Tracie Morris has held Championship Titles in both the Nuyorican Grand Slam and the National Haiku Slam. Across these United States of Poetry, she is the most unforgettable, improvisational, harmelodic performer and poet.

Intermission is the full-length print debut of her lauded live style, yet it pulls the reader to where the stage can not. The streetwise sass and boombastic Brooklynese are all here, but Morris also displays prowess and verve with riskier, lyric work.

Tracie Morris is a writer and performance poet. Her many awards include: New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship, and an ACC fellowship. Ms. Morris has participated in various recording projects and commissioned theatrical productions. She has collaborated with Vernon Reid as a songwriter and is a member ASCAP. As a working artist, Ms. Morris has toured several countries and extensively throughout the United States. Her poetry has been featured in: Longshot, The World, Bomb, SF Weekly, Village Voice, Resister, American Visions magazines among others. She has been anthologized in : Rock She Wrote, Lips, Tits, Hits, Power?, Soul: Black Power, Politics and Pleasure, 360 Degrees: A Revolution of Black Poets, In Defense of Mumia, Aloud: Voices from the Nuyorican Poets' Cafe, Revival: Spoken Word from Lollapalooza, and United States of Poetry. She is currently Guest Faculty at Sarah Lawrence College.