://archive.org/download/good_ghost_bill_WANpodcast/good_ghost_bill_WANpodcast_01.mp3

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.@WANPoetryyoutube.com/user/WANpoetryfacebook.com/WANpoetrywanpoetry.tumblr.comHosted by Davis Land.davisland.info Ebony Stewarts’s performance recorded at AvantGarden in Houston, TX.Arranged in Bryan, TXMusic from Tab & Anitek - Sights & Soundshttp://feeds.feedburner.com/WANPoetryhttp://archive.org/download/EbonyStewartWANPoetry/EbonyStewart_mixdown.mp3

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.@WANPoetryyoutube.com/user/WANpoetryfacebook.com/WANpoetrywanpoetry.tumblr.com/Hosted by Davis Land.davisland.infoSuzy La Follette's performance recorded in Bryan, TX.Arranged in Bryan, TX.Music by dustmoteshttp://feeds.feedburner.com/WANPoetryhttp://archive.org/download/SuzyLaFollette01/Suzy%20La%20Follette_01.mp3

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 ChampionHe 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.-------------------------------------------https://www.youtube.com/user/WANpoetry@WANPoetryfacebook.com/WANpoetrywanpoetry.tumblr.comDanny's performance recorded at AvantGarden in Houston, TXHosted by Davis Land.Arranged in Bryan, TXMusic: Groovy Hip Hop by BensoundLate Nights by Aviscerallhttp://archive.org/download/DannyStrackWANPodcast/Danny_Strack_WAN_Podcast.mp3

Danny Strack uses his marketing skills and "whuffie" to turn his poetry into an actual living. We chat about how he dropped out of college, got into corporate marketing, and using those skills to run Austin Poetry Slam community in Texas.  Support Book of Rhymes on Kickstarter