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The slam poet/tech artist/paper sculptor Rives does eight minutes of lyrical origami, folding history into a series of coincidences surrounding that most surreal of hours, 4 o'clock in the morning.
About Rives
Storyteller, writer and slam poet Rives has appeared on the last three seasons of HBO's Def Poetry Jam and was a member of the Def Poetry Jam international touring group. Offstage, Rives designs... Read full bio »
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