Shailja Patel
Spokenword Performance

Kenyan Indian explosion on national spoken word scene! 2001 Lambda Slam Champion, Santa Cruz Slam 2000 Champion, Team Santa Cruz anchor at the National Slam Championships 2000. Featured panelist/guest poet, National Youth Slam Championships 2001. Presented workshop, "How Big Is Your Voice?" to packed room at 2001 National Poetry Slam.

Published in numerous journals and anthologies, featured on Buzz Me In (film), Best of the Berkeley Slam Poets (CD), National Radio Project, Flashpoints, APEX Express, Hard Knocks Radio (KPFA 94.1FM).

Awards include Outwrite 1999 Poetry Prize, Sacramento Library Poetry Prize, semifinalist for 2000 Emily Dickinson Award and 2000 Nicholas Roerich Poetry Prize.

Recipient of Serpent Source Foundation For Women Artists Grant and Voices Of Our Nations Poetry Scholarship.

Contact Shailja at spp01@hotmail.com