Joaquín Zihuatanejo, a featured artist at the Missouri Literary Festival, is a spoken word artist, award-winning teacher, HBO Def Poet, 2008 Individual World Poetry Slam Champion, and 2009 World Cup of Poetry Slam Champion.
Slam Poetry Workshop
Missouri Literary Festival
Poets Make Us Stop
Short video clip recorded at the Missouri Literary Festival — slam poet champion Joaquín Zihuatanejo speaks of the value of poets.