La Shaun phoenix Moore is a Detroit-based vocalist, spoken word artist, activist, culture creator and wife. Moore’s interdisciplinary work is infused with her love for the city of Detroit, Black joy and audacity, God, social justice, and her Black momma. She is currently working on a series of interviews and performances called 42MW, that interrogates the 42 million ways of Blackness.
La Shaun phoenix Moore is a Detroit-based vocalist, spoken word artist, activist, culture creator and wife. Moore’s interdisciplinary work is infused with her love for the city of Detroit, Black joy and audacity, God, social justice, and her Black momma. She is currently working on a series of interviews and performances called 42MW, that interrogates the 42 million ways of Blackness after Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (who has given his stamp of approval to this historical legacy project) that celebrates Black joy, Black hope and Black audacity in reference to Mr. Gates’ infamous talk on the subject. As a spoken-word poet and poetry host, Moore has had the wonderful opportunity to share stages with many national and local acts including The Last Poets, Saul Williams, Jamaal May, Franny Choi, Nandi Comer (Michigan Poet Laureate), jessica CARE moore (Detroit Poet Laureate), Tommye Blount, Jassmine Parks, Ajanae Dawkins, Brittany Rogers and Natasha T. Miller. She was the five-year host of the ByteThis Poetry Series. Moore sat on the Executive Council for Poetry Slam, Incorporated and served as the Event Coordinator of the national poetry slam events Women of the World Poetry Slam and Individual World Poetry Slam.Moore is the coach of the Youth Performance Troupe for InsideOut Literary Arts and curates poetry and music events in partnership with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, The Wright Museum, endprejudice, and in collaboration with Steven D. Thomas at Michigan State University. She is the recipient of multiple Creators of Culture Awards by CultureSource and is the standard for excellence in artistic curation in Detroit.
