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A combination of Award Winning poets and performers, Poetry to the People is Milton “Cassanova” Jackson and Kendall “Chosen” Exume. With over 10 years of combined performance experience, Poetry to the People seeks to recognize the challenges of love, address topics of social concern, politics, respect and the importance of the creative art of poetry. Chosen brings the element of love, sexuality, while highlighting a respect and admiration for women. Chosen’s repetoire far exceeds love poetry, his work also addresses the topics of AIDS and STD’s, social inequality and more. Cassanova, a fire starter like no other, has written two books on this topics of social inequalities, culture, Cassanovalove and oppression. He has performed at over 50 venues, published two books, recieved 2 literary awards and has been recognized by Eastern CT State University and the Hartford Courant for his voluntarism and his fight within the civic arena through poetry. Poetry to the People is the performance poetry group that will definitely provide the Fire and Light you seek at your venue. The mega-poetry group is currently recording an album set to be released independently by Fire Light Project, a media and booking company based in Connecticut. The album will featured the works of Cassanova and Chosen with various highlights of other artists and poets working with Fire Light. The group has traveled and performed at many venues including the State University of NY at Fredonia, Eastern Connecticut State University, Trinity College, Hesser College (New Hampshire), Bates College (Maine), The Artists Collective (Hartford, CT) and many more... Milton "Cassanova" Jackson is a published author. His first anthology of poetry, published in 2003 is entitled ''Life, Liberty and Love'' (ISBN 0-9741446-0-6). His latest release ''Fire Light: Some Kind of Wonderful'' (ISBN 0-9741446-1-4) was released February of 2006. Kendall "Chosen" Exume's book ''Oral Sex: Stimulation Through Words'' is set to be released in the 4th quarter of 2006. Poetry to the People Website Fire Light Projects Website 16:17, 14 April 2006 (UTC) |
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