A Busboys and Poetry event hosted this week by Twain DooleyTwain Dooley is a first generation American. He was born of Jamaican parents some time between the assassinations of Malcom X. and Dr. Martin Luther King. Growing up in the Washington, DC public school system, with a name like Twain Dooley, one either learns to (more…)

A Busboys and Poetry Event hosted this week by Rebecca DupasRebecca, a Louisiana native, is an educator, photographer and award-winning poet whose writing, performance, and contribution to the poetry community has been recognized in Philadelphia, Baltimore and beyond. Rebecca is the founder and creative director of A DOSE OF DUPAS, an event-based poetry company that (more…)

A Busboys and Poetry event hosted this week by Holly BassA Cave Canem fellow, Holly Bass’ poems have appeared in Callaloo, nocturnes (re)view, Beltway, Role Call (Third World Press) and The Ringing Ear, an anthology of Black Southern poetry. Her pieces have been workshopped and presented at respected regional theaters and performance spaces such as (more…)

A Busboys and Poetry Event hosted this week by DJ Tao.Whether freestyle or written, DJ Tao is word in motion. DJ Tao began his career as a spoken word artist in the Washington, DC area. After extensive experience performing locally he decided to expand his audience. He took his act on the road, touring America’s (more…)