Def Poetry

TBA DIARY: Lemon Made Good Made Bad

Willamette Week | by Matthew Korfhage | Tue, Sep 9

Tue, Sep 9 We learn this only when Lemon Anderson, best known from Russell Simmons’s Def Poetry Jam, bursts into archaic flow and histrionic gesture before he has even reached the stage. He wanted to surprise us, and he did. ...

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source: Dayton Daily News

OH - Christa Butts Kelly has developed a method of writing and delivery, but says he finds inspiration in artists such as Black Ice, Lemon, Shihan and Saul Williams from Def Poetry Jam. “I love their style of poetry. They get real deep with their words,” Kelly says. ...

Published Thu, Apr 23

LEMON - FRÅN DEF POETRY JAM TILL UPPSALA - Newsdesk external link

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LEMON - FRÅN DEF POETRY JAM TILL UPPSALA As a poet he has the greatest number of appearances on HBO'S RUSSELL SIMMONS PRESENTS DEF POETRY - seven times in five seasons. He is also an original cast member of RUSSELL SIMMONS PRESENTS DEF POETRY JAM ON BROADWAY - he won a TONY award for his ...

Published Tue, Apr 7

TBA DIARY: Lemon Andersen—Another Perspective external link

source: Willamette Week

Andersen began his story of his greatest accomplishment—winning the Tony award as a part of Russell Simmons’ Def Poetry Jam on Broadway—which added emotional resonance as he recalled the formative episodes of his youth. ...

Published Tue, Sep 9