On The Team

Word. Tonight I earned a slot on the Slam Amok! Slam team at 7 Stages. I'll be representing Atlanta at the National Poetry Slam in Austin this August.

I've skulked around Slam since 2001 and followed it from a distance even before that. This is the first time I've gone out for a team. I'm too excited for words. I'm joined by incredible poets, including one of my best friends, Theresa Davis.

I did not expect to make the team, and certainly not to come in third place.

Next week, we all head over to Java Monkey for its finals and scream and yell for the other Atlanta team. Atlanta's spoken word and poetry scene gets hotter and hotter all the time. This is going to be an incredible summer.