Patricia Allen
Ted Allen
Dan Barber
Roger Boulton
Novella Carpenter
Christine Carroll
Michael Chapdelaine
Chris Cosentino
Dickson Despommier
Darra Goldstein
Bruce Gutlove
Georges M. Halpern
Roland G. Henin
Serge Hochar
David Hoffman
Greg Jones
Chris Jordan
Michael L. Kasavana
Andrew Kimbrell
Evan Kleinman
René Koster
Jennifer 8. Lee
Laura Letinsky
Tara McHugh
Mathurin Molgat
James Oseland
Michael Rakowitz
Peter Reinhart
Tom Rielly
Rives
Andrea Robinson
Ben Roche
Michael Ruhlman
Barry Schuler
Andy Smith
Bryant Terry
Thy Tran
Dennis vanEngelsdorp
Benjamin Wallace

RIVES

Session host: Rives, academic turned slam poetry powerhouse.

Equally savvy at freestyles or sonnets, Rives is a poet's poet, an academic-turned-slam powerhouse, and one of the most original talents on the spoken word scene.

Rives has appeared on the last three seasons of HBO's Def Poetry Jam, and was a cast member of the Def Poetry Jam international touring group. He was an Individual Finalist at the 2002 and 2004 National Poetry Slams, and his team, Team Hollywood, won the national title in 2004, as seen in the documentary Slam Planet.

Rives performs and conducts workshops at clubs, theaters, and universities across the United States. Originally trained as a "paper engineer," Rives has designed and written several pop-up books for children, available from Simon & Schuster. Visit Rives' website at shopliftwindchimes.com.