BiographyHouston is a performance poet whose work covers comedy, drama, tragedy, storytelling, and political commentary, all expertly worded and performed with a tremendous stage-presence which lends his words even more power.
Houston was introduced to poetry slam in 2006, and by 2010 had made finals stage at the Individual World Poetry Slam, placing him among the top 12 performance poets in the world. In the time in between, he won individual recognition at the 2008 College Union Poetry Slam Invitational tournament, led the Hendrix College team to win the Region 12 championship in 2009, and was part of the Ozark Poetry Slam team for 2 years. In 2012 he helped lead the team that put on that years wildly successful Individual World Poetry Slam. The following year. he was asked to give a TED talk on storytelling at his alma mater. He has toured across the country and has opened for a variety nationally known acts such as Saul Williams and Otep. He currently resides in Fayetteville, Arkansas, where he serves as slam master and emcee for the poetry slam and variety show Fayetteville Word Wars, and is running the 2013 Arkansas Grand Slam. Teams Hendrix College, 2006-2009 (College Union Poetry Slam Invitational: 2007, 2008, 2009) Ozark Poetry Slam 2009-Present (National Poetry Slam 2009, 2010, 2011) Rocktown Slam 2011-Present (Southern Fried Poetry Slam 2011, National Poetry Slam 2012) Individual Achievements CUPSI 2008: Best of the Rest IWPS 2010: Finals Stage Representative to the Individual World Poetry Slam for the state of Arkansas 2010, 2011 |