TARA BETTS is the author of Arc and Hue (Willow Books/Aquarius Press). She is also a Cave Canem fellow. Her work appears in numerous anthologies and journals such as Essence, Gathering Ground, Bum Rush the Page, and both Spoken Word Revolution anthologies. She currently teaches at Rutgers University. Tara Betts has shared the stage with MC Lyte, Jill Scott, Angela Y. Davis, Suheir Hammad, Luis Rodriguez, dead prez, and Michael Eric Dyson. She performed her poetry on HBO’s “Def Poetry Jam” and the Black Family Channel’s “Spoken” with Jessica Care Moore. Betts has read her work in various venues across the U.S., in London, and in Cuba.