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Dave Harris (President) was born in Los Angeles, raised in West Philly and currently lives in El Dorado, Arkansas. He is a theatre studies major. His goal in life is to be the first Black Super Saiyan. Favorite poet: Jasmine Mans. A Line from Dave's Poetry: "If my penis were in Congress, they'd call it the Majority Whip"
Olivia Klevorn (Finance Manager) is from Chicago. Once she made a pilgrimage to Kanye West's birthplace. Whilst there she dipped her foot into a suspicious looking puddle and has since developed supernatural powers that only work when no is watching. Favorite Poet: Charles Bukowski A Line from Olivia's Poetry: "We could be urban foragers. Dig through the city streets to hunt for food. Forget that seasons change. And that the winter of our discontent will be much colder."
Connor Szostak (Tour & Booking Manager) was born and raised in various suburbs around Michigan. He is a prospective statistics or applied mathematics major, and he fully understands how conflicting this is with the idea of a poet. Favorite poet: Anis Mojgani A line from Connor's Poetry: "I slap out apologies like Bojangles in a minefield, but the earth hardly quivers a response."
Joey Lew (Secretary) was born and raised in the bull city: Durham, North Carolina. She loves spoken word, she loves breakdancing, she loves fencing (more than anything else), and she loves her puppy. She believes in For Family, For Country, For Yale, and her close friends are family forever. Favorite poet: Saul Williams A couple lines from Joey's poetry: "Dear God, when I call, I call collect, because I haven't been able to afford a therapist yet."
Sophie Dillon (Recruitment Manager) is from New Haven, CT. That's right, she's a townie. Don't look her in both eyeballs at once. A boy named Marvin tried that once. No one's seen Marvin since 1987. Favorite Poet: Richard Siken A Line from Sophie's Poetry: "Hands on my neck, hands playing my skull like a washboard; it's a wishbone, I left it for you to split."
Ruthie Prillaman (Recruitment Manager) was born in Potomac, Maryland, but claims to be from D.C. She is an English major and lives next to (in) LC, the English building. She has never been up science hill. Favorite poet: James Tate A Line from Ruthie's Poetry: This is my decree: Get a peephole drilled into the page. Prillaman's got a pistol-grip pressed to the other side.
Rianna Johnson-Levy (Media Master) was born and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan (meaning she probably thinks she has better taste in music/style than you). She studies. When she isn't studying, she spends most of her time trying to bring back Freak Encounters, an Animal Planet show, from permanent hiatus. Favorite Poet: Angel Nafis A line: God knows hips, she knows ashy elbows. Someone had to suck our skins so dry. To drink the black woman is to taste eternity.
Hayun Cho (Historian) was born in Seoul, South Korea and currently resides in Chicago. Hayun enjoys spending time with family and friends, going to art museums, everything blue, and rereading Wide Sargasso Sea. Favorite poet: Sherman Alexie A few lines from Hayun's poetry: "The West its filigreed tongue its old bones that curve like ships beneath leather puckered skin shoves gods into my arms and makes me pray"
JT Flowers (Social Chair) is a native of Portland, Oregon, the most decorated city in the "Weirdest Place on Earth" awards. He is a renowned semi-professional badminton player and the owner of a collection of fossils and rocks that he accumulated. Favorite Poet: Rudy Francisco A Line From JT's Poetry: "I think that God must've wrapped two ropes around my lungs and cross-tied them to the corners of your lips because every time you smile I can't seem to breathe."
Alex (Alchemist) was born in Los Angeles, and for senior superlatives in high school, he was voted "Best". He is an Economics major at Yale, and one of the eponymous MCs in the rap duo, "LeBron and LeBrains". Guess which one. Favorite poet: Elizabeth Bishop A Line from Alex's poetry: "Friday is the capillaries in your bloodshot eyes looking like a forest in autumn, and holding your gaze is a walk through dappled woods."
AbiGail (Fairy WORDmother) is from a rural Ohio town, the land of cornfields and prisons. In the second grade she wrote a series of poetic meditations on the stork. At her first real poetry slam she slept in her car to avoid a knife fight. Favorite Poet: Carlos Drummond de Andrade A line from Abigail's Poetry: "my ear is gone"