Saul Williams

Saul is the author of five books of poetry which have been translated into several languages. He has performed in over 30 countries and read his poetry at over 300 colleges and universities. He has been invited to perform at the White House, the Sydney Opera House, Lincoln Center, the Louvre, Queen Elizabeth Hall and the Kennedy Center. Saul has also performed in community centers, jazz clubs and prisons across the world. 

As an actor Saul has appeared in a handful of films including “Slam”, “K-Pax”, “Lackawanna Blues”, “Akilla’s Escape” and starred as preacher Jedidiah Moore in Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners”. For his performance in the French-Senegalese film “Aujourd’hui-Tey” he was the first African American to win Best Actor in the largest and oldest African Film Festival. His directorial debut “Neptune Frost” premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.

He holds a BA in theater and philosophy from Morehouse College and an MFA in acting from NYU’s Tish School of the Arts. Saul recently released his latest book “Songs My Mother Taught Me” in which he discusses why the artist must take sides in political and international issues. At LW he will share his writings from this book as well as some of his most popular and requested poems.