Ben Yisrael

Ben Yisrael is a performance poet and multidisciplinary artist. He is an NPS finalist, the 2010 Dallas Poetry Grind Slam Champion, the 2014 NPS Head-to-Head Haiku Champion, and the 2017 and 2019 Seattle Slam Champion. His team ranked at Portland’s Bigfoot Poetry Festival in 2019 and 2026. He is the author of A Gorgeous New Language, and his forthcoming collection is The Sun Is for Lovers with Thick Skin.