Santa Clara County Poet Laureate Tshaka Campbell.
Third Thursdays is a monthly poetry program in partnership with Poetry Center San Jose and hosted by local poet Mighty Mike McGee!
This month we return to the Willow Glen Library!
1157 Minnesota Ave, San José, 95125
Sign up for the open mic begins at 6:30pm. Host begins at 7pm.
Poetry Center San José presents Featured Poet, and SCC Poet Laureate, Tshaka Campbell!
BIO
Tshaka was one of the 100 monkeys (#37) and does poetry to help speed up the process. It was said that he spat up Ethiopia while getting drunk with Thoth and Jesus. Once, he read in a tabloid that he and Crispus Attucks took the Underground Railroad to a house party in the Bronx and invented trap music.
Tshaka is the first black, Santa Clara County Poet Laureate and has authored three books of poetry entitled “TARMAN”, “MUTED WHISPERS”, “STUFF, I will write more”, and “TUNNEL VISION'' with one more on the way entitled “LETTERS TO MY DAUGHTER”. His words have been featured in Bridges Review, BBC UK, Content magazine, Speakeasy vol 1, Liminal Animals, Rigorous magazine, among others. A city of Milpita and city of Sunnyvale commendation in the arts award recipient, Tshaka has also collaborated on projects with the World Health Organization (WHO), the De young museum in San Francisco, the Numu and Triton museums, as well sits on the Board of Directors for Silicon Valley Creates arts council and Poetry Center San Jose. He has partnered with the Silicon Valley Transit Authority and community members to deliver youth programs centered around expanding poetry and literature. He has 4 spoken word albums entitled "ONE", “BLOODLINES”, "SKIN vol.1"; and his most recent release "NKISI" is currently available on all streaming platforms. Tshaka has collaborated on a number of musical projects in the House, Jazz and Blues genres as well as on national commercials. He currently resides in California and continues to ask the world to “Listen Different!”.
Tshakacampbellpoet.com | www.naturalkink.com | booking.tshaka@outlook.com |
Open mic to follow.
Poetry Center San José's mission is to nurture and promote diverse literary expression in our community as a means of exploring, defining, and enriching the human experience.
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