RonAmber
Deloney, known also as Flow of the New Night Babies, is a native of Dallas,
Texas. Her activist work is positioned at the intersection of education and
performance poetry. Her stage act is a conversation about street corners, observations
on classroom dialogues and a lyrical presentation of street images.
When she is
not teaching, she performs as a member of Berlin based spoken word band The New
Night Babies and enjoys collaborating with other poets and musicians. The New
Night Babies have released a spoken word/hip hop album entitled Of Brickwalls
and Breezeways, currently available on iTunes. The second cd, Lilac and
Rapeseed, is in the final stages of production. RonAmber has lived abroad in
Vienna, Austria and Berlin, Germany where she completed a Fulbright research
grant on the culture of slam poetry in Berlin. She has performed throughout
Europe and has worked with The Last Poets, opening for the group at Jazz Café
London, Poetry Festival Rome and Atomic Café in Munich, Germany.
In addition
to the MA Art Politics, she holds an MS Ed. in Adolescent Education from St.
Johns University and BAs in English and German from Austin College. She is
currently an adjunct professor in the ESOL department at Richland College.
Band
Website: www.newnightbabies.com
Professional
Website: www.dreamvariationpmc.com
Photo
Credit: Wallace Pixmaker (Paris, France)
