Featured Spoken Word Performers

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 Vincent Stovall is an actor, poet, and stand-up comedian. He has been featured in commercials, films and theater productions and has performed throughout the DC metropolitan area. Vincent portrayed Deacon Sid in Clay’s Place: Inside My Blue Mind at the Chesapeake Performing Arts Center in Brooklyn Park, Maryland and he performed his one man show, i Got Somethin’ to Say and i’m Gon’ Say it! at the 2023 Intersections Festival at the Atlas Performing Arts Center in Washington, D.C. and he performed his second one man show, The Truth According to Uncle Vinny at the 2024 Intersections Festival. Vincent is also an accomplished musician and composer whose works include the popular song, The Other Side of the Rainbow, written for Grammy nominated recording artist, Melba Moore. Vincent is a graduate of Howard University wih a MA in Communication Arts.

Where to find Vincent:

IG -  @Vincent Stovall 

https://www.backstage.com/u/vincent-stovall/

Carolyn L. Robinson (LovePoet18)is a multi-talented artist who has spent most of her life creating in one art form or another. Carolyn willingly admits that poetry is still her first love and she has published eight poetry books to date (all available on Amazon). Carolyn teaches workshops that explore using writing as a healing method to those traumatized by life events as well as teaching puppetry, beginning sign language and creative writing. She  curated her own open mic known as CJs Place for almost two years out of her own home and credits God for all she is able to do.  Carolyn believes that there is a gift inside of every single one of us and encourages everyone to find their own special talents and use them well!


Where to find Carolyn:
Facebook- Carolyn L. Robinson/Author
IG- @LovePoet18

 Ephraim Nehemiah 

Poet . Educator . Performer

Ephraim is a published writer, educator and nationally touring performer. Their work sits comfortably in the Black cultural lineage of griots who are dedicated to using truth to document and critique the world around them. Ephraim holds a B.A. in Pan-African Studies from Kent State University where they were awarded the Undergraduate Poetry Prize and Maggie Anderson Scholarship. Ephraim is also the co-founder and former coach of Kent State’s award-winning collegiate poetry team that competed annually at the College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational from 2015-2018. Ephraim is the recipient of grants from PEN America,  Gabrielle Bouliane Foundation, The Cleveland Foundation, and received fellowships from The Karamu House Performing Arts Theatre, Baldwin House Urban Writing Residency, and The Watering Hole Winter Retreat. Ephraim’s poems appear in various journals and publications such as Anxy Magazine, Flypaper, Lake Effect Anthology, UHURU Magazine, and Knights Library Magazine. Their performances have been featured on TEDx Talks, The Smithsonian Channel, The National Basketball Association, 2022 World Cup, AfroPunk, Season 1 of Snapchats Free Tuition, and various other channels. They are the 2020 Baltimore Grand Slam Champion, 2021 IPS Slam Champion, 2022 Southern Fried Poetry Champion and the 2023 recipient of the Peale Foundation Grit Fund for their work exploring Black Queer Artistry in Maryland. Ephraim is currently based out of Baltimore where they serve as a Teaching Artist. Their first full-length poetry book The Autobiography of Absence was published in 2021 with Twelve Arts Press. 

Where to find Ephraim

@EPHRAIMNEHEMIAH

EPHRAIMNEHEMIAH@GMAIL.COM

https://www.ephraimnehemiah.com