SALVADOR MACIAS

Salvador Macias is a screenwriter, poet and visual artist working in Houston Texas. His work was published in The Panhandler Quarterly, in 2005. He has assisted with the production of various events including Party Like a Rock Star at Warehouse Live, Houston, TX, August 2008 and the notsuoH installation at CUE Art Foundation, New York, NY, in September 2008 where he also performed his poetry. Sal contributed to the group art exhibition “The Life and Times Of Lorca” 2012. His first solo visual art show was entitled “a New Loneliness” and took place in July 2010.

He is currently the host of the Mausoleum Poetry Society; the longest running weekly poetry reading in Houston. In 2012 he wrote and directed a theatrical play entitled “Of Water and Gasoline” which opened at the Obsidian Art Space. Other poetry performances include the ThoughtCrime Poetry Showcase in 2010 and The Houston Poetry Fest in 2007.

JONATHAN MOODY

Jonathan Moody received his MFA in Poetry from the University of Pittsburgh and his BS in Psychology from Xavier University of Louisiana.  He’s also a Cave Canem alum whose poetry has appeared in African American Review, Crab Orchard Review, Gathering Ground: A Reader Celebrating Cave Canem’s First Decade, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and numerous other journals.  Moody is the author of The Doomy Poems (Six Gallery Press, 2012). He lives in Fresno, Texas, with his wife and teaches English at Pearland High School.  

JENENE CARTER

Jenene, a native of Tulsa, Oklahoma, developed her passion for the written word as an undergraduate and graduate student of the social sciences at The University of Tulsa & The University of Oklahoma, respectively.

It is this background, fused with her love for words and music that has united to produce her socially-conscious, poetic style. An award-winning writer and accomplished educator, Jenene delivers an in your face message of growth and change, addressing topics that have been traditionally been regarded as taboo. 

DULCIE VELUTHUKARAN

Dulcie “Digh” Veluthukaran is a singer-songwriter, poet and teacher. She is the co-coach for Meta-Four Houston, and teaches Creative Writing to 9th graders at Sam Houston MSTC.

A 2008 Teach For America alumni, Digh spends most of her free time trying to convince people that kids need slam poetry in schools. She holds a Bachelors in Arts degree in History and Creative Writing from Texas A&M, Corpus Christi

DIANA VENTURA

Diana Ventura brings a cutting poetic voice that reflects both a fresh and on-point perspective about  her childhood years spent in the Dominican Republic,  New York, and Texas.

Her disarming youthfulness  leaves audiences unguarded when she delivers a deceptively experienced lyricism with the maturity of an aged humanitarian soul. A poet, artist, and singer, she began expressing her varied artistic interests from an early age.  Heavily inspired from her life experiences, culture, colors, and family, Diana's Latin roots and upbringing permeate themselves into her poetic and visual imagery. She has performed and exhibited work in venues and art galleries in Houston and other Texas cities.