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'''Emanuel Xavier''' (born May 3, 1971), is an American poet, [[spoken word]] artist, author,<ref name=advocate>{{cite web |title=Poetry in motion |work=[[The Advocate]] |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1589/is_1999_May_11/ai_54543092 |date=1999-05-11 |first=David |last=Bahr |accessdate=2007-06-04}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> editor, literary events curator and activist born and raised in the [[Bushwick]] area of [[Brooklyn]]. He was proclaimed an [[LGBT]] Icon by The Equality Forum in 2010. He transitioned himself from being a street hustler and a drug dealer to become one of the most significant, daring, and unlikely voices to emerge from the neo-Nuyorican spoken word movement using [[political]], [[Human sexuality|sexual]] and [[religious]] themes throughout his work.<ref name="Official website">{{cite web |title=Official website Bio|work=[[Official website]] |url=http://www.emanuelxavier.com/bio.htm}}</ref> Regarding his seedy past, in an interview with [[CNN]] he once stated, "I became all those things society expected me to become. I thought that was the only thing I could be." <ref name=CNN>{{cite web |title=Gay Latino Americans are 'coming of age'|work=[[CNN]] |url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/09/09/Latino.gay/index.html |date=2009-09-09 |first=John |last=Blake |accessdate=2009-09-09}}</ref> |
'''Emanuel Xavier''' (born May 3, 1971), is an American poet, [[spoken word]] artist, author,<ref name=advocate>{{cite web |title=Poetry in motion |work=[[The Advocate]] |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1589/is_1999_May_11/ai_54543092 |date=1999-05-11 |first=David |last=Bahr |accessdate=2007-06-04}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> editor, literary events curator and activist born and raised in the [[Bushwick]] area of [[Brooklyn]]. He was proclaimed an [[LGBT]] Icon by The Equality Forum in 2010. He transitioned himself from being a street hustler and a drug dealer to become one of the most significant, daring, and unlikely voices to emerge from the neo-Nuyorican spoken word movement using [[political]], [[Human sexuality|sexual]] and [[religious]] themes throughout his work.<ref name="Official website">{{cite web |title=Official website Bio|work=[[Official website]] |url=http://www.emanuelxavier.com/bio.htm}}</ref> Regarding his seedy past, in an interview with [[CNN]] he once stated, "I became all those things society expected me to become. I thought that was the only thing I could be." <ref name=CNN>{{cite web |title=Gay Latino Americans are 'coming of age'|work=[[CNN]] |url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/09/09/Latino.gay/index.html |date=2009-09-09 |first=John |last=Blake |accessdate=2009-09-09}}</ref> |
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| Website | http://www.emanuelxavier.com |
Emanuel Xavier (born May 3, 1971), is an American poet, spoken word artist, author,[1] editor, literary events curator and activist born and raised in the Bushwick area of Brooklyn. He was proclaimed an LGBT Icon by The Equality Forum in 2010. He transitioned himself from being a street hustler and a drug dealer to become one of the most significant, daring, and unlikely voices to emerge from the neo-Nuyorican spoken word movement using political, sexual and religious themes throughout his work.[2] Regarding his seedy past, in an interview with CNN he once stated, "I became all those things society expected me to become. I thought that was the only thing I could be." [3]
References
- ^ Bahr, David (1999-05-11). "Poetry in motion". The Advocate. Retrieved 2007-06-04. [dead link]
- ^ "Official website Bio". Official website.
- ^ Blake, John (2009-09-09). "Gay Latino Americans are 'coming of age'". CNN. Retrieved 2009-09-09.