Literature Beyond Conventional Spaces
Toni Bee is a poet, educator, and freelance journalist raised in Dorchester, MA and educated in Roxbury. In 2011, she was elected Poet Populist of Cambridge, the first woman to grace that position. She led the Black Lives Matter march of Cambridge in 2015 and the following year was selected as the city’s Poetry Ambassador. Toni has been a teaching artist for The Wang Theatre, and she is a graduate of Simmons University. 22 Again is the title of her recently published first book of poetry. Bee has featured at: Lizard Lounge, The Boston Poetry Slam, New England Poetry Club, The Boston National Poetry Month Festival, the Boston Poetry Marathon, and has been awarded by YWCA Cambridge.
