KEVIN SIMMONDS is a writer and musician originally from New orleans. His books include Mad for Meat (Salmon Poetry) and the edited works Collective Brightness: LGBTIQ Poets on Faith, Religion & Spirituality (Sibling Rivalry Press) and Ota Benga Under my Mother’s Roof (University of South Carolina). He has composed numerous musical works for voice and chamber ensemble, as well as for stage productions such as Emmett Till, a river and the Emmy Award-winning documentary HOPE: Living and Loving with HIV in Jamaica. A recipient of fellowships and commissions from Cave Canem, Creative Work Fund, Fulbright, the Pulitzer Center, San Francisco Arts Commission and the Edward Stanley Award from Prairie Schooner, he divides his time between Japan and San Francisco.
"no need for salvation" from Bend to it by Kevin Simmonds. Read by the author.
"Soon I will be done" from 'Bend to it' by Kevin Simmonds. Read by the author.
"two kōan in San Francisco" from "Bend to it" by Kevin Simmonds. Read by the author.
Kevin Simmonds reads "Crude" from "Mad for Meat" (2011)
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