M. Ayodele Heath is an American poet,
spoken-word performer, and fiction writer.
M. Ayodele Heath
Born
Atlanta, GA
Nationality
American
Occupation
poet
Known for
poetry
Life
Born in
Atlanta, M. Ayodele Heath studied electrical engineering at the
Georgia Institute of Technology and holds an MFA in Poetry from
New England College. He was a two-time Southeastern Regional Poetry Slam Individual Champion (1999, 2000) and a top-10 individual finisher at the
National Poetry Slam (1999). His first book of poems, Otherness, was published in 2011 on Brick Road Poetry Press.[1] He is creator of the collaborative poetry form, electronic corpse, and editor of the anthology, Electronic Corpse: Poems from a Digital Salon (Svaha Paradox, 2014).
Awards
1999, 2000 Southeastern Regional Poetry Slam Individual Champion
2001 Emerging Artist grant from the Atlanta Bureau for Cultural Affairs
2002, 2003 Fellowship, Summer Poetry at Idyllwild
2005 Fellowship, Caversham Center for Writers & Artists, South Africa
Electronic Corpse: Poems from a Digital Salon, poems (Svaha Paradox (2014)).
Otherness, poems (Brick Road Poetry Press, 2011).
Heath's poetry has appeared in the anthologies Poetry Slam: the Competitive Art of Performance Poetry (
Manic D Press, 2000), My South: a People, a Place, a World All Its Own (
Rutledge Hill Press, 2005), and The Southern Poetry Anthology, Volume V (Texas Review Press, 2012).
M. Ayodele Heath is an American poet,
spoken-word performer, and fiction writer.
M. Ayodele Heath
Born
Atlanta, GA
Nationality
American
Occupation
poet
Known for
poetry
Life
Born in
Atlanta, M. Ayodele Heath studied electrical engineering at the
Georgia Institute of Technology and holds an MFA in Poetry from
New England College. He was a two-time Southeastern Regional Poetry Slam Individual Champion (1999, 2000) and a top-10 individual finisher at the
National Poetry Slam (1999). His first book of poems, Otherness, was published in 2011 on Brick Road Poetry Press.[1] He is creator of the collaborative poetry form, electronic corpse, and editor of the anthology, Electronic Corpse: Poems from a Digital Salon (Svaha Paradox, 2014).
Awards
1999, 2000 Southeastern Regional Poetry Slam Individual Champion
2001 Emerging Artist grant from the Atlanta Bureau for Cultural Affairs
2002, 2003 Fellowship, Summer Poetry at Idyllwild
2005 Fellowship, Caversham Center for Writers & Artists, South Africa
Electronic Corpse: Poems from a Digital Salon, poems (Svaha Paradox (2014)).
Otherness, poems (Brick Road Poetry Press, 2011).
Heath's poetry has appeared in the anthologies Poetry Slam: the Competitive Art of Performance Poetry (
Manic D Press, 2000), My South: a People, a Place, a World All Its Own (
Rutledge Hill Press, 2005), and The Southern Poetry Anthology, Volume V (Texas Review Press, 2012).