{"type": "root", "children": [{"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"type": "text", "value": "Brad Walrond is a Brooklyn-born poet, author, conceptual and performance artist, and cultural practitioner. One of the foremost voices to emerge from the 1990s Black Arts Movement in New York City, his work spans poetry, multimedia installation, chorus-choreopoem theater, and experimental jazz-poetry performance."}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"type": "text", "value": "He is the author of the poetry collection Every Where Alien ( Moore Black Press / HarperCollins) and has collaborated extensively across contemporary music, dance, and visual art."}]}]}
