Vincente Perez (He/They) is a Black Mexican-American performance poet, scholar, and writer working at the intersection of Poetry, Hip-Hop, and Black digital praxis. They examine the ways that poetry and Hip-hop narrate life otherwise and approach poetry as a research methodology and an object of study. They are a PhD Candidate in the Performance Studies program at UC Berkeley & hold a BA in Anthropology and Comparative Race & Ethnic Studies from The University of Chicago. They are a 2021-22 Poetry and the Senses Fellow at UC Berkeley’s Arts Research Center. Their work has been featured in Poetry.onl, Digging Through the Fat, Association of Internet Researchers, River and South Review, Abolition Journal, Southside Weekly, and more. Please visit http://www.vincenteperez.com/ Click here for my extended bio.
The Arts Research Center will celebrate the 2021 Fall Poetry Fellows with a reading of work created during their fellowship semester. This event will feature undergrad fellows Anastasia Le and Gisselle Medina; graduate fellows Lindsay Choi and Vincente Perez; faculty fellows Ahmad Diab and Jesse Nathan; and community fellows Maurya Kerr and D’mani Thomas, and be followed by a short conversation and Q&A with Chiyuma Elliott.
Upcoming Events
12-8-2021 - I will be reading poetry for the Poetry & the Senses Fall 2021 Fellows Reading
Recent News
9.15.21 - I recently co-authored a publication titled Declarations of Independence: How Media Literacy Practices Are Developed, Negotiated, Rejected, and Exploited Across Social Media Platforms that was selected as a paper for the Annual Conferences of the Association of Internet Researchers.
10.21.21 - Co-moderated a panel of Cave Canem Poets - Cornelius Eady, Morgan Parker, and Cameron Awkward-Rich
9.15.21 - I recently co-authored a publication titled Declarations of Independence: How Media Literacy Practices Are Developed, Negotiated, Rejected, and Exploited Across Social Media Platforms that was selected as a paper for the Annual Conferences of the Association of Internet Researchers.
10.21.21 - Co-moderated a panel of Cave Canem Poets - Cornelius Eady, Morgan Parker, and Cameron Awkward-Rich