Taylor Mali is a teacher and voiceover artist and is a classically trained Shakespearian actor. Mali was one of the original poets to appear on the HBO series Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry. He is a veteran of the poetry slam, having won the national championship four times, and the author of What Learning Leaves and several spoken word CDs and DVDs. His work has appeared in The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry, The Idiot’s Guide to Slam Poetry, Spoken Word Revolution, Spoken Word Revolution Redux, The Tampa Review, The Underwood Review, The Nail, Taj Mahal Review, Cadillac Cicatrix, Barbershop, Spindle, The Whatever Literary Journal, and Paddlefish. He lives and writes in New York City. For more information, visit: www.taylormali.com