March 24th, 2010, 8 pm
Page Meets Stage: Susan B.A. Somers-Willett meets Regie Gibson
Susan Somers-Willett Susan is the author of two critically acclaimed books of poetry: Quiver (VQR Series, U of Georgia Press, 2009) and Roam (Crab Orchard Award Series, SIU Press, 2006). A former slam poet, she is also the author of a book of scholarly criticism, The Cultural Politics of Slam Poetry: Race, Identity, and the Performance of Popular Verse in America (U of Michigan Press, 2009).
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Regie Gibson is author of Storms Beneath the Skin, is the 1998 National Poetry Slam Champion and co-writer of the autobiographical film by New Line Cinema Love Jones. Regarded as one of the best performance poets in the world, Gibson has performed at The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Symphony Orchestra Hall, the Steppenwolf Theater, Harvard Universities Longfellow Hall, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and in seven countries, most recently Havana, Cuba.
