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Editing Lemon Andersen 2012:

January 18, 2013 onwards[edit]

Plan: UPDATE SHOW DATES OF Toas(T), and substitute reviews for reference #3

December 18-19 Notes and Edits[edit]

Editing Lemon Andersen

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0821642/fullcredits full cast and crew "The Soloist" Uncle Tommy (as Lemon Andersen)

also describes the influence of poets:


format these refs: for quote: http://www.ted.com/speakers/lemon_andersen.html

http://www.amazon.com/County-Kings-Lemon-Andersen/dp/0976140101 for appearances (venues) READY MADE REAL: POEMS County of Kings (2009) Ready Made Real: Poems (2009) http://theater.nytimes.com/2009/10/13/theater/reviews/13county.html?_r=0 american place theatre review of county of kings

The script was awarded the New York Book Festival’s Grand Prize http://www.ted.com/speakers/lemon_andersen.html http://newyorkbookfest.brinkster.net/portal/content.asp?ContentID=659

http://www.pbs.org/programs/voces/

http://www.lemonthemovie.com/ disambiguation?

2012 resident artist at the Baryshnikov Arts Center http://www.bacnyc.org/residencies/resident/lemon-andersen http://www.bacnyc.org/residencies/resident/lemon-andersen

2003 drama desk nominations http://www.playbill.com/news/article/79299-Hairspray-Leads-2003-Drama-Desk-Award-Nominations Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam on Broadway Jan 9-13, work in progress, ToasThttp://www.undertheradarfestival.com/index.php?p=719

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Lemon Andersen (born Andrew Andersen; 1975) is an American poet, spoken word artist and actor. He is sometimes credited as Lemon. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, he still resides there. He is the son of Milagros “Mili” Quiñones from Puerto Rico and Peter Andersen, a Norwegian-American from Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Growing up in poverty, as a teenager Lemon experienced the successive deaths of his stepfather, father, and mother from complications of heroin abuse and AIDS, leaving him and his older brother orphaned and forced to fend for themselves. Lemon became involved in serious crime, but his growing compassion first for hip hop and then acting, and a succession of gifted mentors who recognized and nurtured his theatrical talent, resulted in his development into the powerful artist portrayed in County of Kings and Lemon.[1]. Today a much-lauded "wordsmith who thinks deeply about the sounds of syllables"[citation needed], Lemon Andersen's writing and live performances have received widespread popular and critical acclaim. In his December 2012 TED talk Please don't take my Air Jordans,[citation needed] Lemon's performance of the title poem by Reg E. Gaines is followed by his own spoken-word riff on the influence of Gaines, Etheridge Knight, and other poets on his creative growth as a poet and spoken word artist.

Poetry[edit]

As a poet Lemon Andersen has the most aired episodes on HBO's Def Poetry, eight times in six seasons, and was an original cast member of the Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam on Broadway (2002-2003), for which he won the Tony Award for Best Special Theatrical Event in 2003 and the Drama Desk nomination for Unique Theatrical Experience that same year.[citation needed] His poetry collections include Ready Made Real: Poems (2004) and County of Kings (2009), both of which were published independently by County of Kings Publishing.

Spoken Word[edit]

Andersen has traveled the spoken-word and theater scene for the last decade performing and selling out venues such as the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Apollo Theater, Chicago Theater, and Hollywood’s Kodak Theater. On July 2, 2005 he performed in front of 500,000 people at Philadelphia’s Live 8 concert. Nike also chose him to write a piece to help them sign young basketball star LeBron James.

Movies[edit]

In film, Lemon appeared in The Soloist (2009), directed by Joe Wright and starring Robert Downey, Jr. and Jamie Foxx. He has shot four movies with Spike Lee, including Sucker Free City (2004), She Hate Me (2004), Inside Man (2006) (appearing opposite Denzel Washington and Clive Owen), and Miracle at St. Anna (2008).[citation needed] More recently, he is featured in the internationally acclaimed documentary film Lemon,[citation needed] screened in 2012-2013 at film festivals and performing arts centers across North America.[citation needed] It premiered on television as the fourth episode in America's PBS Voces series on October 19, 2012.[citation needed]

Theater[edit]

