Theresa Davis is the co-founder of the Art Amok Slam Team and is the 2011 winner of Women of the World Poetry Slam Competition. May 22nd is Theresa Davis Day in Atlanta because she is just that much of a badass.

She is the author of two poetry collections, After This We Go Dark and Drowned: A Mermaid’s Manifesto. She produces and host such events as Poems and Pasties, Madmen and Poets, and is the host of the long-running open mic series at Java Monkey on Sundays.