M. Ayodele Heath
M. Ayodele Heath is an American poet,
spoken-word
performer, and fiction writer.
M. Ayodele Heath | |
|---|---|
| Born | Atlanta, GA |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | poet |
| Known for | poetry |
Life
Born in
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
- 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
- Electronic Corpse: Poems from a Digital Salon, poems (Svaha Paradox (2014)).
- Otherness, poems (Brick Road Poetry Press, 2011).
- Heath's poetry has appeared in the anthologies Poetry Slam: the Competitive Art of Performance Poetry (Rutledge Hill Press, 2005), and The Southern Poetry Anthology, Volume V (Texas Review Press, 2012).
- Heath's poetry has appeared in numerous journals including
Film/Video
- 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
- ^ "Brick Road Poetry press". Brick Road Poetry press. Retrieved September 21, 2013.
- ^ "Dorothy Prizes Awarded for 2009". Dorothyprizes.org. August 29, 2009. Retrieved September 21, 2013.
- ^ "Cave Canem, Fellows – profiles". Cavecanempoets.org. Archived from the original on September 23, 2013. Retrieved September 21, 2013.
External links
VIDEO
INTERVIEWS
- interview, "Three Questions," Extract(s): a daily dose of lit
- interview, "A Southern Griot and His Craft," State of the ReUnion
- interview, Roswell Neighbor
- interview, RHINO Magazine
- interview, FGTV's Writers in Focus
- interview, In Motion Magazine
- interview, Creative Loafing
- interview, at Business of Words
ARTICLES ABOUT
- review, at Alabama Writers' Forum
- article, Out Loud Poetry, Oakland Writing Project Newsletter
- article, Poetry Slam A Fingersnapping Good Time, The Collegian of Georgia Perimeter College
- article, Spoken Words Ring Out in Fairhope
- article, Spoken Word Event Draws Large Crowd, Jackson Progress-Argus
- article, Review: Anthology Celebrates Georgia Poets, Jackson Progress-Argus
POEMS (TEXT)
- poem, The Tragic Mulatto, at storySouth
- 2 Poems, Dusk of the Afrikaner, A Brief History of Okra (Master's Take), at diode Poetry Journal
- poem, Things My Father Gave Me (Which I Never Asked for), at storySouth[permanent dead link]
- short story, The Gospel According to Queen James, at storySouth
- poem, The Stuttering House Negro Diviner Speaks: Heath Plantation, 1863, at RHINO
- poem, Praise Song for the Marvelous City, at Muzzle Magazine
AUDIO RECORDINGS
- audio poem, Urban Percussions, at Badilisha Poetry Xchange
- audio poem, Urban Percussions, at IndieFeed Performance Poetry
- audio poem, Of Ash & Dust: a Tribute to the Crew of STS-107, Space Shuttle Columbia, at Indiefeed Performance Poetry
- audio poem, Of Ash & Dust: a Tribute to the Crew of STS-107, Space Shuttle Columbia, at The Digital Americana
- audio poem, Praisesong for the Marvelous City, at Fat City Review