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EPISODE · Aug 28, 2026 · 35 MIN

Saul Williams on Poetry, the Ancestors and Crumbling Empire from Within with Dominique DiPrima

from First Things First With Dominique DiPrima · host KBLA Talk 1580

For nearly three decades, writer, musician, poet, director, and actor Saul Williams has occupied a singular place in Black culture, resisting the confines of genre across music, literature and film, and using art as a transformative device. Williams has performed in over 30 countries and read his poetry at more than 300 universities, with invitations that have spanned the White House, the Sydney Opera House, Lincoln Center, The Louvre, The Getty Center, Queen Elizabeth Hall, to villages, townships, community centers, and prisons across the world. He has published five books of poetry which have been translated into several languages https://saulwilliams.com/ https://www.dominiquediprima.com/

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