Jamie DeWolf's tours have taken them to such venues as the Shoreline Amphitheater, Pac Bell Park, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, La Pena Cultural Center, 924 Gilman, ODC Theater, The Green Mill, The Bowery Poetry Lounge, Theater Artaud, First Avenue, and the Justice League. He's shared the stage with Mos Def, Saul Williams, Sage Francis, Kanye West, Lou Reed, The Last Poets, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Taylor Mali, Jerry Stahl, Beau Sia, IshleYi Park, Roger Bonair-Agard , Danny Hoch, Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Aya De Leon, Mark Smith, The Coup, Ant-icon, Jill Scott, Goapele, The Dwarves, Kid Beyond, The Enemies, The Lewd, Cropknox, Oppressed Logic, The Cliftons, Felonious, Immortal Technique, Zion I, Shane Koyczan, Mike Mcgee, Mums the Schemer, StaceyAnn Chin, Ursula Rucker, Taalam Acey, Sekou tha Misfit , Jason Carney, Buddy Wakefield, Jerry Quickley, Rives, Big Poppa E, George Mckibbens, R.A.C, Dennis Kim, Jim Goad, 8 th Wonder, Al Robles, Oscar Penaranda, Barbara Reyes and Jimmy Santiago Baca.
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"Jamie DeWolf has the rare gift of being both highly literate, and one of the grimiest, most excruciatingly self-deprecating people you'll ever meet. In other words, he's the geeky red-haired lovechild of a crack-crazed Richard Pryor and Alex from A Clockwork Orange -- but a little less homicidal."
- East Bay Express 2005 Best of the Bay Issue
JAMIE DEWOLF is an acclaimed raconteur, teacher and filmmaker from Oakland, CA. Once called a "verbal Genghis Kahn…vitriolic, rebellious, passionate…” by the East Bay Express with “intense…moving verse” by the NY Times, he’s a perennial NorCal slam champ who specializes in raw power, no-holds-barred humor, and vivid descriptions of life’s underbelly. DeWolf is a National Poetry Slam Champion, Youth Speaks Mentor, featured artist on Russel Simmon’s HBO Def Poetry Jam and was the recipient of the National Performance Network Creation Commission in 2006 for his play, “In Spite of Everything”, a school shooting murder mystery in verse written by his trio The Suicide Kings. The play premiered at the Hip Hop Theater Festival in 2007 and is currently taking them to theaters nation-wide.
He was an Individual finalist for the National Poetry Slam, the International World Championship, the New Word Series, Oakland’s Hottest Poet Showcase and is currently ranked 4th in the world at IWPS. His live act has garnered national recognition from the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, and 60 Minutes. His work has been featured on season three of HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, UPN and his radio appearances include NPR, KALX, KPFA and Stanford University Radio.
He’s facilitated slams and writing workshops with the inmates at San Quentin Penitentiary and has also taught spoken word to youth on probation at the YMCA/County Community School Writers Program. He holds the position of Mentor at YouthSpeaks, the premier youth poetry, spoken word, and writing program in the country. In early 2003, Jamie coached the Fremont High School Speech Team to a National Championship, and their victory is featured in a Lucasfilm documentary. He lives and teaches in Oakland, CA.
Bitch ass youtube deleted the dryhump contest. I guess they thought it was a little too edgy. Fucking assholes. Anyway, all my vids from that night are up on my youtube page. I'm having a little trouble uploading the Brent Weinbach video, because it's hella long, but I'll get it up there too.
Yo, I hope the show is goin well. SOrry I couldn't/ can't make it (well the night aint over, I might go to 2nites) but if I dont make it, I'm definately sendin happy thoughts yalls way!
Peace Fam! I know you're wondering how we're doing with the fundraising for the trip to The National Poetry Slam this Aug. in Madison, we'll we're getting there - but there's still a long way to go. Have a look at the graph below and if you can spare it - throw a couple of bucks our way. It'll make you feel good - I guarantee! Here's where we are so far...
i would not fit into this group, but im wondering if the older people will not be able to do the slam anymore if they get too much older by the time september comes
Sooooo ur lady is so hot that I have penis envy. No lie. Just thought you should know. I enjoyed the show Jamie. Even under pressure you came classy - I dig it. ;-)
