Christian Drake is the 2008 Berkeley Grand Slam Champion
and a four-time National Poetry Slam semifinalist. He has been selected
twice to feature on the National Poetry Slam finals stage, and his work has
been covered around the United States and Europe by such luminaries as Andrea
Gibson and Gayle Danley. A former urban forester, planetarium guide, and
aquarium naturalist, he's the world's only "eco-billy" poet: a
little bit environmentalism, a little bit rock and roll. Christian is well-known on the
West Coast as the co-host of the venerable Berkeley Slam and the infamous
Tourette's Without Regrets show, where he mixes blood & guts humor and
political battle cries with contemplative, spiritual imagery. This is nature
poetry filtered through a guitar amp.

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