The Middle of the Mic event is excited to welcome Desireé Dallagiacomo to host a free workshop and perform a feature at Uptown Arts Bar.

About Desireé Dallagiacomo:

Desireé is an award-winning writer, performer, & educator. As the director of programming for Forward Arts (a youth spoken word non-profit in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA), she has designed spoken word curriculum, curated festivals, and taught poetry & spoken word to kindergarteners and PhD candidates alike. She has been a featured scholar and performer at more than 50 US, Canadian, & Australian colleges & universities- ranking from Ivy League universities to community colleges. She ranked 3rd at the 2014 Individual World Poetry Slam, the 2015 Women of the World Poetry Slam, & the 2014 National Poetry Slam. She is a Pushcart Prize nominee, and her poems have more than 3 million views on YouTube. Her work has been featured in The Huffington Post, The San Francisco Gate, EverydayFeminism.com, Upworthy, The Vagina Monologues, & the New Orleans Fringe Festival. She is the author of two collections of poetry, Dimly Lit & The Year of the Institution.