Ehalakasa is pleased to announce Karla Brundage as a selection jury member for the fifth edition of SheShe Slam, our women led slam poetry platform dedicated to excellence, depth, and cultural relevance.
Karla Brundage is an award winning author, editor, and cultural connector whose work spans continents and generations. She is the founder of the West Oakland to West Africa Poetry Exchange, a long running initiative that builds meaningful artistic relationships between Black communities in the United States and Africa.
Her literary work, including the prize winning book Blood Lies: Race Trait(or), interrogates identity, memory, and history with clarity and courage. Beyond authorship, Karla has played a significant role as an editor, curating projects such as Tar Baby Ghana Issue and Sisters Across Oceans, which center women poets from Ghana, Hawaii, and the broader diaspora.
What makes Karla’s contribution particularly valuable to SheShe Slam is her approach to poetry as lived practice. Her work is grounded in real communities, social history, and cultural continuity rather than abstraction or performance alone.
As SheShe Slam enters its fifth edition, Ehalakasa continues to prioritize jurors whose perspectives strengthen the integrity of the platform and support the growth of women poets beyond the stage.
We are honoured to welcome Karla Brundage into the SheShe Slam 2026 journey.
