, said the shotgun to the head.

Saul Williams

Nov 2009 · Sold by Simon and Schuster

About this eBook

The greatest Americans

Have not been born yet

They are waiting quietly

For their past to die

please give blood

Here is the account of a man so ravished by a kiss that it distorts his highest and lowest frequencies of understanding into an Incongruent mean of babble and brilliance...

Ratings and reviews

I bought this book after listening to his third album," The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust" and loved it. I opened it up when it came in the mail to flip through it but sat down and went through from front to back. It's a quick read because the font and layout changes from page to page but it adds to the aesthetic of the poem. This is definitely a book that you'll want reread more than once.

Google play books isn't allowing me to read it after I bought it. Very bad for review, fix immediately.

By far my favorite by Saul Williams. I have read over and over, this book is truly great.

About the author

Saul Williams is an acclaimed poet, musician, and actor. The film Slam, which he cowrote and starred in, won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival (1998), and the Camera d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. He has contributed to The New York Times, voiced Jean-Michel Basquiat in Downtown 81, and cut records with Rick Rubin and Trent Reznor. He has spoken at more than 200 universities where his poetry has been added to the curriculum of dozens of creative writing programs, and has taught poetry/performance workshops around the world. He recently starred in the Broadway musical Holler If Ya Hear Me. His books include S/HE, ,said the shotgun to the head., and The Dead Emcee Scrolls. He lives in New York. Visit his website at SaulWilliams.com.