Collective Breath – Poetry Book Club
March 6th, 2023
March Spotlight on Steven Antoine Willis
Bio From:
https://www.stevenwillispoetry.com/bio
BORN AND RAISED IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS…
STORYTELLER STEVEN ANTOINE WILLIS USES HIS POETIC AND THEATRICAL BACKGROUND TO EMBARK ON THE DAUNTING TASK OF CREATIVELY ARTICULATING AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE.WITH ART HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY URBAN LIFE AND RELIGION, STEVEN MIXES ELEMENTS OF HIP HOP POETICS AND THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE WITH FORMAL TEACHINGS OF ANTHROPOLOGY, AND POLITICAL THEROY TO HELP EXPRESS HIS ECLECTIC PERSONAL NARRATIVE. WILLIS IS A CONTRIBUTING WRITER TO THE BREAKBEAT POETS ANTHOLOGY, NYU’S NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR TEACHER OF ENGLISH JOURNAL, IS A 3 TIME INDIVIDUAL WORLD POETRY SLAM FINALIST AND FORMER RESIDENT POET OF THE NUYORICAN POETS CAFE. WILLIS RECEIVED HIS MFA IN ACTING FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA IN 2021. HE CURRENTLY ATTENDS IOWA WRITERS WORKSHOP FOR POETRY.HIS FIRST FULL POETRY COLLECTION APECULIAR PEOPLE WAS REALSED WITH BUTTON POETRY IN 2022
Selected Videos:
Steven Willis – “Ode to the Boys Who Die to Make Hip Hop Happen”
https://fb.watch/j52FSpgDHB/?mibextid=v7YzmG
Steven Willis – “The First Time a Man Attempts to Fight His Father”
https://fb.watch/j53r5PhqPd/?mibextid=v7YzmG
Exodus 20:12 KJV by Steven Willis
SIDEWAYS EIGHT PROJECTS 