Jive Poetic is a writer and organizer based in Brooklyn, New York. He founded the Insurgent Poets’ Society, Carnival Slam: Cultural Exchange, and co-founded the Brooklyn Poetry Slam. His work appeared on TVONE’s Lexus Verses and Flow and PBS NewsHour. His publishing credits include the Academy of American Poets, Poetry Society of America, and No, Dear magazine. Selections from his most recent collection, Skip Tracer, have been composed into a multimedia performance featured by the DIA Arts Foundation. When he is not on tour, Jive Poetic is an assistant professor at St Francis College and teaches poetry workshops to underserved youth in New York City.
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