About Cadence
Cadence B McCracken (she/her) is a sweet and fierce trans femme poet and multimodal artist thriving with grit and grace in Oakland, CA. She makes her home exploring subjects such as gender, addiction, heartbreak, and justice, threading strands of magical realism and incendiary performances into criminally authentic works that live and breathe with love on the page or stage. Cadence is Grand Slam Champion, National Poetry Slam semi-finalist and four-time competitor, as well as a two-time representative at the Individual World Poetry Slam. Her work has been published in Ink and Marrow, Agapanthus Collective, and What Are Birds, as well as video platforms such as SlamFind and Write About Now. In her spare time she enjoys ecstatic dance and trail running.
University of Virginia
University of Washington
The Evergreen State College,
National Poetry Slam 2014 (#8 in Nation), 2015, 2016, 2017
Individual World Poetry Slam 2015, 2017
Cascadia Regional Poetry Slam
Jack McCarthy Invitational Poetry Slam
Occupy Solidarity Social Forum
Peer Pathways Conference
Georgetown Training Institute
Performances
Ink & Marrow (2025)
Agapanthus (2024)
What Are Birds (2018)
