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PULSE </font><font size=5>Spoken Word and Poetry<br>
</font><font size=4>Feat. Jook Songs / 101 Project / Word / Arkipelag-a /
Attic<br>
AND </font><font size=5>Poet BEAU SIA<br>
</font><font size=4>FROM </font><font size=5><i>Def Jam Poetry<br>
</i></font><font size=4>and Open Mic<br><br>
FRIDAY FEB 25th <br>
BRANFORD COMMON ROOM<br>
7PM<br>
$4<br><br>
</font>Brought to you by AASA, SMHAC, A: Asian American Graduate Students
at Yale, CASA, KASAMA, KASY, MSA, SAS, TAS, and ViSA<br><br>
BEAU SIA is a Chinese-American poet from Oklahoma City. Beau has
been featured in the award-winning film Slam and the <br>
documentary Slam Nation. As an author, Beau wrote the poetry book A
Night Without Armor II: The Revenge. A few of the <br>
anthologies his work appears in, include, Def Poetry Jam on Broadway...
and more, Why Freedom Matters, and Spoken Word <br>
Revolution. Beau has two spoken word CD's, Attack! Attack! Go! and
Dope and Wack. He was a recipient of the California Arts <br>
Council Writer-in-Residence grant for Youth Speaks in 2001-2002, and was
the lead artist for the Creative Work Fund. Beau has <br>
appeared on all seasons of HBO’s "Russell Simmons Presents Def
Poetry," and has also performed on ESPN's 2000 Winter X-Games,
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Showtime! at The Apollo, and the 2003 Tony Awards. He is one of the
original cast members in Def Poetry Jam on Broadway, a 2003 <br>
Special Event Tony Award Winner, and has recently toured with Declare
Yourself, a project dedicated to increasing the number of young voters
<br>
in this past 2004 election. This year, he plans to further develop
all aspects of his craft, staying open to what that may bring him.
His home base is beausia.com and he does what he wants.</blockquote>
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