Lemon Andersen's theater credits include Slanguage, directed by Jo Bonney, The Ride at PS 122, and U at the Mark Taper Forum, as well as teaching performance art workshops at different colleges, universities and institutions including Harvard University, Princeton University, the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Sing Sing Prison. He has recently starred in a touring one person show titled County of Kings: The Beautiful Struggle, which was developed and produced through The American Place Theatre's Literature to Life program.[2] Since its premier in 2009, performances have been staged to rave reviews at campuses and theaters across the U.S. and on three continents.[citation needed] This coming-of-age memoir, which mixes poetry and prose, was the grand prize winner in the 2010 New York Book Festival.[citation needed]

Playwriting[edit]

As a Baryshnikov Arts Center Resident Artist from November 26-December 1, 2012, Andersen worked with director Elise Thoron and sound designer Robert Kaplowitz on the score for his new play ToasT, focusing on African-American poetic narratives in the setting of Attica Prison at the time of the 1971 riots. ToasT was commissioned by the Sundance Institute and will be staged in early 2013 at The Public Theater in Lower Manhattan, New York.[citation needed]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Sontag, Deborah (September 24, 2009). "When Life Names You Lemon ..." The New York Times. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
  2. ^ [1]|access date=December 18, 2012}}

External links[edit]

http://www.ted.com/talks/lemon_andersen_performs_please_don_t_take_my_air_jordans.html


Category:Living people Category:1975 births Category:American poets Category:American film actors

ARTICLE PRIOR TO DECEMBER 18 EDITS[edit]

Lemon Andersen (born Andrew Andersen; 1975), was born, raised, and still lives in Brooklyn, New York. He is the son of Milagros “Mili” Quiñones from Puerto Rico and Peter Andersen, a Norwegian-American from Bensonhurst, Brooklyn[1].

Andersen is a critically acclaimed poet, spoken word artist, and actor. As a poet he has the most aired episodes on HBO's Def Poetry, eight times in six seasons, and was an original cast member of the TONY Award-winning Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam on Broadway. Andersen was also nominated for a Drama Desk Award for his writing and work on the show.

Andersen has traveled the spoken-word and theater scene for the last decade performing and selling out venues such as the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Apollo Theater, Chicago Theater, Hollywood’s Kodak Theater. Most recently he performed in front 50,000 people at Philadelphia’s Live 8 concert. Nike also chose him to write a piece to help them sign young basketball star LeBron James.

He has recently shot three films with Spike Lee, Sucker Free City, She Hate Me and Inside Man in which he starred opposite Denzel Washington and Clive Owen.[citation needed] His theatre credits include Slanguage directed by Jo Bonney, The Ride at Ps 122 and U at the Mark Taper Forum, as well as teaching performance art workshops at different colleges, universities and institutions including Harvard University, Princeton University, the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Sing Sing Prison.

Lemon Andersen is currently starring in a one person show titled COUNTY OF KINGS the beautiful struggle which has been developed and produced through The American Place Theatre's Literature to Life program.[2] The performance has been staged at schools around the nation, The Public Theater's Joe's Pub and will soon be staged at the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art's annual Time-Based Art Festival.



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Editing BASILIC VEIN October 21, 2012: 12-13-12 Reminder I still need to add references!

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Re: Miguel Marín-Padilla. Wikipedia needs an article on this distinguished neuroanatomist, with appropriate links to Golgi et al. Can I create it? Note of Oct. 1, 2012

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Re: Neuroanthropology article, start thinking/working on this September 27, 2012/Also update the "Terrence Deacon" article

Adding/Formatting references

  • Calvin, William H. (1989) The Cerebral Symphony. New York: Bantam.
  • Deacon, Terrence W. (1997) The Symbolic Species. New York: Norton.
  • Donald, Merlin (1991) Origins of the Modern Mind: Three Stages in the Evolution of Culture and Cognition. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Add Deacon to external links; other relevant links to come

Add Deacon to external links; other relevant links to come

Re: Neuroanthropology article, start thinking/working on this September 27, 2012/Also update the "Terrence Deacon" article

Adding/Formatting references

  • Calvin, William H. (1989) The Cerebral Symphony. New York: Bantam.
  • Deacon, Terrence W. (1997) The Symbolic Species. New York: Norton.
  • Donald, Merlin (1991) Origins of the Modern Mind: Three Stages in the Evolution of Culture and Cognition. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Add Deacon to external links; other relevant links to come

Revised "External Links" to include Deacon (UC Berkeley), and to alphabetize; other relevant links to come'




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