Spoken Word with award winning poet and performer G Yamazawa

Raised by Japanese immigrants in Durham, NC, George Masao Yamazawa is one of the most talented spoken word poets in the entire country. Yamazawa is performing at CWU on May 12 at 8 p.m. in the 1891 Bistro. The event is free and open to all. G? is a National Poetry Slam Champion, Individual World Poetry Slam Finalist and a Southern Fried Champion, and has toured over 50 American cities and 5 European countries. Yamazawa is the winner of Kollaboration Star and 2013 Kundiman Fellow. G has also been featured at the Pentagon and the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. G Yamazawa?s poetry has been published in ?Beltway Quarterly,? ?Asian Fortune Magazine? and ?27 Views of Durham,? and he has shared the stages with Michelle Kwan, Danny Glover and United States Vice President Joe Biden. At just 26 years old, G Yamazawa has appeared at venues and universities across the nation including the Sundance Film Festival, Bonnaroo Music Festival and TV One?s season 3 of Verses and Flow. G has recently released a book of poetry and a spoken word album, and plans to return back to his first love, hip hop. Experience the journey of self-discovery G Yamazawa found himself on by challenging his pen to write with conviction