Roger Bonair-Agard
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Roger Bonair-Agard is a poet and performance artist. He has made numerous television and radio appearances, has led countless workshops and lectures, and has performed his poetry at many US universiti
Roger Bonair-Agard
Nuyorican Poets Café
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The Nuyorican Poets Café is a nonprofit organization in the Alphabet City neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. It is a bastion of the Nuyorican art movement, and has become a forum for poetry,
Roger Bonair-Agard
…and was about to take the Law School Admission Test when he decided to concentrate on poetry rather than a law career. He was a member of the 1997 Nuyorican Poets Cafe Poetry Slam team and later coached the 1998 Nuyorican Poets Cafe Poetry Slam team, which went on to win the National Poetry Slam Championship that year…
Nuyorican Poets Cafe building on East 3rd St. in Alphabet City
The exterior walls are painted by a local artist "Chico" who has done neighborhood murals for decades. Above the entry doorway hangs Diana Gitesha Hernandez's acrylic painting.