About the Author

Abiodun Oyewole is a poet, teacher, and founding member of the American music and spoken-word group, The Last Poets. He is the author of The Last Poets on a mission, Branches of the Tree of Life: The Collected Poems of Abiodun Oyewole, and The Beauty of Being: A Collection of Fables, Short Stories & Essays, and editor of Black Lives Have Always Mattered: A Collection of Essays, Poems, and Personal Narratives.

Reviews

"Founding member of the seminal spoken-word initiative the Last Poets, thought by many critics to be the first hip hop group, Oyewole is a sublime force of scholarship and creativity. A born storyteller, he has infused his newest collection with a powerful sense of humanity. . . . With an exuberant and informative introduction by Lyah Beth LeFlore, Naked is a solid and universal volume by a masterful poet."
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