Michaelis is a multi-medium spoken word artist from the DMV currently residing in Providence, RI.

They are the 2025 Providence Grand Slam Champion and a member of the 2025 and 2026 ProvSlam teams. They are the Web Editor for the African Poetry Book Fund, and their debut poetry chapbook is forthcoming with Button Poetry.

This poet uses rhyme, rhythm, and word play to tell important stories about blackness and queerness, drawing on their childhood ties to the Deep Baptist South

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