grand slam update

the 2005 grand slam poetry competition was on april 30th at the catwalk in pioneer square and I WON!! it was the biggest crowd ever for a grand slam show in seattle with over 400 people packed into the venue. the two features were seattle's youthspeaks poets who were AMAZING (madeliene cliffords piece on the women of juarez mexico is the NEXT!) and also rives, of def poetry fame, who is at least as brilliant a story teller as my father, who is the best in the WORLD!

we have the dopest team that seattle could possibly have; rajnii eddins of the poetry experience, roberto ascalon-rock poet extroidinaire, matt gano-one of the best writers i know and, hopefully, two-time individual world poetry slam champion buddy wakefield (we'll find out this thursday if he'll be able to come with us this year!) WEST SIIIIIIDE! WHAT???

the nationals will be held in abq, new mexico this year august 10-14 i think.

i'm going down to portland tonight to guest lecture at portland state university on black women and sexuality. it's for a black feminism/womanism class taught by turiya autry. should be interesting.

will be back in portland on saturday for a feature with teatro del fuego.

more later...christa