LIT Sunday: Spoken Word

Start your Sunday morning with a jolt of emotional truth and lyrical brilliance from some of the most dynamic voices in poetry today. This year’s lineup spans cultural ambassadorships, national slam championships, regional art collectives, and the Oregon State Poet Laureate himself. These poets bring the fire.

Christopher Diaz is an indigenous Chamoru from the Pacific Island of Guåhan (Guam). As a writer, performer, and photographer, he has been featured by NBC News, the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, Poets & Writers, and more. He is a two-time grand slam champion of Houston’s slam poetry team “Write About Now,” which ranked fifth in the nation in 2018, and he won first place at the 2023 Bigfoot Regional Poetry Slam festival with his Pacific Northwest team. Christopher has taught poetry and coached performance with the nonprofit Writers in the Schools.

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