An interview with Author/Poet Oscar Sanders
We have the pleasure of interviewing political spoken word author Oscar Sanders to discuss his new book Exposing Politics: A Collection of Poetry
1. What made you decide to write the book ?
The
void of true information and knowledge for young people that is
necessary to embrace your future and understand that you are better off
informed and part of the process to improve my quality of life than
ignorant hypnotized by their cell phones! Exposing Politics: A
Collection of Poetry a social justice spoken word book that delves into
the system and processes of racism, discrimination, and inequality.
Systemically, dark forces work daily to rollback the rights our
ancestors fought for in an effort to chain our humane hopes of personal
and professional success. So Exposing Politics is like a crusade for me
to improve young consciousness and spur activism at large!
2. About the Author? 
I was born in the Bronx on September 10, 1960
to two loving a supportive parents who supported me wholeheartedly and
allowed me to discover who I would ultimately be.I was engaged in sports
heavily between basketball football, baseball, track and field. Then
socially, drugs entered my life and I was married to heroin, cocaine,
crack, beer, alcohol, valium, purple microdot, mescaline, quaaludes for
17 years. Went to New York State prison for 3 1/2 years. I entered a
methadone program and after 2 years was heroin free. All the other drugs
use creased as well. I became a licensed addiction counselor for about
12 years. Ceased alcohol use 3 years ago. I perform and teach through my
performances at middle-high schools, nursing homes-rehabs spreading
education and entertainment to our masses
3. Tell me about the author/poet
Being
a political spoken word artist/poet/performer, you inherit an abundant
responsibility. The world and society at large are acutely divided,
misinformed, and for the most part totally uninformed and don’t have the
proper tools to cerebrally conduct judgment-setting aside pre-conceived
familial belief systems and stereotypes. That is where my purpose as a
political spoken word artist and playwright are at a potent level.
Entertainment is a powerful median of communication that allows me to
reach out to people and put them in a comfortable state and place to, at
the very least listen to contrary points of view. I am the messenger
with an entertaining delivery and intent, to convince the audience that
they are in a classroom void of judgment and condemnation to open their
minds and hearts to the greater good of society and to bridge the gap of
dismissiveness to talk about our differences, all along laugh and smile
as human beings together.
The Oscar Sanders style of spoken
word poetry is using multi-cultural dialects and impersonations of
famous people and actors such as: Sidney Greenstreet, Al Pacino, Peter
Lorre, Adolph Caesar, southern military generals, a Chinese doctor,
former President Ronald Reagan, Vin Scully, Jimmy Cagney, Puerto Rican
activist, and an African President to embellish the well crafted
tongue-twisting intellectual articulate spoken word poetry written and
performed by me.
About the Author:
He has written a social justice spoken word book Exposing Politics: A Collection of Poetry.
Check out the Book and Performance
This book was "ripped from the headlines" a LA Law & Order. I
perfom my spoken word in ten [10] different characters (Al Pacino, Vin
Scully, Sidney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, African dictators, Puerto
Rican protestors, and British commoners just to name a few.
Exposing Politics: A Collection of Poetry book trailer
New York Poetry Festival 2019
https://youtu.be/zbiml5C0KBQ
Books are available at
on amazon.com:
Books are available at
on amazon.com:
Exposing Politics: A Collection of Poetry Social Justice Spoken Word https://www.amazon.com/dp/
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