Adeena Karasick is a poet, cultural theorist and the critically acclaimed author of seven books of poetry and poetic theory. She is currently Professor of Communication and Media Theory at Fordham University. Her writing has been described as "electricity in language" and noted for its "cross-fertilization of punning and knowing, theatre and theory"; it is marked with an urban, Jewish and feminist aesthetic that continually challenges normative modes of meaning production and blurs the lines between popular culture and scholarly discourse. Karasick has lectured and performed worldwide, participating on an international scale at conferences, telepoetic colloquia and literary festivals. She regularly publishes articles, reviews and dialogues on contemporary poetry, poetics and cultural / semiotic theory. She also produces videopoems and sound recordings of her work, which highlight its radical performativity.The winner of the MPS Mobile Award as being the world's first "Mobile Poet" whereby her work is being made available on mobile devices (cell phones and smartphones) throughout the world.More information on Karasick and and her work can be found on adeenakarasick.comAdeena Karasick was a featured poet on the Heart of a Poet series, produced in conjunction with Bravo! TV. Produced and directed by Maureen Judge in association with Bravo!, and hosted by spoken word poet Andrea Thompson, Heart of a Poet is a hip half-hour show that takes viewers inside the poetry community, in all its various forms, alternate incarnations and unfettered diversity. For more information, please visit their web site heartofapoet.caAdeena Karasick's video-poems are now accessible on YouTube.