Williams, Saul

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