author of t/here it is
October 25, 10:30 a.m.
T. J. Anderson III is known as a jazz poet and author of four poetry collections t/here it is, Devonte Travels the Sorry Route, Cairo Workbook, and River to Cross as well as the spoken word poetry CD Blood Octave and the literary study, Notes to Make the Sound Come Right: Four Innovators of Jazz Poetry. He lived as Fulbright Scholar at Cairo University and is Professor of English at Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia.