Poetry off the Shelf: Raymond Antrobus & Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib
Raymond Antrobus is a British-Jamaican poet, performer and educator. He has read and performed his poetry at multiple major festivals and universities and is the champion of numerous slams, both regional and international. He is the author of two chapbooks, Shapes & Disfigurements Of Raymond Antrobus (2012) and To Sweeten Bitter (2017). His debut poetry collection will be published by Penned In The Margins in 2018.
Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib is a poet, essayist, and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio. His first collection of poems, The Crown Ain't Worth Much, was released by Button Poetry in 2016. His first collection of essays, They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us, is forthcoming from Two Dollar Radio in winter 2017.
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