je suis noir [i am black]: selected poems

by Chris Lilley

Overview

My name is C. Lilley. I am a black poet who will not remain silent while this nation murders black people. I have a right to be angry.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780692625873
Publisher:	Chris Lilley
Publication date:	02/01/2016
Pages:	70
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.17(d)

About the Author

Christopher Lilley is a Christian, an opera singer, a teacher, and a youth music minister. The New York native began writing poetry seriously in 2013. Specializing in spoken word poetry, Chris developed a love for the written word through his love for the Bible as well as the writings of Langston Hughes and Georgia Douglass Johnson. His start in writing seriously began with Word Up: The Spoken Word Project, a ministry of New Testament Temple Church of God in the Northeast Bronx. Currently, he serves as a senior member of the group as well as a performance coach of sorts. He has also has the privilege to perform nationwide as a part of the poetry collective, True Voices.