Jared Paul
(401) 345-7705,
jaredpaul@gmail.com
MAJOR FEATURED READINGS
Universities / Colleges:
Boston University, Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania, University of London-Goldsmiths (UK), Georgetown University, University of California-Berkeley, University of Michigan, Amherst College, NYU, University of Washington-Seattle, Emerson College, Bates College, Rhode Island School of Design, Humboldt State University, Brandeis University, Evergreen University, Stonehill College, University of New Hampshire, Massachusetts College of Art, Hampshire College, Clark University, Smith College, Wheaton College, University of Rhode Island, University of Delaware, SUNY-Albany, Culinary Institute of America, Washington University (St. Louis), University of Northern Colorado, University of Idaho-Moscow, Boise State University, Western Washington University, University of Oregon-Eugene, Chico State University, Sacramento State University, Rhode Island College, Sierra College, Quinebaug Valley Community College, Mesa State University, Santa Clara University, University of California-San Jose, University of California-Santa Cruz, Johnson & Wales University, SUNY-Oneonta, Los Positas State College, University of California-San Diego, University of New Mexico-Albuquerque, University of Washington-Tacoma, Providence College, College of the Redwoods, Northeastern University, West Valley College, University of Connecticut, St. Michael’s College, University of Puget Sound, SUNY Jefferson, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs. Berklee School of Music, Wheelock College.
Festivals and Conferences:
South x Southwest Music Festival (Austin, TX), Net Roots Nation (Providence, RI), Greenbuild International Conference and Expo (Chicago, IL), Brave New Voices Youth Poetry Festival (Chicago, IL / Los Angeles, CA / San Francisco, CA / New York, NY / San Jose, CA / Washington, DC), Living Proof Festival (South Kingston, RI), National Poetry Slam Festival (Providence, RI / Seattle, WA / Chicago, IL / Minneapolis, MN / St. Louis, MO / Austin, TX), Southern Fried Poetry Festival (Charlotte, NC), College Unified Poetry Slam Invitational (Philadelphia, PA / Boston, MA), Albany Social Justice Conference (Albany, NY), 3rd Power Conference (Milwaukee, WI), Socialism Conference (Chicago, IL), Bright Night Festival (Providence, RI), MUSE Festival (Watertown, NY), Earth Day Festival (Sierra College, Rocklin CA), Bike Fest, University of Oregon (Eugene OR), Sacramento State Earth Festival (Sacramento, CA), University of California Davis Earth Fest (Davis, CA), Operation Impact Conference (Pleasant Hill, Oregon)
Literary/Performance Venues/Other
The Fillmore Theater (San Francisco, CA), Bowery Ballroom (New York, NY), Henry Fonda Theater (Los Angeles, CA), Trinity Repertory Theater (Providence, RI), First Avenue (Minneapolis, MN), Green Mill (Chicago, IL), Nuyorican Poets Cafe (New York, NY), House of Blues (New Orleans, LA), Busboys and Poets (Washington, D.C.), The Venue (London, UK), Villa Stuck Gallery (Munich, Germany), Cafe Deux Soleils (Vancouver, BC), Phoenix Concert Theater (Toronto, ON), Club Soda (Montreal, QC), The Middle East (Boston, MA), Gothic Theater (Denver, CO), Fox Theater (Boulder, CO), Roseland Theater (Portland, OR), Showbox (Seattle, WA), WOW Hall (Eugene, OR), Brick House (Phoenix, AZ), Club Congress (Tucson, AZ), Launchpad (Albuquerque, NM), EMO’s (Austin, TX), Club Trees (Dallas, TX), Mary Jane’s Fat Cat (Houston, TX), Ephemeral Gallery (Baton Rouge, LA), Club Screamers (Orlando, FL), Masquerade (Tampa, FL), The Drunken Unicorn (Atlanta, GA), Cat’s Cradle (Chapel Hill, NC), Knight Theater (Charlotte, NC), The Mercury Cafe (Denver, CO), Kilby Court (Salt Lake City, UT), The Funny Bone (Boise, ID), Ottobar (Baltimore, MD), First Unitarian Church (Philadelphia, PA), St. Andrews (Detroit, MI), Jack Rabbits (Jacksonville, FL), Grog Shop (Cleveland, OH), Higher Grounds (Burlington, VT), The Space (Portland, Maine), The Blind Pig (Ann Arbor, MI), Bourbon Street (Columbus, OH), Rhino’s (Bloomington, IN), Berlin’s Music Pub (Fort Wayne, IN), The Fallout Shelter (Aliquippa, PA), The Bug Jar (Rochester, NY), The Badlands (Syracuse, NY), Valentine’s (Albany, NY), Cicero’s (St. Louis, MO), Gabe’s Oasis (Iowa City, IA), Phil’s Radiator (Pueblo, CO), The Cretin Hop (Spokane, WA), Planet Avalon (Decatur, AL), Temple Bar (Lansing, MI), The Rex (Pittsburgh, PA), Back Booth (Orlando, FL), Market Street Pub (Gainesville, FL).
