Taalam Acey

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Taalam Acey (born September 16, 1970) is an American

Acey was born in Newark, New Jersey.^[3]

Acey was a member of the 1999 New York City slam team representing the Nuyorican Cafe. He was the 2000 Grand Slam Champion of London's Paddington International Poetry Festival. He was also the 2000–2001 "New Jersey Slam Master" and the District of Columbia's Black Words Grand Slam Champion.

Acey was one of four poets selected by Essence magazine to perform at the 2001 Essence Music Festival in New Orleans. He was also one of five poets featured in the New Jersey Performing Arts Center's 'Theater of the Spoken Word.' Acey has lectured on performance poetry at the University of California, Berkeley's Center for Urban Education.

His first

His work has been featured in New Jersey Star-Ledger (July 2001)^[4] and Essence, Philadelphia Weekly (December 2005). Marc Smith, the founder of slam poetry, used examples of Acey's poetry in his book: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Slam Poetry.^{[5][page needed]}.

• Eyes Free: The Memoir, Word Supremacy Press, 2003
• What You Deserve, a novel, Word Supremacy Press, 2006
• Troubled Soul Refinery, poetry compilation, Word Supremacy Press, 2007
• Excellent Exposure, essays and poems, Word Supremacy Press, 2009

• Morally Bankrupt One: The Wickedest Man in Babylon (1999)
• Morally Bankrupt Two: Pain Remover (2000)
• Morally Bankrupt Final: Mood Demystify (2000)
• Code Blues (2001)
• Blues Resurgence (2002)
• Belief System (2003)
• Pieces of Change Disc 1 (2005)
• Pieces of Change Disc 2 (2005)
• Underground Heavy (2006)
• The Market 4 Change (2007)
• Self Construct (2007)
• California Suite (2008)
• The Market 4 Change, Volume 2 (2009)