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M. Ayodele Heath

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M. Ayodele Heath is an American poet, spoken-word performer, and fiction writer.

M. Ayodele Heath
Born
Atlanta, GA
NationalityAmerican
Occupationpoet
Known forpoetry

Life

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Born in Atlanta, M. Ayodele Heath studied electrical engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology and holds an MFA in Poetry from New England College. He was a two-time Southeastern Regional Poetry Slam Individual Champion (1999, 2000) and a top-10 individual finisher at the National Poetry Slam (1999). His first book of poems, Otherness, was published in 2011 on Brick Road Poetry Press.[1] He is creator of the collaborative poetry form, electronic corpse, and editor of the anthology, Electronic Corpse: Poems from a Digital Salon (Svaha Paradox, 2014).

Awards

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  • 1999, 2000 Southeastern Regional Poetry Slam Individual Champion
  • 2001 Emerging Artist grant from the Atlanta Bureau for Cultural Affairs
  • 2002, 2003 Fellowship, Summer Poetry at Idyllwild
  • 2005 Fellowship, Caversham Center for Writers & Artists, South Africa
  • 2007 McEver Visiting Chair in Writing at the Georgia Institute of Technology
  • 2009 Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Prize[2]
  • 2010 Fellowship, Cave Canem Foundation[3]
  • 2011 RHINO Editors' Prize

Bibliography

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Film/Video

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  • 3-Minute Activists: the Soul of Slam (Mad Mouth Media, Cogitate Productions), feature-length film (2014).
  • 28 Days of Poetry: Poets Make Black History (Week 1), web video series (2011).
  • 28 Days of Poetry: Poets Make Black History (Week 2), web video series (2011).
  • 28 Days of Poetry: Poets Make Black History (Week 3), web video series (2011).
  • 28 Days of Poetry: Poets Make Black History (Week 4), web video series (2011).

References

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  1. ^ "Brick Road Poetry press". Brick Road Poetry press. Retrieved September 21, 2013.
  2. ^ "Dorothy Prizes Awarded for 2009". Dorothyprizes.org. August 29, 2009. Retrieved September 21, 2013.
  3. ^ "Cave Canem, Fellows – profiles". Cavecanempoets.org. Archived from the original on September 23, 2013. Retrieved September 21, 2013.
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