, Said the Shotgun to the Head.

The greatest Americans Have not been born yet They are waiting quietly For their past to die please give blood Here is the account of a man so ravished by a kiss that it distorts his highest and lowest frequencies of understanding into an Incongruent mean of babble and brilliance...

Author: Saul Williams
Publisher: MTV Books
Published: 09/01/2003
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.02h x 6.18w x 0.48d
ISBN: 9780743470797

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 09/01/2003 pg. 85
Qbr the Black Book Review 11/01/2003 pg. 5
Black Issues Book Review 03/01/2004 pg. 25

About the Author
Saul Williams is an acclaimed poet, musician, and actor. The film Slam, which he cowrote and starred in, won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival (1998), and the Camera d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. He has contributed to The New York Times, voiced Jean-Michel Basquiat in Downtown 81, and cut records with Rick Rubin and Trent Reznor. He has spoken at more than 200 universities where his poetry has been added to the curriculum of dozens of creative writing programs, and has taught poetry/performance workshops around the world. He recently starred in the Broadway musical Holler If Ya Hear Me. His books include S/HE, said the shotgun to the head., and The Dead Emcee Scrolls. He lives in New York. Visit his website at SaulWilliams.com.