Lizzie Wann

Lizzie Wann graduated with a BA in Literature/Writing from UC San Diego where some of her professors included Victor Hernandez Cruz, Fanny Howe & Quincy Troupe. When she attended a spoken word performance that featured Patricia Smith, she was hooked on mixing performance with the power in the written word. She started attending open mics around Southern California, became the San Diego scene reporter for Next… magazine, created her own readings & produced original shows that featured poets & musicians. She earned a spot on the 1999 Laguna Beach national slam team that competed at the National Poetry Slam in Chicago of that year, & from there, helped make slam poetry a San Diego fixture. She hosted one-off slams, then co-hosted the fledgling San Diego slam, then held at the Urban Grind, until 2003. She also founded the Meeting Grace house concert series which ran from 2000-2008.
Her work appears on 2 CDs (A Wing & A Prayer – nominated for Best Local Recording for the 2000 San Diego Music Awards – & A New Leaf), in chapbooks & in anthologies.

She has just released a poetry collection titled “The Hospice Bubble & Other Devastating Affirmations.” It’s available from Puna Press.