The Prophet Returns (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780615469829)

Working in prisons since the 1980s, Bryonn Bain has served for more than a decade as poet and activist, professor and artist-in-residence at Rikers Island prison, New York University, Columbia University, the New School and the Brooklyn Campus of Long Island University. A Nuyorican Grand Slam Poetry Champion and Blackout Arts Collective founder, his lectures, performances and workshops on hip hop, spoken word and the prison crisis have toured over 100 campuses and correctional facilities nationwide. Wrongfully imprisoned while studying law at Harvard, Bain wrote "Walking While Black: The Bill of Rights for Black Men" and received a record number of responses from readers of The Village Voice. Millions have been moved by Bain's work on independent films like Pig Hunt, his groundbreaking albums, Problem Child and Don't Be Scared, his appearances on 60 Minutes, the award-winning BET talk show My Two Cents, and in The Amsterdam News, The New York Times, The Daily News and Variety Magazine. The multimedia solo production based on his experiences in NYC jails is a hip hop theater experience featuring 40 characters, a live band and video DJ, and letters from a friend and fellow poet wrongfully sentenced to Death Row at 17 years old; Lyrics from Lockdown has received extraordinary reviews around the world. For more information please visit, www.BryonnBain.com