Scott Gordon Bio

Scott Gordon Bio

Scott Gordon is a full-time graphic designer and part-time filmmaker who dabbles in everything from photography to communist electronica. In his former life he was an internationally published poet, member of the Birmingham poetry slam team, and editor/publisher of the lit ‘zine Staplegun Press for seven years.

Lori Hamilton Bio

Lori Hamilton is a 38-year old rape survivor and breast cancer survivor. She has competed in poetry slams and performed at spoken word and open mic poetry readings in Birmingham since 1992 and in Montevallo since 2003. She received a bachelor of arts in Journalism, with a minor in English, from UAB in 1998.

She performed as part of the ensemble cast for Eve Ensler’s “Vagina Monologues” in UAB’s 2001 production, competed in Southern Fried Regionals and Nationals as a member of the Montevallo poetry slam team in 2003 and 2005, read a part of her poem “If I Had Two Breasts” on WBHM’s “Tapestries” program, and featured at the Florence poetry slam in July 2008.

She was a part of the first-ever Spoken Word Festival at Birmingham’s City Stages in 1996, where she was confronted by a police officer for reciting a profanity in one of her poems.

Her first chapbook of poetry, “live, from the emergency room” was published by New Dawn Unlimited in November 2008, chronicling her experiences as a rape survivor.

She is married to Robert Hamilton.

Hunter Bell Bio

Hunter Bell is the former Assistant Development Director / Membership Manager for 90.3 WBHM. He graduated with a degree in Philosophy from UAB as part of the Honors Program. He has worked with numerous non-profit organizations in the area such as the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Space One Eleven, Woodlawn Family Resource Center, Birmingham Art Association, and the Alabama Center for Law and Civic Education.

Hunter spends his off time writing and painting, collecting rare Sun Ra LPs, designing soundscapes and video soundtracks with film producers Hard Pill, as well as creating music with his bands Dias and khasma. He and his wife, Carolyn, love to cook and camp together, but especially love hanging out with their Great Dane, Midas. They have just celebrated the arrival of their first child Tristan.

Hunter has been very active in Birmingham's performing arts community over the past fourteen years. He created City Stages Spoken Word Festival and co-created Birmingham's Great Poetry Slam. Hunter has worked with many other events including the Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival, the Birmingham International Improv Festival, and Birmingham ArtWalk. His poetry and drawings have been published in a variety of journals throughout the South. He has enjoyed meeting, interviewing and performing with locally and nationally known artists.Hunter is also the former music producer and reporter for WBHM's local arts and culture radio magazine, Tapestry, and currently consults for Tapestry.

Currently Hunter is working freelance and with his own company, Paragon Fundraising & Development.