Tracie Morris
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Tracie Morris is an American poet and academic originally from Brooklyn, New York. Morris emerged as a performer and writer from the Lower East Side poetry scene in the early 1990s. She became known as a local performer in the "slam" scene located in the Nuyorican Poets' Cafe on 236 East 3rd Street in New York City, New York. She began touring with other "slam poets" around the country including Maggie Estep, Dael Orlandersmith, Mike Tyler and Paul Beatty, among others. She was also began performing with music -- collaborating with musicians she met through the Black Rock Coalition, an organization that she was affiliated with from the late 1980s - mid-1990s. Morris is now known as a sound artist/sound poet and occasional theatrical performer. Morris has taught in several institutions of higher education. She is an assistant professor of English language and literature at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Michigan.
