Since then Matt has become a two-time national slam poet, a grand slam champion of the Damn Slam, and the Literary Director for the dA Center of the Arts. And they might not like me but they will respect me,’” he says. I’m going to come back here and I’m going to do radical poetry. “I was like, ‘You know what? I can do this. This space moved him to infuse his two passions, politics and poetry. In 2008, Matt visited an open mic in Pomona called a Mic and Dim Lights. He then decided to stray away from politics and aspired to become a writer instead. It was hard for him to say that, but he thought it was something he was preparing me for,” Matt says. “At eight, my father told me I could never be president because I’m Mexican. president’s name and by the age of seven, he was speaking in front of high school audiences. When Matt turned five, he memorized every U.S. RELATED: Support Stories Like This & Become a Member of L.A. He also opposes the idea that Trump isn’t a major issue. However, he does caution against the suggestion that Trump is the only problem. Yet people protest at Pershing Square, and don’t realize how offensive that is,” he says.įor Matt, it is not surprising to see someone like Donald Trump publicly characterize immigrants as criminals. For example John Pershing lead the Mexican Expedition against Pancho Villa. We only understand the slings and arrows we get in our day to day lives, but we don’t always understand the roots. “It helps me get a better grounding for things, while others just experience it but don’t know why. Most of Matt’s work is politically dense due to his comprehension of U.S. He has been featured in over 80 colleges and universities and various media outlets including All Def Digital, Los Angeles Times, and C-SPAN. Paul Ortiz and “the best political poet in America” by investigative journalist Greg Palast. M att Sedillo is a Chicano poet, writer, creative director, and public intellectual called “the poet laureate of the struggle” by Dr.
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