TONY MCPHERSON is a biracial-Black poet, dancer, and CEO (Ars Poetica) from Oklahoma, based in New York. His work appears on Best of Button Poetry, Write About Now, SlamFind, Huffington Post, Upworthy, The Good Men Project and elsewhere. Poems also appear in the Emmy-winning documentary “Frameworks,” and “Love Beats Rhymes” by Lionsgate Films. McPherson is a Rustbelt Poetry Slam Champion, a two-time Inkslam Champion, a three-time Brooklyn Poetry Slam Champion and placed runner-up at the Individual World Poetry Slam. Currently a poet-in-residence with the National Museum of African American History and Culture, McPherson is represented by The College Agency.