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Beau Sia

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Poetry

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Beau Sia is a Tony Award winning poet, who is the son of Chinese immigrants from the Philippines. Raised in Oklahoma City, Beau discovered poetry as a way to seem less foreign, to hack belonging, and to articulate what wasn’t in textbooks. Through poetry, he was able to attend NYU’s Tisch School Of The Arts, where he graduated with a BFA in Dramatic Writing.

The stage has always been where Beau Sia’s poetry stands out. As an original cast member of the Tony Award winning Def Poetry Jam on Broadway. As one of the poets asked to tour with the show for Edinborough Fringe Fest, Sydney Theatre Festival, & the Auckland Theatre Festival. As a member of six National Poetry Slam teams, two of which won the championship. As a poet for Norman Lear’s De Beau Sia is a Tony Award winning poet, who is the son of Chinese immigrants from the Philippines. Raised in Oklahoma City, Beau discovered poetry as a way to seem less foreign, to hack belonging, and to articulate what wasn’t in textbooks. Through poetry, he was able to attend NYU’s Tisch School Of The Arts, where he graduated with a BFA in Dramatic Writing.

The stage has always been where Beau Sia’s poetry stands out. As an original cast member of the Tony Award winning Def Poetry Jam on Broadway. As one of the poets asked to tour with the show for Edinborough Fringe Fest, Sydney Theatre Festival, & the Auckland Theatre Festival. As a member of six National Poetry Slam teams, two of which won the championship. As a poet for Norman Lear’s Declaration Of Independence Road Trip. As a poet sharing his work in spaces such as The Congressional Tri-Caucus, Harvard, and the million man march.

This performance transcended the stage and found its way onto screen. His work has been featured on all 6 seasons of HBOs Def Poetry. His time on The Nuyorican Poet’s Cafe national slam team is captured in the documentary SlamNation. He is one of the poets in Amber Tamblyn presents The Drums Inside Your Chest. Beau Sia has also been featured sharing his work for ESPN, Nickleodeon, and Showtime! At The Apollo.

Sia is featured in Rachel Getting Married, Hitch, and the Camera D’Or winning Slam. His solo play, Fish Out Of Water, won the Jury Prize for Best Alternative Event at The Aspen Comedy Festival. His improvisational solo play, Unguarded, was commissioned by The Museum Of Chinese In America.

As an author, he has written 3 collections of poetry, A Night WIthout Armor II: The Revenge, The Undisputed Greatest Writer Of All Time, and Well Played. His poems are featured in anthologies such as The Last American Valentine, Spoken Word Revolution, and Chorus. He has been commissioned to write poems for The Angel Island Foundation, People For The American Way, and APA Rock The Vote.

He has received the Creative Work Fund grant, been a writer-in-residence for Youthspeaks, and was the Artistic Director for Get Lit. Fortunate to share his experience and knowledge as a poet, he has mentored youth at Brave New Voices, AAWW, and Yale.
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Average rating: 3.96 · 309 ratings · 34 reviews · 7 distinct works

	The Last American Valentine: Illustrated Poems to Seduce and Destroy by Derrick Brown (Editor), Buddy Wakefield, Bucky Sinister 4.21 avg rating — 155 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Night Without Armor II: The Revenge. Poems by Beau Sia (Goodreads Author), Ill Badler (Photographer) 3.70 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 1998	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Undisputed Greatest Writer of All Time 3.88 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Well Played 4.55 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	White Power 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Slam Nation: The Sport of Spoken Word by Mychele Dee (Actor), Craig muMs Grant (Actor), Bill MacMillian (Actor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Religious Sex by Taylor Mali, Roger Bonair-Agard (Narrator), Beau Sia (Goodreads Author) (Narrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars