Abe Becker was recently published in Fifth Wednesday Journal, Drunk In A Midnight Choir, After Happy Hour Review, Cog Magazine, and other publications. He is the 2018 Berkeley Grand Slam Champion, a Grand Slam Champion of Cal Slam (at UC Berkeley), a CUPSI finalist as both poet and coach, and winner of Group Piece Finals at the National Poetry Slam. He hosts a monthly new work series for Nomadic Press in Oakland where he lives and takes care of humans and animals.