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Author of 16 poetry collections, most recently Sing This One Back to Me (Coffee House Press), Bob Holman has taught at Columbia, NYU, Bard, and The New School. As the original Slam Master and a director at the Nuyorican Poets Café and the founder/proprietor of the Bowery Poetry Club, Holman has played a central role in the spoken word and slam poetry movements of the last several decades. He is the producer and host of various films, including "The United States of Poetry," and "On the Road with Bob Holman." His most recent film, "Language Matters with Bob Holman," winner of the Berkeley Film Festival's 2015 Documentary of the Year award, was produced by David Grubin and aired on PBS. Holman is currently working with language revitalization centers across Alaska and Hawaii, sponsored by the Ford Foundation. He lives in New York City.
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Posted:
2/20/2017
Originator:
Curtis Bauer
Email:
curtis.bauer@ttu.edu
Department:
English
Event Information
Time: 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Event Date: 2/23/2017
Location:
ENGL 001
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