{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 7: Ebo Barton","description":"Ebo Barton is a Black and Filipino, Transgender and Non-Binary, poet and educator. &amp;nbsp;As a representative of Seattle, they've been on 4 National Slam Teams and participated at 3 Individual World Poetry Slams. &amp;nbsp;Their most notable poetry slam accolade is placing 5th in the world in 2016. Ebo curated and directed, How to Love THIS Queer Body of Color: An Unapology and wrote and directed the  award-winning play, Rising Up. &amp;nbsp;You may have seen Ebo's work in Adrienne: A Poetry Journal by Sibling Rivalry Press, SlamFind, Write About Now, Button Poetry and All Def Poetry. &amp;nbsp;They and their work have been featured in  Seattle Weekly, Seattle Gay News,  Seattle Review of Books, and  Crosscut. Their work touches on political issues from a personal point of view and often is birthed from the struggles of living in the identities that they are. Ebo believes in the power of language and art as a tool for revolution. ","author_name":"The Deep End Friends Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/thedeependfriends.libsyn.com\/website","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/9382394\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/39792011"}