Tai Rockett

Biography

Tai Rockett is an artist of African descent based in Oakland, CA. Her poetry has been published by Saul Williams, online magazines, and several literary journals. Academically, her main focus has been Creative Writing and British Literature. However, within the last several years she has participated in many community art projects which has allowed her to branch out into other artistic expressions.

Currently, she performs with local Bay Area theater productions and independent film projects, she is a Teaching Artist with the Center for The Art of Translation, and she is the 2013-2014 recipient of The Lesbian Writer’s Fund through the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice.