Poetry The Art of Healing & Resistance: Carlos Andres Gomez

November 10, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Mānoa Campus, William S. Richardson School of Law, Classroom 2, 2515 Dole St

Colombian American poet Carlos Andrés Gómez, star of HBO’s Def Poetry Jam and the Spike Lee movie Inside Man with Denzel Washington, will perform his original work on Monday, November, 10th at 12:00-1:00 p.m. in Classroom 2 at the William S. Richardson School of Law. Carlos Andrés Gómez is the author of Hijito, for which he was awarded the Foreword INDIES Gold Medal and the International Book Award in 2020, and the coming-of-age memoir Man Up: Reimagining Modern Manhood, released by Penguin Random House in 2012. His most recent book, Fractures, was selected by Pulitzer Prize winner and 19th U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey as the winner of the Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry. With keynotes and performances at more than 1,500 colleges, universities, independent schools, and companies in 47 U.S. states and 29 countries across six continents, Carlos is one of the highest booked acts in the history of the college market and among the most sought-after keynote speakers in the world. He has been featured on NPR, PBS, TEDx, Upworthy, Central Park SummerStage, Lincoln Center, and partnered with John Legend for Senior Orientation, a program to counteract bullying and champion inclusive masculinity among high school students. A former social worker and public school teacher, Carlos first made a name for himself by winning at the Apollo Theater’s celebrated Amateur Night and later as a member of the renowned Nuyorican Poets Café’s slam team. In 2008, he collaborated with Tony Award-winning tap dance legend Savion Glover on Broadway.


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