Bio

Paul E Sexton

Open Mic Host and performance feature credits include:

In 2006-2008 Paul was and is one of the founders and primary organizers and hosts of DFWOPENMICS a loose membership organization of artists with the mission of producing and promoting pure open, poetry and poetry music variety open mics. Under the auspice of DFWOPEN MICS, Paul has been; primary host of the JOEPOETS weekly Monday night open mic at Cup A Joe Coffee in Arlington Texas (1 year 03/2006-03/2007) ongoing co-host of the FUN CITY OPEN MIC at the Goodtimes Bar(05/07-?), monthly in Arlington Texas, Co-host of the weekly MOCHALUX Saturday night open mic (10/07-?), Main host of the LAKEWOOD open mic (08/07-12/07), Main Host of the BAR OF SOAP open mic (01/08-?) Host of the BEST OF JOE special event at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center as a part of the First Tuesday Series(August 2007)

Co-founer,primary organizer,web master, and first Saturday host, of The Oak Cliff Circle of Poets,weekly at Suenos Sabrosos,in the Bishop Arts District in Historic Oak Cliff,TX. (July 4th 1998-Oct 2006). Hosted the weekly open mic at Zombies in Arlington,TX (2 years, 1996-1998) Hosted for 2 years(1996-1997) on the 4th Monday at Deep Ellum's Darkroom. Hosted (along with Metta Jon Maslow), the monthly Poets Corner event at the Preston and Beltline Barnes and Noble, Dallas TX, for a year(2001). Hosted once a month as one of the rotating hosts at Fort Worth's Wrec Room (under a year, circa 1997). He has also guest hosted at Dogstar Cafe'(the 2nd one), The Redstar Lounge in Fort Worth (2002), Rock-n Java, Dallas (for a month in 1997),Peoples Poetry at the BlackDog Tavern(Fort Worth Tx 2005), The Arlington, Irving, Richardson, and a couple of other Dallas Barnes and Noble Stores, Club Clearview's Poetry Slam, The Generation Expo Festival in Dallas(1997),and an annual slot at the Deep Ellum Poetry Festival(1996-2004). Paul has also been featured at many venues including: Club Clearview, Arlington Barnes and Noble, Irving Barnes and Noble, Richardson Barnes and Noble, Lewisville Barnes and Noble, Little Elm Barnes and Noble, Lincoln Park Barnes and Noble in Dallas, Plano Barnes and Noble, and other North Dallas Barnes and Noble Stores. Bookstop in Mesquite, TX. The Arlington Museum of Art, The Red Room, Cafe Murcury, (Denver Co), Common Grounds Coffeehouse,(Denver Co), The Blackdog Tavern,(Fort Worth,TX), Bohemia, at The Velvet Hooka (Deep Ellum,Dallas,Tx), Bill's Records and Tapes (Dallas,Tx), The Mad Swirl at the Absenth Lounge,(Dallas,Tx), The Zubar hurricane benifit,(Greenville Ave Dallas,Tx) The Mandaley Arts Festival In Los Calinas, TX,(1995 & 1996)The Texas Poetry Festical, (City of Irving,Tx-2003-2005)and the Fort Worth Main Street Arts Festival,(2001 & 2002) And has either featured or hosted a slot at the Deep Ellum Arts Festival Poetry Stage every year (1996-2005).

The Dark Room, 1996

Media Appearances include:

Four feature articles written in 1996-1997. They appeared in The Arlington Morning News(2, one in Sept 1996 and the second in March 1997), The UTA Shorthorn, and The DFW Source, they were primarily about the huge chapbook release party (March 1997) and the Zombies open mic. In the summer of 2001 two articles in the Dallas Morning News have also highlighted Paul's hosting. A feature about the Poets Corner event at Barnes & Noble, and a feature about several of the more lasting poetry events in Dallas, detailing both Poets Corner(Barnes and Noble Preston & Beltline)and The Oak Cliff Circle Of Poets. April 2008 Interview and write up in DFWPOETRY REVIEW about DFWOPENMICs and Paul's Poetry and open mic endeavors in general.

Paul Has featured on 2 College radio stations: UTA Arlington, TX - October 2003 University of Colordo- Boulder, CO- Dec 2004

Deep Ellum Festival 1998

Print credits include:

The Word, Venue, Happy Kitty, Arts DFW, TEX, DEATHLIST5, MAD SWIRL ( print edition, twice)@ Paul also had 2 pieces included in a national poetry anthology "In Our Own Words" A Generation Defining Itself.(2001)

Internet credits include:

ThunderSandwich,(four different editions) AegisEgyptus, FreeZone Quarterly, Deblo, Siennas Poetry Suite, The Poetry Cafe,INSANE POETS GUILD,The Crowley Cats Page, Heart Cafe, Tongue- a Literary/Visual Arts Magazine, Dallas View, Unlikelystories (2000,2001 and 2008), Opalinas Zenlog, Dallaspoets.com, IndustrialBoulivard, Ink and Blood, MAD SWIRL (online).

Paul's Chapbooks include: (also see above link)

8 chapbooks with Genuine Lizard Press, an underground press out of Fort Worth Texas. They are The Lost Man (1997), This Sweetchild Madness (1997), Deep Ellum Sunrise (1997), Smiling At The Rubicon (1999), Poems Written While Spinning The Wheel Of Dharma (2000), Cul-De-Sac at the End Of The World.(2001), a book re-releasing reedited versions of poems from the first 5, titled Zeitgiest; Poems from the 1990's (2002), and the latest book,Sudden Autonomy (2005).

4 smaller style chapbooks under the labeI Mahakaruna Books. Corporate Toast (October,2002), Always the New (October 2003), Poeticus Mundi (July 2004). and EXILE,(January 2005). Each collecting selected recent poems.

ALSO:

A Spoken Word CD, under the Spider Groove Label. It is titled "Waiting By The Watershed" Released in April 2003.

Paul on his wedding day

Paul E Sexton is a Poet, performer, Open Mic Host, organizer and promoter in Dallas/Fort Worth,TX.

Fort Worth 1996

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Barnes & Noble, 1999

Although Paul has written most of his life, his performance poetry and Open Mic Host career began in earnest in 1995. He had been to Open Mic's several times years earlier in Fort Worth, but read only a couple of times.

Suenos Sabrosos 2001

Deep Ellum 2001