This Bob Holman book speaks for itself (or not)! Includes new poems, some greatest hits, a gang of "shorties," and full sections of Dance/Performance Poems and Praise Poems for Ntozake Shange, Sun Ra, James Gandolfino, Jessica Hagedorn, Elizabeth Murray, Ed Sanders and many others.
Bob Holman is an American poet and poetry activist, most closely identified with the oral tradition, the spoken word, and poetry slam. As a promoter of poetry in many media, Holman has spent the last four decades working variously as an author, editor, publisher, performer, emcee of live events, director of theatrical productions, producer of films and television programs, record label executive, university professor, and archivist.