“Slangston Hughes
is one of those poets that you can’t believe that you actually met
in person. He’s the alien you’ve always heard about but didn’t
quite believe in, until now. Normally, someone like him is written
about decades after you would have had the chance to see him perform.
Seeing him in action has always been a paranormal experience for me.
During each performance, I have always been fully aware that I was
witnessing what would one day be literary history. While he recites
his poetry, I’m subconsciously crafting my own about the
experience. He has the rare ability to put into words what most
people cannot craft into scattered thoughts. He is not only ahead of
his times, he is behind them, channeling images and thoughts that the
ancients would have shared if they had his tongue.” -- Chin-Yer
Wright, Creator/Director of Word War Poetry Slam Series & “The
Baltimore Scene”
