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Roger Bonair-Agard |
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Roger
Bonair-Agard was born in Trinidad and lives in Brooklyn,
NY. A professional performance poet since 1997,
he was named the Nuyorican Poets Café Fresh
Poet of the Year in 1998. That same year, he coached
the Nuyorican team to victory in the National Poetry
Slam over 44 other teams. The following year he
earned the title of National Individual Slam Champion
while leading and coaching the New York City louderARTS
team to the final four of the National Poetry Slam
(out of 48 teams), a feat he repeated in 2000.
He is co-author of the anthology Burning Down the
House and author of tarnish and masquerade, scheduled
for publication by Third World Press in fall of
2005. He co-founded the louderARTS Project (of which
he is also Artistic Director), an organization dedicated
to the evolution of poetry through the craft of
writing and performance.
Program:
Tongues of Fire
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