A writer and a poet. He is a member of the Legend of the Five Rings Story Team and the Slammaster for Ottawa’s Capital Slam. He has been a member of the Ottawa team at the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word for each of the past three years, including 2009 when Ottawa won the National Slam Championships. This October, he will be the Slammaster when the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word takes place in Ottawa. His works appear on five CDs and one chapbook and he is a member of the acclaimed Spoken Word troupe, The Recipe.

Watch a sample of Rusty’s work.