13 Facts About Alix Olson

Alix L Olson was born on 1975 and is an American poet who works exclusively in spoken word.

Alix Olson has recalled early childhood memories sitting under a table coloring protest signs.

Alix Olson received a BA from Wesleyan University in 2007 and a PhD in political science from the University of Massachusetts Amherst with a graduate certificate in advanced feminist studies.

Alix Olson taught as faculty at the Juniper Institute for Young Writers at University of Massachusetts Amherst in Summer 2011 and 2012, at CSU Summer Arts at California State University in Fresno, California, and at the Eleanor Roosevelt Center at Val Kill's Young Women's Leadership.

In 1997, Alix Olson began performing at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, where she helped develop the 1998 Nuyorican poetry slam team.

In 1999, Alix Olson beat Stacey Ann Chin in a slam off, giving her the title of the OUTWRITE slam champion.

Alix Olson recorded and published three spoken word CDs: Built Like That, Independence Meal, and Protagonist.

Alix Olson was the subject of the documentary Left Lane: On the Road with Folk Poet Alix Olson, which was released in 2004.

In June 2006, Alix Olson co-hosted the Sixth Annual Outmusic Awards with Ari Gold at the Knitting Factory in Rochester, New York.

Alix Olson is editor of Word Warriors: 35 Women Leaders in the Spoken Word Revolution with a foreword by Eve Ensler, a spoken word anthology published in 2007, which features contributions by Patricia Smith, Eileen Myles, Suheir Hammad, Staceyann Chin, Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz, Lynn Breedlove, Michelle Tea, and others.

Alix Olson's work has been featured on NPR, HBO's Def Poetry Jam, Rachel Maddow's Air America radio show, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Curve magazine, Girlfriends magazine, The Advocate, Out magazine, the Lesbian Review of Books, and other media outlets.

Alix Olson has appeared on the covers of Lambda Book Report, Lavender Lens, Velvet Park magazine, and Ms.

Alix Olson has spoken to the National Organization for Women, GenderPAC, the Lesbian Summit, and poetry festivals in several countries.