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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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Aug 31, 2012
She will be released on August 28, 2012 in eBook
Aug 28, 2012
She is now available in eBook
Aug 28, 2012
, said the shotgun to the head. will be released on November 24, 2009 in eBook
Nov 24, 2009
, said the shotgun to the head. is now available in eBook
Nov 24, 2009
Excerpt:
Introduction from The Dead Emcee Scrolls
Apr 30, 2009
Excerpt:
Text Excerpt 1 from She
Mar 09, 2009
The Dead Emcee Scrolls will be released on February 01, 2006 in
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The Dead Emcee Scrolls will be released on February 01, 2006 in
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, said the shotgun to the head. will be released on September 01, 2003 in
Sep 01, 2003
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Sep 01, 2003
She will be released on June 01, 1999 in
Jun 01, 1999

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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...
Biz Community, October 25, 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...
New York Times, May 10, 2013
...C.s renowned for thoughtful, Afro-centric lyrics, like Digable Planets, Common and Q-Tip, and slam poetry stars like Saul Williams. Everybody in the poetry/hip-hop artist world came to Brooklyn back then to perform, said Michael Thompson, owner of the...
Argentina Star, May 10, 2013
...from cystic fibrosis. He was 37. Gourlie was the responsible agent for such acts as The Trews, KMFDM, Saul Williams, Cancer Bats, 3 Inches of Blood, Devin Townshend, Bedouin Soundclash, Down With Webster, USS (Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker), KEN mode, and...
Malaysia Sun, May 10, 2013
...from cystic fibrosis. He was 37. Gourlie was the responsible agent for such acts as The Trews, KMFDM, Saul Williams, Cancer Bats, 3 Inches of Blood, Devin Townshend, Bedouin Soundclash, Down With Webster, USS (Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker), KEN mode, and...
Cambodian Times, May 10, 2013
...from cystic fibrosis. He was 37. Gourlie was the responsible agent for such acts as The Trews, KMFDM, Saul Williams, Cancer Bats, 3 Inches of Blood, Devin Townshend, Bedouin Soundclash, Down With Webster, USS (Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker), KEN mode, and...
North Korea Times, May 10, 2013
...from cystic fibrosis. He was 37. Gourlie was the responsible agent for such acts as The Trews, KMFDM, Saul Williams, Cancer Bats, 3 Inches of Blood, Devin Townshend, Bedouin Soundclash, Down With Webster, USS (Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker), KEN mode, and...
Philippine Times, May 10, 2013
...from cystic fibrosis. He was 37. Gourlie was the responsible agent for such acts as The Trews, KMFDM, Saul Williams, Cancer Bats, 3 Inches of Blood, Devin Townshend, Bedouin Soundclash, Down With Webster, USS (Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker), KEN mode, and...
Billboard, May 10, 2013
...from cystic fibrosis. He was 37. Gourlie was the responsible agent for such acts as The Trews, KMFDM, Saul Williams,  Cancer Bats, 3 Inches of Blood, Devin Townshend, Bedouin Soundclash, Down With Webster, USS (Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker), KEN mode,...