10: Buddy Wakefield - What's a world champion poet know about life, the universe, and the pursuit of truth?

Buddy Wakefield is a three-time world champion spoken word artist who has featured on the BBC, HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, and ABC Radio National. He has been signed to both Sage Francis’ Strange Famous Records as well as Ani DiFranco’s Righteous Babe Records.  In 2004 he won the Individual World Poetry Slam Finals then went on to share the stage with nearly every notable performance poet in the world across 2,000 venues internationally from The Great Lawn of Central Park, Zimbabwe’s Shoko Festival and Scotland’s Oran Mor to San Quentin State Penitentiary, House of Blues New Orleans and The Basement in Sydney, Australia.  He has authored several books and is currently on tour in the UK with Andrea Gibson.  You can learn more about him by clicking here.  You can follow him on Instagram @BuddyWakefield.

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