Beau Sia

Beau Sia is a Tony Award-winning poet and world-renowned performer, featured on all six seasons of Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry and the winner of two National Poetry Slam championships. He is the author of the poetry books A Night Without Armor II: The Revenge and The Undisputed Greatest Writer of All Time.

As an educator, he has been mentoring youth for organizations such as Youthspeaks, Urban Word, and GetLit. Beau Sia has become an integral figure in Spoken Word. He has been on six National Poetry Slam teams, four having advanced to the finals, two of which were National Champions. He was one of the writers and performers for Norman Lear’s Declaration of Independence Road Trip.

Beau continues to evolve as an artist, developing as an Actor, Director, and Content Creator—but poetry will always be his first love. He has spent over 20 years on his craft, and after all the accolades and accomplishments, feels he is starting to truly understand the power of poetry. It is with this understanding of poetry as culture, as healing, as transformation, that he moves forward in his work. We are happy to have welcomed Beau Sia as our April Writer in Residence.