Her poetry has appeared in Dialogue, Oyez Review, Rhapsody in Black, Mosai c , Obsidian III, Power Lines: A Decade of Poetry from Chicago's Guild Complex (Tia Chucha Press,1999), Poetry Slam: The Competitive Art of Performance Poetry (Manic D Press, 2000) and "Words on Fire: Chicago Poets"--a production at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre and Theater on the Lake. She has just begun publishing essays in Black Feminism and That Takes Ovaries! (Crown, 2001). As a freelance writer, her work appeared in The Source, XXL, B lack Radio Exclusive, QBR The Black Book Review and New City.
Tara Betts teaches creative writing with Young Chicago Authors and is working on a book of nonfiction poems about Ida B. Wells-Barnett. She co-hosts "Women Out Loud"--a women's monthly open mic at Mad Bar.
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posted June 2000