 robertkarimi is a bilingual-hiphop-rockero-
polisexual performance poet from Newark, and Union City, CA. He draws on his own mixed Iranian & Guatemalan heritage to tell stories in full-body rhythm that illuminate and celebrate how much mezclaje surrounds us in our everyday lives. His considers himself an hijo del soul and his chapbook:get down with your... muslim-catholic self to a funky disco beat, a chronicle of the spiritual journey of identity. He is the founder of ÀÁY QUE?! Press. He has performed in night clubs, bars, coffeehouses, hotel rooms, jazz clubs, theaters, high schools and universities all over the country. Winner of the 1995 San Antonio Poetry Slam , he has been published in Vi Aztlan and Red Palm. He currently teaches Poetry in Newark, CA.
One critic called karimi's work: "Poetry that's a combination of gunpowder and wild honey delivered in the style of an apocalyptic preacher." Host of Chicago radio's Free Association Danny Postel remarks, "Karimi's art punctures holes in the monocultures of consumerism and mediacracy that project an unrelenting snuff film of commodity fetishism onto the collective screens of our imaginations." Karimi's next chapbook, EAT ME, DO ME, BE ME will be out in late July.
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