Performance Poetry Reading
Featured Readers
Bassam Zahid
Bassam Zahid is an ER and ICU physician, writer, and aspiring polymath. He hails from New York City and fell in love with spoken word when he convinced his 10th grade class to attend Def Poetry Jam on Broadway. He often visited the Nyuorican Poet’s Café for inspiration, and that, among many other poetic influences (including Houston’s Write About Now), finally brought him to the Writespace community and this first performance.
Outside of medicine and poetry, Bassam is a current Writing Fellow at the McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics. He has also produced two podcasts: This Meharrian Life, which chronicled the stories of African-American physicians at Meharry Medical College, a historically black medical school in Nashville, TN and Doctor Hustle, where he interviews healthcare leaders, creatives, and entrepreneurs. He has written for a variety of blogs, designed and coded mobile and web apps, and even taught an undergraduate seminar at Stony Brook University called “The Examined Life: A Guide to Discovering Your Identity and Calling.” You can find a portfolio of his work at his website, www.bassamzahid.com or on Instagram @bassam.zahid.
Outside of medicine and poetry, Bassam is a current Writing Fellow at the McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics. He has also produced two podcasts: This Meharrian Life, which chronicled the stories of African-American physicians at Meharry Medical College, a historically black medical school in Nashville, TN and Doctor Hustle, where he interviews healthcare leaders, creatives, and entrepreneurs. He has written for a variety of blogs, designed and coded mobile and web apps, and even taught an undergraduate seminar at Stony Brook University called “The Examined Life: A Guide to Discovering Your Identity and Calling.” You can find a portfolio of his work at his website, www.bassamzahid.com or on Instagram @bassam.zahid.
Eddie Inspires
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Eddie Inspires is a multimedia artist, concert, and event producer. His artistic career spans theater, dance, music, photography, videography, murals, writing, and poetry. He strives to inspire People to transform into a world that is generous, equitable, and non-violent. His Native heritage guides him to persuade audiences to respect and protect our natural habitats for our Children and the next seven generations.
Eddie is currently seeking grants, fellowships, and ethical patrons to launch his multimedia production ventures, which will combine his joy in bringing various art forms together with his passion to educate and inspire.
Eddie is currently seeking grants, fellowships, and ethical patrons to launch his multimedia production ventures, which will combine his joy in bringing various art forms together with his passion to educate and inspire.
James Timothy Linehan
James Timothy Linehan grew up in an Irish neighborhood in Buffalo New York. He graduated cum laude from the SUNY at Buffalo with a degree in Political Science and a minor in English where he was published twice in National College Poetry Review. He received a Masters in Public Administration from the University of Southern California and moved to Houston where he worked in state and federal courts as well as teaching Political Science and Organized Crime at UH Downtown, where he was published in White Collar Crime Encyclopedia and International Criminal Justice Review. Tim is also a photographer, stand-up comic and martial artist. He currently owns River Oaks Glass Design & Repair with his brother.
Favorite quote- “Sooner murder infants in their cradles than nurse unacted desire”...William Blake...’Proverbs of Hell
Favorite quote- “Sooner murder infants in their cradles than nurse unacted desire”...William Blake...’Proverbs of Hell
Jamie Danielle
Jamie Danielle finally got to Houston in 2014 after a series of stays in other places that just don't compare. She makes her home near Braes Bayou with not nearly enough plants and very nearly too many fur babies - an overlarge Yorkie named Brutus, Toby the rescue who rescued her, and a tuxedo cat named Degas who makes sure she laughs every day. Too long ago now to mention the year, she graduated magna cum laude from the Barrett's Honors College at Arizona State University with a BA in English Linguistics because she wanted to be a writer and learning the language inside and out seemed a good idea.
She finally found the courage to call herself a writer after her first workshop with Writespace in 2015. She's been involved in one way or another ever since. A firm believer that writers need community, she highly recommends this one. 10 out of 10!
Jamie has been published in Houstonia, An Unexpected Journal, and The Anthology of Young American Poets.
She finally found the courage to call herself a writer after her first workshop with Writespace in 2015. She's been involved in one way or another ever since. A firm believer that writers need community, she highly recommends this one. 10 out of 10!
Jamie has been published in Houstonia, An Unexpected Journal, and The Anthology of Young American Poets.
Joseph the Dreamer
My name is Joseph.
I'm a child of God,
A daddy to five beautiful children.
One of many voices for the marginalized.
An entrepreneur and creator of a dope clothing brand.
Oh yeah, I'm obsessed with words!
I'm a child of God,
A daddy to five beautiful children.
One of many voices for the marginalized.
An entrepreneur and creator of a dope clothing brand.
Oh yeah, I'm obsessed with words!
Richard Enos
Richard C. Enos is a writer and software engineer based in Houston, TX. His poetry was featured in April Murphy's book, COVID-19 in Three to Five Words: A Visual History. His work has also been published in the Microverses, Culture Cult, and Utopia Science Fiction literary magazines. Currently, Richard is working on sci-fi and fantasy flash fiction.