On the topics of manhood, sexuality, and art as action, Mo has been quoted, profiled, and/or featured on both local and national media outlets, including BETJ (My Two Cents television talk show); NPR’s News and Notes; Fox5 News; rolling out Urban Style weekly; XM Satellite Radio; Air America Radio and many other outlets. In 2006, The Daily News selected Mo Beasley as one of “50 Unsung New York Heroes.” In 2007, Beasley was a featured panelist at the Black and Male in America 3-Day National Conference, presented by writer, activist Kevin Powell. There, Beasley shared the platform with scholar Dr. Michael Eric Dyson and several other activists and writers.

Mo Beasley has more than 20 years’ experience in sexuality, race, manhood, and arts advocacy work. He authored the poem “No Good [email protected] Bluez” which was later adapted into a play by the same title. With Jerome “J-Square” Jones and author SekouWrites, he co-produced and co-authored the play, which premiered at the New York International Fringe Festival in 2003. It has since traveled to various colleges and universities and conventions. The following year, Jones published the book No Good [email protected] Bluez: Poems and Tales for Black Men in a Post Civil Rights America (Scripted Linguistics, 2004) with Beasley. He has produced an erotic poetry series entitled UrbanErotika, which showcased at the Bowery Poetry Club, The Adinkra House, among other places.

Mo Beasley (born June 7, 1967) is an award-winning American performance poet, educator, author, and public speaker.