David Huang
Shane Koyczan hails from Vancouver,
BC, Canada, and tours extensively throughout North Amercia performing poetry.
At the 2000 National Poetry Slam in Providence, RI, he won the individual
championship, becoming the first international poet to do so (as well as
the youngest). Shane has won the Leonard Cohen Award for Best Song,
the James Ellroy Award for Best Poetic Voice and the W.B. Yeats Award for
Best Poem. He opened for Maya Angelou in San Francisco and for Saul
Williams in Denmark.
View a
video of Shane winning the National Poetry Slam Individual Finals
Hear
several of Shane's poems on MP3.com
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