Joseph Powell

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Joseph Powell is a writer and spoken word artist and the author of four collections of poetry including The Spirit Of Baldwin Compels Me. His poems have been featured in various print and online journals including vox poetica, WORDPEACE, Marble Hand, Wilderness House Literary Review, The Blue Mountain Review, Trouvaille Review, the Santa Clara Review, The Freedom Papers and most recently, the just released anthology, 2020: The Year That CHanged America. He was a featured poet in the PBS/National Geographic documentary, Skin and has performed around the country including the Southern Festival Of Books, the Tucson Festival Of Books, and the Austin International Poetry Festival. He lives outside of Nashville, Tennessee with his wife, Cindi and dog, Hendrix.