STACEYANN CHIN - part-Black, part-Chinese lesbian immigrant
from Jamaica who was featured in "Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam"
ANIDA YOEU ESGUERRA - She is a prominent spoken artist and
member of the group “I Was Born With Two Tongues.”
LAWSON FUSSAO INADA - He is the poet laureate of Oregon - the
fifth
person to hold the position and the first since William Stafford
resigned in 1989.
ISHLE
PARK - Korean American woman who has been published in The
Best American Poetry of 2003, featured artist on HBO's Def Poetry
Jam twice, and performed her poetry on the NAACP Image Awards.
JOHN
YAO - Poet, Art Critic, Essayist and Prose Writer
