Starting with Bob Holman's transcription of the griot poems sung to him
by West African legend Papa Susso, Holman builds on that oral tradition
to share his own intimate history.
Spoken word performer, activist, and Bowery Poetry Club impresario Bob
Holman is the former readings curator at the St. Mark's Poetry Project
and the original Slammaster of the Nuyorican Poets Café. He co-founded
the Endangered Language Alliance and served as the host of the PBS
series The United States of Poetry and On the Road with Bob Holman
on LinkTV. Sing This One Back to Me is his seventh collection.