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Class visits:
Hope High School (Providence, RI), La Salle Academy (Providence, RI), The Met School (Providence, RI), Wheeler School (Providence, RI), Moses Brown School (Providence, RI), South Kingston High School (South Kingston, RI), Woonsocket Catholic Regional School (Woonsocket, RI), Westerly High School (Tiverton, RI), Rhode Island Training School (Cranston, RI), South High School (Denver, CO), Pioneer High School (Ann Arbor, MI), Oak Park High School (Chicago, IL), Woodside Priory School (Portola Valley, CA), Burlington City High School (Burlington, VT), Pleasant Hill High School (Pleasant Hill, Oregon), SUNY Jefferson (Watertown, NY), Johnson & Wales University (Providence, RI), University of Delaware (Newark, Delaware), Montserrat College of Art (Beverly, MA), Berklee School of Music (Boston, MA), University of Puget Sound (Tacoma, WA), Five Keys Charter School (San Francisco, CA)
Organization sponsored workshops:
Young Chicago Authors (Chicago), Urban Word NYC (New York, NY), Associated Independent Schools of New England (Braintree, Ma), Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Festival (Washington, D.C., San Jose), Neutral Zone (Ann Arbor), Santa Clara Revue (Santa Clara, CA), Old Growth Poetry Collective (Olympia, OR), Campus Animal Rights Educators (Seattle, WA), Fundamental Lyricists of Wheelock (Boston, MA), Bowery Arts and Science (New York, NY), Nature Of Words (Bend, Oregon), Democracy Unlimited (Humboldt, CA), Tahoma West (Tacoma, WA), Holland Project (Reno, NV), Minor Disturbance (Denver, CO), North Country Arts Council (Watertown, NY), Women’s Student Activist Collective (Minneapolis, MN), Campus Democrats, Providence College (Providence, RI), Board of Multi-Cultural Student Affairs, Providence College (Providence, RI), Intercultural Center & Multicultural Affairs, Roger William University (Bristol, RI),
Publications (includes forthcoming)
Poetry Collections:
Saving Two Birds With One Poem, Strength of Doves Press (2005)
Five Stories, Strength of Doves Press (2007)
Poem Publications:
Learn ‘N Burn Anthology, Write Bloody Publishing: Class Warpath (2014)
Uncommon Core: Contemporary Poems for Learning and Living, Redbeard Press: Salt Lake Crucifixion Blues (2014)
The Ice Cream Man, South By Southwest Magazine: Conspiracy To Riot (excerpt), (2009)
The Agenda, Conspiracy To Riot, (2008)
Providence Journal: ABC’s For Roger (excerpt), (2004)
Discography
Spoken Word:
Fight The Tide (2005)
Jared Paul Live (2013)
Music:
Prayers For Atheists EP, with Prayers For Atheists (2009)
New Hymns For An Old War, Prayers For Atheists (2011)
Guest Album Appearances:
“Makeshift Patriot,” Sage Francis, Sick of Waging War, Strange Famous Records (2001)
“Jesus in a Bowl of Germs,” Sage Francis, Sickly Business, Strange Famous Records (2005)
“Dance Monkey,” Sage Francis, A Healthy Distrust, Strange Famous Records (2005)
“The Less I Know,” Raine Maida, Hunter’s Lullaby, Kingnoise Records (2007)
“ABC’s For Roger,” Prisoners of War: A Benefit For Peter Young, Direct Achtung! Records (2009)
“Sea Legs,” Sage Francis, Sick of Wasting, Strange Famous Records (2009)
“Conspiracy to Riot,” Sage Francis, Sick of Wasting, Strange Famous Records (2009)
“My President,” Sole, Nuclear Winter Volume 1, Black Canyon Records (2009)
“Shades Off,” Metermaids, Smash Smash, Bang, Strange Famous Records (2009)
“The Great Deluge,” Sole, Fake Four Inc. Japan Relief Benefit EP, Fake Four Records (2011)
“All The Same,” Debbie Curtis Big Band Aid, Talk To The Animals, DCRBB (2013)
Management Experience
Directorship and Coaching:
