David Silverberg is the host and artistic director of Toronto Poetry Slam. His most recent book of poetry is Bags of Wires (LyricalMyrical) and he edited Canada’s first spoken word anthology, Mic Check (Quattro Press). He has performed across Canada, including Calgary, Halifax, Vancouver, Ottawa, London and Montreal. He has also been a feature performer/lecturer at the Influency Salon Series run out of the University of Toronto. His non-fiction work has been published in the Globe & Mail, The Toronto Star, Broken Pencil, NOW, High Times, Canadian Jewish News and other publications. He is the editor-in-chief of social news network DigitalJournal.com