City of Madison - File #: 29267

• File #: 29267
• Version: 1
• Name: Presentation: Poetry Recitation by Danez Smith
• Type: Presentation
• Status: Presentation
• File created: 2/26/2013
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• On agenda: 3/5/2013
• Final action: 3/31/2022
• Title: Presentation: Poetry Recitation by Danez Smith

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/5/2013	1	COMMON COUNCIL	RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO GRANT UNDER SUSPENSION OF MGO 2.055 - REPORT OF OFFICER
2/26/2013	1	Council Office	Refer

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Presentation: Poetry Recitation by Danez Smith

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Danez Smith, a Cave Canem Fellow and 2-time Pushcart Nominee, works in Madison, WI, as a Student Advisor for the First Wave Program at UW-Madison. He likes tattoos, bad food, drinking Capri Suns, reading manga and good poems. His work appears or is forthcoming in PANK, Vinyl, Radius, Southern Indiana Review, and other places. He slams sometimes, placing 6th in the world at the 2011 Individual World Poetry Slam.