T.J. Anderson III on Poetry and Jazz

T.J. Anderson III commemorates Black Music Month with a discussion of poetry and jazz. Co-presented with the Prince George's County Human Relations Commission.

Born in Guthrie, Oklahoma, poet and musician T.J. Anderson III is the author of Devonte Travels the Sorry Route (Omnidawn Press, 2019), Cairo Workbook (Willow Books, 2014), River to Cross (The Backwaters Press, 2009), Notes to Make the Sound Come Right: Four Innovators of Jazz Poetry (University of Arkansas Press, 2004), Blood Octave (Flat Five Recordings, 2006), and the chapbook At Last Round Up (lift books, 1996). A former Fulbright Scholar at Cairo University, he lives with his family in Roanoke, Virginia, and teaches at Hollins University.