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Nicholas Powers (20 April 1975) is a Nuyorican professor, journalist and poet. He has written for progressive outlets such as the Indypendent, Alternet, Truth-Out and The Village Voice. One of the few writers to be on the ground at nearly all of the major crisis in the first decade of the 21st Century; he covered 9/11 from New York and was in flooded New Orleans, interviewed refugees from the Darfur Genocide in Chadian camps and earthquake struck Haiti. Powers has become known for blending surrealism, journalism and memoir. Called by writer-activist Shahid Stover as "the most compelling embodied Surrealist since Andre Breton".

Powers started as a journalist for the Indypendent in 2003. His first book, Theater of War (2004) was published by Brooklyn based Upset Press. His second book, The Ground Below Zero (2013) received critical acclaim. He continues to write on the intersection of racism, class and gender. Lately his writing has turned toward more creative, experimental mode, invoking dreams states, mythology and confessional. He co-hosts the New York City College Slam at the Nuyorican Cafe with Christine Timm and teaches a poetry and political workshop before the slams.

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