Providence Poetry Slam, Director, 2003
Providence Poetry Slam, Director, 2004
Providence Poetry Slam, Director, 2005
Providence Poetry Slam, Director, 2006
Providence Poetry Slam, Director, 2007
Providence Poetry Slam, Director, 2008
Providence Poetry Slam, Director, 2009
Providence National Youth Poetry Slam Team, Head Coach, 2002
Providence National Youth Poetry Slam Team, Head Coach, 2003
Providence National Youth Poetry Slam Team, Head Coach, 2004
Providence National Youth Poetry Slam Team, Head Coach, 2005
Providence National Youth Poetry Slam Team, Head Coach, 2006
Providence National Youth Poetry Slam Team, Head Coach, 2007
Providence National Youth Poetry Slam Team, Head Coach, 2008
Providence National Youth Poetry Slam Team, Head Coach, 2009
Tour Managing:
Jared Paul National Spoken Word Tour
National Tour, 2008
48 Shows: Booking, Tour Manager, Accounting
Direct Democracy Tour
National Tour, 2009
55 Shows: Booking, Tour Manager, Accounting
2 Members: Jared Paul, B. Dolan
Prayers For Atheists EP National Tour
National Tour, 2009
37 Shows: Booking, Tour Manager, Accounting
4 members: Jared Paul, Alan Hague, Marco Aveledo, Tom Labonte
Winter Breakdown Tour
National Tour, 2010
20 Shows: Booking, Tour Manager, Accounting
4 members: Jared Paul, Alan Hague, Marco Aveledo, Tom Labonte
Jared Paul National Poetry Month Tour
National Tour, 2010
25 Shows: Booking, Tour Manager, Accounting
1 Member: Jared Paul
Boycott BP Tour
National Tour, 2010
48 Shows: Booking, Tour Manager, Accounting
4 members: Jared Paul, Alan Hague, Marco Aveledo, Tom Labonte
New Hymns For An Old War Tour
National Tour, 2011
65 Shows: Booking, Tour Manager, Accounting
4 members: Jared Paul, Alan Hague, Marco Aveledo, Tom Labonte
Occupy Poetry Tour
National Tour, 2011
20 Shows: Booking, Tour Manager, Accounting
1 member: Jared Paul
Jared Paul Midwest-PNW Tour
National Tour, 2012
28 Shows: Booking, Tour Manager, Accounting
1 member: Jared Paul
Awards and Honors
Residency:
Resident Artist, AS220 – Empire Bldg, 2007
Resident Artist, AS220 – Empire Bldg, 2008
Resident Artist, AS220 – Empire Bldg, 2009
Resident Artist, AS220 – Dreyfus Bldg, 2010
Resident Artist, AS220 – Dreyfus Bldg, 2011
Resident Artist, AS220 – Dreyfus Bldg, 2012
Resident Artist, AS220 – Mercantile Block, 2013
Resident Artist, AS220 – Mercantile Block, 2014
Awards:
Providence Poetry Grand-Slam Champion, 2001
Providence Poetry Grand-Slam Champion, 2004
Providence Poetry Grand-Slam Champion, 2005
Providence Poetry Grand-Slam Champion, 2007
Individual World Poetry Slam Finalist, 2006, Ranked 4th in the world
Individual World Poetry Slam Finalist, 2007, Ranked 7th in the world
Northeastern Grand-Slam Champion Invitational, 2005, 1st Place
Spirit of Slam Nominee, National Poetry Slam, 2004
National Poetry Slam Ethics Committee, 2005
National Poetry Slam Ethics Committee, 2006
Brave New Voices Youth Slam Team Finals Stage Coach: Providence, 2003, Finals Stage “Best of the Rest” showcase performance
Brave New Voices Youth Slam Team Finalist Coach: Providence, 2004 (Ranked 3rd in the world)
Brave New Voices Youth Slam Team Finals Stage Coach: Providence, 2005, Finals Stage “Best of the Rest” showcase performance
Brave New Voices Youth Slam Team Finalist Coach: Providence, 2006 (Ranked 4th in the world)
Brave New Voices Youth Slam Team Finalist Coach: Providence, 2007 (Ranked 2nd in the world)
“Break-Through Band of the Year,” lead vocals, Prayers For Atheists, Providence Phoenix Music Polls, 2009
“Album of the Year,” lead vocals, all lyrics by Jared Paul for Prayers For Atheists, Motif Magazine Music Polls, 2012