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Well Played
This book began as an answer to power. In the face of the undeniable, it became a reckoning. Of the lies that are lived to feel belonging. Of the lies that are told to hide shame. Of the lies that are believed to remain within illusions. Well Played is a warning to the present, a welcoming of the truth, and a poet working to earn a way beyond power.
- GenresPoetry
150 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 8, 2020
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About the author
Beau Sia
7 books18 followersBeau 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.
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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August 17, 2020
Everyone needs to read Well Played! This book is wonderfully written and challenges the reader to engage in critical self-reflection. Once I started reading, I couldn't put this book down. Highly recommend this and his other work.
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September 24, 2020really great
June 1, 2021
Glad i picked this up, finished it one reading, not a crumb left on my plate. The author being the very same, for whom i was gifted a book of his - my first book of poetry - when i was barely a teenager, before nu metal was even a thing. This book is dope, well played.
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