Saul Williams

Type :

Term papers

Pages :

4 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

07/01/2009

Category :

Philosophy & literature

Sub category :

Literature

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Summary :

Introduction
His views on being labeled
His second book
The idea of dreams as weapons
Saul Williams and poetry
Conclusion
Bibliography

Abstract

Sometimes it is by sheer coincidence that things are discovered. This chance is sometimes called serendipity, fate, luck, providence and many other words. Christopher Columbus was looking for a new way to get to India in 1492, and he accidentally wound up landing in The Americas. It was another serendipitous occasion that I discovered saul williams.saul Stacey williams is a writer, performer, and actor. He was born on February 29th, 1972 in Newburgh, New York and has two older siblings. He attended Morehouse College and received his BA in philosophy. Afterwards he moved to New York City to peruse a Master's Degree in acting at New York University. It was in New York City that saul began his journey into poetry via the poetry café scene. In 1995 he became Grand Slam Champion of the Nuyorican Poets Café. In 1996 his daughter, Saturn, was born to his then girlfriend, Marcia Jones, an artist. He stared in the film Slam in 1998, which he also helped write. His acting and writing in Slam was said to have introduced him to an international audiences. Soon after Slam, saul had begun his musical career, releasing several records between 2001 and 2005. He has written four books: The Seventh Octave, S√he, said the shotgun to the head, and The Dead Emcee Scrolls.