Imani Tolliver is a poet, visual artist, educator and advocate of the arts. Her poetry has been recognized by a Lannon Literary Fellowship at the Folger Shakespeare Library and the John J. Wright Literary Award at Howard University. She has been a consultant for several museums, educational institutions and The Office of the President; William Jefferson Clinton. She has been honored with a Certificate of Appreciation by the City of Los Angeles for her work as a promoter, host and publicist in support of the literary arts in Southern California. Currently, she is honored to serve as the 2007/2008 Poet Laureate for the Watts Towers Arts Center in Los Angeles, California.She has been a featured poet across the country, including the Nuyorican Poet’s Café, the Smithsonian Institution, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, the World Stage Performance Gallery, the Autry National Center, and the Los Angeles Central Library. Her work has been published in several anthologies and journals, including Cave Canem II, IV, and V, Jones Juke Joint Magic, The Flow: New Black Poetry in Motion, Ghettoes are not Beautiful, Black Love, The Drumming Between Us – A Poetry Journal, Drum Voices Review, Step Into A World- A Global Anthology of the New Black Literature, Bum Rush the Page: A Def Poetry Jam, Beyond the Frontier, Beyond the Valley of the Contemporary Poets, Voices from Leimert Park, HIS RIB: stories, poems & essays by HER, and the forthcoming, Poetry is not a Luxury: LA Women of Color.And on-line at: www.MediaCakeMagazine.com
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