Certified Listener Poet,
Cohort 1 Fall 2021
Salaam Green is the inaugural Poet Laureate of Birmingham, Alabama (2024–2026), a native of Greensboro, and founder of The Literary Healing Arts. A storyteller and healer, she is a Kellogg Foundation Racial Healing Facilitator and Alabama Humanities Foundation Road Scholar. Green holds an English degree from the University of Montevallo and a Master’s in Early Childhood Education from the University of North Dakota. She has held residencies at UAB, Auburn University, and the former Wallace Plantation in Harpersville, Alabama. With 16+years of experience, she uses poetry to create healing spaces rooted in Southern history and resilience.
Green is the author of a collection of poems titled The Other Revival released in June 2025. The Other Revival reclaims the Southern revival as a space for truth-telling and healing through oral tradition
At a time when history is being erased, this book reminds us that the most vital archives live in people – in their voices, memories, and willingness to pass stories on.
