Roger Bonair-Agard

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Roger Bonair-Agard
Roger Bonair-Agard

A native of Trinidad and Tobago, Roger Bonair-Agard is a poet who lives in Brooklyn. He is co-founder and artistic director of the louderARTS Project. He won the individual competition at the National Poetry Slam in 1999.[1]

Bonair-Agard studied Political Science at Hunter College, and was about to take the Law School Admission Test when he decided to concentrate on poetry rather than a law career.[2]

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[edit] Bibliography

  • Tarnish and Masquerade, 2006, Cypher Books
  • Burning Down the House, 2000, Soft Skull Press, co-authored with Stephen Colman, Guy Lecharles Gonzalez, Alix Olson, and Lynne Procope

[edit] Discography

  • Chantuel
  • NYC Slams
  • 5 Past 13

[edit] Filmography

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Slam has verse-atility", Chicago Sun-Times, 1999-08-16. Retrieved on 2008-04-09. 
  2. ^ "Bonair Agard", The Gleaner, 2003-05-25. Retrieved on 2008-04-09. 

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