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Saul Williams
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Saul Williams

Acclaimed poet and musician Saul Williams’s open-mic escapades with the Nuyorican Poets peaked at Sundance when Slam won the Grand Jury Prize, and the art world celebrated the arrival of a whole new kind of talent. He defied his genre’s precious reputation and tore voraciously into the guts of life, groping after the exalted and transcendent sex sensations that make it all worth living. His early success led to collaborations with the likes of Erykah Badu, Nas, The Roots and Zack de la Rocha, and, descended as much from KRS-One and Public Enemy as Allen Ginsberg and Amiri Baraka; he was a new kind of poet. With each of Williams’s great successes has... Read full bio

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Chorus will be released on September 04, 2012 in Trade Paperback, eBook
Sep 04, 2012
Chorus is now available in Trade Paperback, eBook
Sep 04, 2012
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Broadway World, May 29, 2013
...world renowned Ailvin Ailey Dance Theater's AilyCamp. Green has recorded and performed with The Roots, Amel Larrieux, Saul Williams, Just a LilBit, Ledisi and more. Discography: Gangster Smooth Jazz - Just A Lilbit and Church Boy - Enoch Smith, Jr....
ITechPost, March 5, 2013
...to discover (duh) that only 18 percent of the 150,000 people who downloaded the song (by rapper Saul Williams) bothered to pay for it. This, after Reznor's having been "very aggressive" about "find[ing] alternatives to the label-dominated methods of...
KCET, March 1, 2013
...extensive bodies of work. "Chorus: A Literary Mixtape," published by MTV Books and edited and arranged by Saul Williams, shares the same ethos of urgency demonstrated by our eco poets. Back in 2010, Williams put out a call on social media for two...
The Root, December 13, 2012
...with a red, yellow and green hat and a scruffy grey beard, Oyewole, whose work influenced everyone from Saul Williams to Kanye West, launched into "For the Millions" as his drummer Babatunde followed his lead. "When Def Poetry was on television, it...
Online PR News, December 3, 2012
...Lorde, Elizabeth Alexander, Junot Díaz, asha bandele, Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Nalo Hopkinson, Ed Bullins, Sandra Maria Estevez, Saul Williams, Kevin Powell, Tracie Morris, Tony Medina, Suheir Hamad, Gary Johnston, Darryl Holmes, David Mills, Jessica Care...
Londonist, November 28, 2012
...and Mel Jones are the guests at Bang Said the Gun ‘s stand up poetry night (8pm, £5). Saul Williams hosts a literary mix tape at the Southbank Centre with Warsan Shire, Inua Ellams and GREEdS (7.45pm, £15 / £12). Watch Jane Bussman, Suzette...
Pambazuka News, November 1, 2012
...with his film Tey, a co-production between Senegal and France, as the opening night film. American slam poet Saul Williams stars as Satche, a man who knows he’ll die in the next 24 hours. After its world premiere in competition at Berlin, The Hollywood...
Amsterdam News, June 6, 2013
...his just desserts. During the festival, the Highline Ballroom, known for its eclectic stance, will keep tradition as Saul Williams’ words fly like bullets leaving reason for deep thought in an evening of spoken word on June 11. Singer/songwriter...
Fact Magazine, June 5, 2013
...your screen to turn pages (page 7/11) NINE INCH NAILS ‘The Great Destroyer’ / Year Zero (2007, Interscope) SAUL WILLIAMS ‘NiggyTardust’ / The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust! (2007, FADER) With Reznor’s newfound...
Fact Magazine, June 5, 2013
...your screen to turn pages (page 7/11) NINE INCH NAILS ‘The Great Destroyer’ / Year Zero (2007, Interscope) SAUL WILLIAMS ‘NiggyTardust’ / The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust! (2007, FADER) With Reznor’s newfound...
Philadelphia Weekly, June 4, 2013
...and washtub basses. 8pm. $10. Tin Angel, 20 S. Second St. 215.928.0770. tinangel.com SPOKEN WORD Saul Williams A well-traveled wordsmith, working with the likes of Nas and Mos Def, Williams knows how to tie words together to get your mind working...
The Reporter Ethiopia, June 1, 2013
...take none of these for granted. I am from very humble beginnings.  Which poets do you admire? Saul Williams, Gill Scott Heron, the last poet, Langston Hughes, Maya Angelou, Alice Walker, even Tony Morrison who I see as a poet in her writings, Samuel...
Amsterdam News, May 31, 2013
...his just desserts. During the festival, the Highline Ballroom, known for its eclectic stance, will keep tradition as Saul Williams’ words fly like bullets leaving reason for deep thought in an evening of spoken word on June 11. Singer/songwriter...
Yahoo! Canada, May 30, 2013
...Since then he’s become an actor, he’s gotten praise for his slam poetry from greats like Saul Williams, and the band has played across North America. That depth of experience comes through in their music (delivered in both French and English), as...