Sing This One Back to Me

Endorsements (potential): Amiri Baraka, Naomi Shihab Nye, Eileen Myles, Suzanne Vega, Philip Glass, Eric Bogasian, David Lehman, Lou Reed Exclusive, early access books in February Promotion at AWP, Brooklyn Book Festival Published to coincide with World Storytelling Day in June Public radio campaign Advertising: Poetry Project Newsletter, Academy of American Poets website Promotion on Coffee House Press e-newsletter, website, and social media channels Promotion on www.bobholman.com and via @bobholmanpoet Regional, East Coast tour planned, with a launch at the Bowery Poetry Club Holman has hired a social media specialist to coordinate a campaign

From West Africa to NYC, the oral tradition comes alive through collaborative storytelling of Holman and legendary griot Papa Susso.Starting with Bob Holman's transcription of the griot poems sung to him by West African legend Papa Susso, Holman builds on that oral tradition to share his own intimate history. Spoken word performer, activist, and Bowery Poetry Club impresario Bob Holman is the former readings curator at the St. Mark's Poetry Project and the original Slammaster of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. He co-founded the Endangered Language Alliance and served as the host of the PBS series The United States of Poetry and On the Road with Bob Holman on LinkTV. Sing This One Back to Me is his seventh collection.