On September 24, The Oakland Slam& Open-Mic is thrilled to be returning HOME to The Oasis! This show will feature none other than Oakland's own 2009 Champ & iWPS rep Joyce Lee. Joining her, for your pleasure is Richmond VA's Champ John "Survivor" Blake. Both will be putting the finishing touches their work in preparation of taking on 96 of the nations top performance poets in iWPS - the Individual World Poetry Slam, this October in Berkeley.

JOYCE LEE was born in Oakland, CA and raised throughout the Bay Area and Portland, Oregon. Writing is her second love – her relationship with her God her first. She has been advised numerous times to assume a "stage name" but resolutely refuses. She believes the stage is one of the few places where all are granted complete transparency and authenticity. Joyce walked into a poetry slam for the first time in January of 2008 and was hooked, becoming an immediate fixture in the thriving Bay Area Slam scene. She regularly features with Valarie Troutt and the Fear of a Fat Planet a jazz ensemble and in the last year has graced stages small and large in world famous locations like San Francisco’s Yoshi's, da Poetry Lounge in LA and The NuYorican Poets Cafe! Her words wow audiences in everything from the Harbin Hot Springs conference center to hot rooms in Pentecostal churches. She has proven herself amongst her peers to be just as generous and flexible as her writing. Joyce is Oakland, California’s 2009 Grand Slam Champion and considers the honor just the beginning of a great career as a performance poet and writer. She accredits a generous portion of her success thus far to her mother, Rolette Findley and an inspiring cast of poet/friends including: D. Silence, Jaylee Alde, Jaime DeWolf, Denise Jolly and Sonya Renee Taylor.