Brandon Leake made history as the first spoken word poet to win America’s Got Talent in 2020. Since then, he has published a book, headlined a residency in Las Vegas, and created a curriculum to teach poetry to students.
He recently brought his talents to Iowa City to perform at the first anniversary of the House of Words slam poetry event on Sept. 18.
House of Words is an event hosted by G Foster II, also known as Autopilot, and Caleb Rainey, who identifies as The Negro Artist, on every third Thursday of the month. Rainey, who is the director of IC Speaks, hosted the event…