An Evening of Spoken Word Poetry
Kelly Tsai is an award-winning writer, performer, and filmmaker based in Brooklyn, New York. Her work as a spoken word poet has been featured at over 700 venues including the White House, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, Apollo Theater, BAM, MTV Iggy, HBO's "East of Main Street: Asians Aloud" and three seasons of HBO's "Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry," among others.
In 2016, Tsai was honored as a Woman of Distinction by the American Association for University Women. She was recognized in 2015 by Americorps Alums' National Leader Award, New York Historical Society’s "Chinese American: Exclusion/Inclusion" exhibit, and NBC's News' "Asian American Poets to Watch." Previously, Tsai has been noted as one of the "30 Most Influential Asian Americans Under 30" by AngryAsianMan.com and one of the "Top 40 New Yorkers Who Create Positive Social Change" by Idealist.org in NYC.
Tsai graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a double major and high honors in urban planning and comparative literature.
Photo credit: Kyle D. Reinford
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