Anis Mojgani
Poet
Fremont's weekend to-do list...Elephant Engine Revival Tour at the Fremont Abbey from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. The show features slam poets Buddy Wakefield, Derrick Brown and Anis Mojgani. Tickets are $10-$20 and can be bought here. Also on Saturday is the 4th annual... In this article: Buddy Wakefield, Anis Mojgani, Derrick Brown, and Woodland Park Zoo |
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Wikipedia | November 05, 2009
Seattle
...itself home of some of the most talented performance poets in the world: Buddy Wakefield, two-time Individual World Poetry Slam Champ; Anis Mojgani, two-time National Poetry Slam Champ; and Danny Sherrard, 2007 National Poetry Slam Champ and...
In this article: Seattle, United States, Boeing, Lake Washington, University of Washington, Bellevue College, 2001 Nisqually Earthquake, Bumbershoot, and Bite of Seattle
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Hawaii Slam
...Slam in Madison, WI in August, 2008. In 2009, HawaiiSlam finals were held at Pipeline Cafe, hosted by See, with featured guest Anis Mojgani. The finalists were William Giles, Danny Sherrard, Kealoha, Lyz Soto, Bridget Gray, Jason B,...
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Robbie Q. Telfer
...National Poetry Slam in Austin, TX. He frequently tours with Mighty Mike McGee, and was part of the tour with famous performance poets Anis Mojgani, Buddy Wakefield, and . He is currently the Performances Manager for , a nonprofit that gives...
In this article: Robbie Q. Telfer, Chicago, Austin, Buddy Wakefield, Dan Sullivan, Ninjatown, Marc Smith, Mighty Mike McGee, and Nintendo DS
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Buddy Wakefield
...Whale Revival, 2008's Junkyard Ghost Revival, and 2009's Elephant Engine High Dive Revival with the likes of Derrick Brown, Anis Mojgani, Andrea Gibson, and others. He founded the The Bullhorn Collective, a now defunct spoken word...
In this article: Buddy Wakefield, Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz, Honda Civic, Andrea Gibson, Strange Famous Records, and Derrick Brown
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Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz
...NYC-Urbana Poetry Slam teams. Well-known poets who have been on NYC-Urbana Poetry Slam teams including Taylor Mali, Beau Sia, Anis Mojgani and , among others. As of 2008, NYC-Urbana Poetry Slam is still held weekly at the Bowery Poetry...
In this article: Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz, Taylor Mali, Bob Holman, Philadelphia Film Festival, New York University, Beau Sia, and Soft Skull Press
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Austin Poetry Slam
...& Tonie Knight, and far too many others to list. In addition, touring poets regularly stop by. Notable featured poets have included Anis Mojgani, Buddy Wakefield, Derrick C. Brown, Taylor Mali, Mighty Mike McGee, Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz,...
In this article: Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz, Taylor Mali, DVD, Buddy Wakefield, Andrea Gibson, Mighty Mike McGee, and Derrick C. Brown
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Anis Mojgani
...a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Comic Book art and an Master of Fine Arts in Performing Arts. Mojgani is able to earn an income as a touring poet. Mojgani mentions several influences -" Jeffrey McDaniel, Richard Brautigan, Bukowski, Gregory...
In this article: New York City, New Orleans, Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz, Kuow-fm, Baha'i, Buddy Wakefield, Savannah College of Art and Design, Chris Ware, and Robert Rauschenberg
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Derrick C. Brown
...Brown as one of the top five poets in America. He is a member of 2007's Solomon Sparrow's Electric Whale Revival and 2008's Junkyard Ghost Revival, both of which featured poets Buddy Wakefield and Anis Mojgani as actively touring members.
In this article: Derrick C. Brown, Buddy Wakefield, Amber Tamblyn, and Murfreesboro, TN
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Slam poets bring diverse art to campus
Made up of Buddy Wakefield, Anis Mojgani, Mike McGee and Brown, the group dazzled the audience with its range. Mojgani's first solo poem had him starry-eyed and recalling childhood wonderment. Later, he donned a hotdog costume to play the...
In this article: Derrick Brown, Buddy Wakefield, Se7en, Reno, Nevada, Party Up, and DMX
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Anis Mojgani (born June 13 1977) is a spoken word poet, visual artist and musician based in Portland, Oregon.
Mojgani has been characterized as "geek genius" with "fiercely hopeful word arias". Mojgani was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, moved to Georgia and graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Comic Book art and an Master of Fine Arts in Performing Arts. Mojgani is able to earn an income as a touring poet.
Mojgani mentions several influences -" Jeffrey McDaniel, Richard Brautigan, Bukowski, Gregory Corso, Kerouac, MF DOOM, Aesop Rock, Robert Rauschenberg, Basquiat, Chris Ware, Frank Miller, Saul Williams, Whitman, Savannah, GA, New York, New Orleans, being broke, being a hermit, Shoot the Piano Player, the Bahá'í writings and history."
Mojgani won back-to-back titles in the National Individual Poetry Slam in 2005 and 2006, was interviewed in 2006 on KUOW-FM's The Beat, and was in the documentary Slam Planet: War of the Words. In 2007 Mojgani was on HBO's Def Poetry Jam and placed 2nd in Poetry Slam, Inc.'s 2007 Individual World Poetry Slam and won first place at 2007 World Cup Poetry Slam held in Bobigny, France as part of the French National Slam Championships among 16 National Poetry Slam Champions. and published and cover in the Summer 2007 edition of The Rattle.
Mojgani was also named in the book Words In Your Face: A Guided Tour Through Twenty Years of the New York City Poetry Slam as one of the poet who "saw success" after leaving New York City's notoriously competive Poetry Slam community. Author Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz wrote,
Mojgani is a Bahá'í.
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