I’ve always tried to use my website not just as a home base for my own work, but as a place to share tools, resources and more.

The Latest:

• My blog: all the latest updates: new videos, poems, writing and more.
• My #RecommendedReading project: Every third IG post is a link to an article that I’ve found useful or important. This is the running list.

Resources for Writers, Poets, and Other Artists

• Spoken Word and Slam Poetry Resource Hub; a few highlights:
  • Resources for Emerging Poets and Anyone Interested in Spoken Word
  • Ten Things Everyone Should Know About Spoken Word and Slam Poetry
• An artist talk I did with the White Bear Center for the Arts on spoken word
• Twin Cities Spoken Word Event Finder
• National Poetry Month Writing Prompts
• My ongoing series “In Conversation” with other writers and artists:
  • Ollie Schminkey
  • More TBA!

Spoken Word Video Playlists for Educators

• Big list: 100+ Spoken Word Poem Videos for Educators
• 30 Poems I’ve Used in Classrooms
• Spoken word on disrupting white supremacy
• Poems, links, and resources RE: #MeToo, consent, and rape culture
• Poems, links, and resources RE: the connections between masculinity and violence
• Poems and resources on abortion rights and reproductive justice
• Poems and resources on abolition
• A list of “deeper dives” into a selection of Button Poetry videos

Resources for Activists + Other Writing

• My Tedx Talk: “Five Things Art Taught Me About Activism”
• Consolidated list of writing and resources on activism and getting involved with movement-building work.
• The “What’s Good, Man?” Podcast: In Search of Healthy Masculinity
• Selected Blog Posts:
  • “White supremacy is not a shark; it is the water.”
  • (Book Preview) “The Role of the Artist in Times of Authoritarian Brutality: A Panel Discussion”
  • Pressure on the Wound: Why I Vote (and) I Never Noticed Before How Close Halloween Is To Election Day: Five (Season-Appropriate) Metaphors for Voting
  • Three Books, Three Articles, and Three Poems for this Abolitionist Moment (and) Abolishing Prisons and Police: Five Readings
  • Resources on Masculinity, Consent, and Accountability
  • Thanos was the Villain: On COVID-19 and Eco-Fascism
  • New Video: “You Might Be An Authoritarian If…”
  • A Few Thoughts and Links RE: The Ongoing Fight for Reproductive Justice
  • How Much Profit is in Your Pain? On Masculinity and Outrage
• Check out the ZINES page here too:
  • How do we build a culture of consent?
  • On getting into activism and organizing
  • Hope Does Not Glimmer; It Burns: Quotes on Hope
  • Police Abolition FAQs w/ MPD150
  • Abolition Readings w/ MPD150
  • Resources for spoken word poets
  • The Art of Taking the L + readings & resources on masculinity