Imani Cezanne is a writer, performer and teaching artist from San Diego, CA. As a nationally touring poet, Imani has been invited to share her work at poetry venues, colleges, universities, conferences and festivals across the nation. Imani has won 5 Grand Slam Championships, placed in the top 10 at 7 World Poetry Slams and has shared original work on three major network television shows. Imani has forthcoming work in Fugue, Nimrod, and Crab Creek Review, and was recently named a finalist for the 2020 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship. In March she became the 2020 Women of the World Poetry Slam Champion for the second time.