Lynne Procope is a

Trinidad Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands of Trinidad and Tobago. The island lies off the northeastern coast of Venezuela and sits on the continental shelf of South America. It is often referred to as the southernmos ...

ian-born American

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems ( oral or wr ...

. She is one of the founders of the louderARTS Project. In 1998, Procope made the 1998 Nuyorican

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team. She and her fellow Nuyorican team members

Alix Olson Alix L. Olson (born 1975) is an American poet who works exclusively in spoken word. She graduated from Wesleyan University in 1997 and uses her work to address issues of capitalism, racism, sexism, homophobia, heterosexism, misogyny, and patriarc ...

, Steve Coleman and Guy LeCharles Gonzalez would go on to win the 1998

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Championship that year in Austin, TX.Aptowicz, Cristin O'Keefe. (2008). ''Words in Your Face: A Guided Tour Through Twenty Years of the New York City Poetry Slam.'' New York City: Soft Skull Press. "Chapter 19: And Two Become Three; Mouth Almighy Becomes NYC-Urbana and Nuyo's Championship Team Becomes louderARTS" . This championship would lead to

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publishing the anthology ''Burning Down the House'' which showcased poetry by Olson, Procope, Coleman and Gonzalez as well as poetry by the 1998 Nuyorican Team's coach,

Roger Bonair-Agard Roger Bonair-Agard is a poet and performance artist. He has made numerous television and radio appearances, has led countless workshops and lectures, and has performed his poetry at many US universities as well as at international festivals in Ger ...

.''Burning Down the House'' Amazon site
/ref> Her best known poems include "Elemental Woman", "Flectere" and "Evidence of Injury". Her writing focuses on the human experience of women and marginalized groups.

Bibliography

*''Burning Down the House'', 2000, Soft Skull Press, co-authored with

, Stephen Colman,

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, and

. *"Shine (for Joe Bataan)," "All Night," 2015, Haymarket Books, Contributor, Edited by Kevin Coval.

References

External links

The PiperJaneProjectThe louderARTS ProjectLynne Procope louderARTS poet page

Audio of "Elemental Woman," "Lace and Knife: A Conspiracy Tale of the South," and "Butterfly Nut House (for Peter James Conti)" (among others) on Indiefeed Performance Poetry Channel
Living people Trinidad and Tobago emigrants to the United States American women poets Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women {{US-poet-stub