Phetote MshairiPhetote (Fee toh tee) Mshairi (Em shah ee ree) is a poet/interdisciplinary artist with Tulsa Artist Fellowship; owner/publisher at New Greenwood, LLC; Vice-Chairman of the Poetry Committee and member of the Programming Committee at Living Arts of Tula; and a Greenwood Art Project artist from Tulsa, OK (2021). He got his Bachelor of Business Administration from Langston University. He is the editor and publisher of RELEASE ME, the Spirits of Greenwood Speak anthology; writer/publisher of An Old Fart and a Thousand Sentiments; and writer/publisher of publications in the works from children's books to anthologies advocating literacy (Tulsa Artist Fellows Inciting: LITERACY). He has curated over 120 poetry events and performed in over 500 live multidisciplinary collaborative events. Phetote is also a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., mentor with 100 Black Men of Tulsa, community activist, poetry slam champion, copywriter, songwriter, host, actor, keynote speaker, and a perpetual learner. Ever since Phetote could form sentences, he's been sentenced to a life of making sense of life by translating sentiments into rhythmic sentences. Phetote Mshairi writes for those at a loss for words. Read More Read Less