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I am a poet, actor, singer currently residing in my home town, Cleveland, Ohio. I have six books of poetry and monologues published by four different presses. I have created 2 Solo Theater Works and Collaborated with Shawn D. Jackson on "Homegirl And Whiteboy." As an actor I have appeared in numerous productions in Cleveland at Dobama,the Ensemble, the Cleveland Playhouse,and the Cleveland Public Theater, where I directed "Junk Bonds" for the new play festival, and was co-writer of an adaptation of the Tibetan Book of the Dead, "Blue Sky Transmission." I also front the band Tongue-in-Groove, an ecletic ensemble of poetry and songs. My principal publisher is bottom dog press, Larry Smith, editor; He published both "The Road that Carried Me Here," and the sequel,"Song that Fathoms Home." We also co-edited the anthology of contempory buddhist poetry in the US, "America Zen." He will be bringing out my new collection, "Our Way of Life," in the fall of 2007. I also published my spoken word book, "The Bone-Orchard Conga," still my best seller, with Wordsmith Press, Steve Marsh, editor, which is the primary outlet for performance poets in the US. markk kuhar's deep cleveland, a cleveland based press, published my first haiku collection, "wet sand raven tracks" and will publish my second collection this fall. Fractal Edge Press published my two solo theater works "Dis -- Voices from a Shelter," and "Us Vers Us? Talking Across America." More info on all these books can be found on my web site www.raymcniece.com. I am the vocalist for the eclectic funk, rock, jazz ensemble Tongue-in-Groove. CDs are available through my website and from flipcity records. You can find live music clips and photos of the band at www.myspace.com/tongueingroove. You can hear my spoken word pieces at mongo indiefeed. When I'm not writing or performing my own material I am working in schools k-college facilitating student writing and performance workshops. Visit my website for more details on all of the above: WWW.RAYMCNIECE.COM. thanks. I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4