Poetry

Joe Davis is an award-winning spoken word artist and bestselling author who uses poetry to power possibility. He is the founder and director of Finding Your Freedom Practice, an artist collective teaching holistic health and wellness practices through spoken word, writing, music, theater, film, and dance. Joe holds a Master of Arts degree in Theology [...]

Michelle Perdue is a dynamic and transformative educator, performer and change agent. As a graduate of the University of Minnesota with a master’s degree in education, a graduate of the Ruskin School of Acting, former VocalEssence Teaching Artist, and military veteran, Michelle has had the privilege of working with some of the most culturally and [...]

Dralandra Larkins is an award-winning spoken word poet, author of “Before I Lie, 2025”, and a recipient of the MN State Arts Board Creative Individuals grant. Her work is featured in literary publications including the League of Minnesota Poets Agates Anthology, MN Women’s Press, Tupelo Press, The Edge Magazine, and Insight News. She is the [...]

A Black trans woman with disabilities, Taiwana Shambley is a full-time writer and award-winning teaching artist from St. Paul’s North End neighborhood. Based in Minneapolis, and guided by political anger and black radical tradition, Taiwana’s mission is to empower queer, trans, and disabled youth voices, through both her writing and by facilitating storytelling skills for [...]

See More Perspective stands, works, and creates in solidarity with movements of struggle for liberation here and abroad. See More is a non-traditional, self-taught Xicané MC, Producer/Composer, Spoken Word Poet, Graffiti and Projection Mapping Artist, Filmmaker, and Educator based out of the Twin Cities, MN. Their work interweaves liberation narratives, mythology, science fiction, spirituality, and [...]

Raki is a first generation American, queer, Jewish writer. She is the author of The Things You Left and The Memory House, both Minnesota Book Award finalists. Her longform poetry chapbook, The Other Body, was published in 2017, and her stories and poems have appeared in numerous publications and have been shortlisted and nominated for [...]

Morgan Grayce Willow has expressed her passion for poetry and writing as a Teaching Artist at The Loft Literary Center, SASE The Write Place, and other community venues, as well as at Minneapolis College. She has taught many classes in poetry, essay, memoir, and – a favorite – the use of journals and notebooks in [...]