Above: Kelly featured on HBO Special, "East of Main Street"

A few weeks ago, internationally acclaimed poet Kelly Tsai joined us as a guest on our Live Orange Broadcast, where she shared her recommendations for books educators can use to teach spoken word in the classroom. She's sent us her official book list, which you can find below!

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Steven King
A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf
Writing Alone & With Others by Pat Schneider
June Jordan’s Poetry for the People: A Revolutionary Blueprint by June Jordan
The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron
Wild Mind by Natalie Goldberg
A Poetry Handbook by Mary Oliver