The author and editor of over nine volumes of poetry and prose (Poetic Predator, Can You Hear Me Now? and Freedom to Speak: The 2002 National Poetry Slam most recently), Scott Woods has performed in a number of venues and with an assortment of accompaniments.  He is the founder of the poetry performance group The Black Air Poets,which released their first CD, Touch, in 2001.  He has published articles, reviews and other prose work in a variety of publications in print and multi-media platforms.  His work has been used in creative writing and historical literature classes at numerous universities and high schools, and was recently featured multiple times on National Public Radio. He was the coach and a member of the Columbus Slam Team that placed third in the 2000 Rust Belt Regional Poetry Slam (and won it in 2001), and was the coach and a member of Columbus's first-ever National Poetry Slam Team that participated in the 2001 National Poetry Slam. He is currently a member of the Executive Council of Poetry Slam Inc., which oversees the annual National Poetry Slam, and MCs a weekly open mic series in Columbus, Ohio. You can find out more about him at his website: http://www.wideopenwest.com/~efavers0976/BioScott.html