The Grainy Notes Of Poetry with Bonafide Rojas

Join Gina Marselle as she talks to  Bonafide Rojas

 

The interview begins at 7 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, 6 p.m., Central Standard Time, 5 p.m., Mountain Standard Time, and 4 p.m. Pacific Standard Time.

 

Bonafide Rojas (10/08/77) is a poet and musician, the author of "Pelo Bueno: A Day In The Life Of A Nuyorican Poet" (Dark Souls Press, 2004). The 2002 Slam This! Champion and has been on two National Poetry Slam teams, NYC/Union Square 2002 & Wicker Park 2003. 

 

He has appeared in Def Poetry Jam IV and is on the roster of teaching artist at Urban Word NYC. He has been published in the anthologies: "Bum Rush the Page: a Def Poetry Jam" (Three Rivers Press, 2002), RoleCall: "A Generational Anthology of Social and Political Black Literature and Art" (Third World Press, 2002), "Learn Then Burn" (Write Bloody Press 2010), The Centro Journal, The Hostos Review, The Acentos Review, Calabash & Palabras.