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LA Poet Yvonne de la Vega 's literary works embody the very spirit of the city. Her voice is one of social consciousness, compassion and humor, which often hails the beauty she finds in most every aspect of life.
Yvonne has recorded Spoken Word with numerous greats in the music and recording industry and was produced by Ray Manzarek of The Doors. She features on "Jump Street" with Herb Alpert, (A&M Records)a Spoken Word and hip hop single with her poetry atop Alpert's music which won a Grammy in 1992. She appears on Malcolm McClaren's "Round The Outside, Round The Outside" album (Virgin Records), as well as on several spoken word LP's for New Alliance Records, with many poets such as Amiri Baraka, & Michael McClure.
de la Vega is currently working on her forthcoming book, "Tommorrow, Yvonne" due out this Christmas and hosts BlogTalkRadio.com's "WordBeat" a Poetry and Jazz radio show every Sunday at 8pm.
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