Resume

Employment

  • 2005-: Artistic Director, Study Abroad on the Bowery
  • 2004-05: Poet-in Residence, WNYC, New York Public radio
  • 2003-: Visiting Professor of Writing, Columbia University School of the Arts
  • 2002-: Publisher, Bowery Books
  • 2001-: Proprietor, Bowery Poetry Club 1998-02 Visiting Professor of Writing and Integrated Arts, Bard College
  • 1998-99: Poetry commentator, Anthem, NPR
  • 1998-99: Spoken Word Director, Cductive Interactive
  • 1997-: Chief Curator, the Peoples Poetry Gathering
  • 1996-: Artistic Director, Real Live Poetry Touring Company
  • 1995-: Director, Bowery Arts & Science, Ltd (formerly Washington Square Arts)
  • 1995-99 Founder/Vice-President, Artist Development, Mouth Almighty/Mercury Records
  • 1995- Guide, poetry.About.com
  • 1995-96 On-line Host for Spoken Word site, iGuide Internet Server
  • 1995-96 Curator/Host Off the Beaten Path poetry series, Whitney Museum
  • 1993-99 Organizer/Host, rAP mEETS pOETRY at Fez, S.O.Bs, Knitting Factory
  • 1993-96 Professor of Writing, The New School for Social Research
  • 1993-96 Executive/Co-artistic Director, Nuyorican Poets Cafe Live! Touring Company
  • 1993 Curator, The Melting Point of Ice poetry series, The Whitney Museum
  • 1992-96 Creator/Producer, “The United States of Poetry,” 5-part series, PBS
  • 1990- Producer/performer, “Smokin Word,” “Words in Your Face,” other poetry videos for PBS and MTV
  • 1990-01 Organizer and Host, “Public Poetry,” Joseph Papp Public Theatre
  • 1988-96 Co-Director, Poetry Slam Host, Nuyorican Poets Cafe
  • 1988-89 Organizer and Co-Host, “Poets in the Bars: A Celebration of the Oral Tradition”
  • 1987-95 Producer/Host of “Poetry Spots,” WNYC-TV
  • 1987 Organizer, “US Poets Invade Nicaragua” Tour (Ginsberg, Cardenal, et al)
  • 1986-88 Poet, Poetry/Video Learning Project, NYC Board of Ed Anti-Dropout Program
  • 1985 Host, “Lines” Radio Series, Detroit Institute for the Arts
  • 1978-84 Coordinator/Host/Workshop Leader, Poetry Project at St. Marks Church
  • 1977-80 Poet, CETA Artist Project 1977-80 Founding Editor, NYC Poetry Calendar
  • 1974- Director, Poets Theater, NYC

Books Written/Edited by

  • A Couple of Ways of Doing Something, a collaboration with Chuck Close, Art of This Century/Pace Editions; NY, 2003
  • Carved Water, poems by Zhang Er, translated Holman, Tinfish, Kane’ohe, 2003
  • Beach Simplifies Horizon, poems, The Grenfell Press: NY, 1998.
  • The United States of Poetry, an anthology co-edited and with an Introduction by, accompanying the Public Television series, Abrams: NY, March, 1996.
  • Bob Holman’s The Collect Call of the Wild, poems, Henry Holt: NY, 1995.
  • ALOUD! Voices from the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, an anthology co-edited with Miguel Algarine, Henry Holt: NY, 1994.
  • Cupid’s Cashbox, poems, drawings by Elizabeth Murray, Jordan Davies: NY, 1990.
  • PANIC*DJ: Performance Text, VRI Theater Library: Imperial Beach, CA, 1987; 2nd edition, University Arts Resources:NYC, 1990.
  • SWEAT&SEX&POLITICS!,  Peeka Boo Press: Teaticket, MA, 1986.
  • 8 Chinese Poems, Peeka Boo Press: Teaticket, MA, 1981.
  • Tear To Open, Power Mad Press: NY, 1979.
  • The Rainbow Raises Its Shoulder/When A Flower Grows, Chinatown Planning Council: NY, 1979.
  • Bicentennial Suicide, a novel to be performed, with Bob Rosenthal, Rochelle Kraut, Ted Berrigan, Alice Notley, Et alia, Frontward Books: NY, 1976.

Anthologies

  • Poetry and Pedagogy, ed. Retallack & Spahr,  Palgrave:NY, 2006.
  • Life Interrupted: Spalding Gray,   Crown:NY, 2005
  • Bullets & Butterflies: Queer Spoken Word Poetry, ed. Xavier, Foreword by Holman,  Suspect Thoughts:SF, 2005
  • Off the Cuffs: Poetry by & about the police, ed. Sheeler, Foreword by Holman,   Soft Skull: Brooklyn, 2003.
  • Bum Rush the Page ed. Medina Rivera  MTV/Penguin, 2002
  • Short Fuse: Global Anthology ed. Swift & Norton  Rattapallax, 2002
  • Poetry Slam: The Competitive Art of Performance, ed. Glazner,  Manic D, 2000.
  • Thus Spake the Corpse: Exquisite Corpse Reader, ed. Codrescu, Black Sparrow, 1999.
  • American Poets Say Good-bye to the 20th Century, ed. Codrescu, 4 Walls 8 Windows: NY, 1996
  • Out of This World, ed. Anne Waldman, Crown: NY, 1990.
  • Up Late: American Poetry Since 1970, ed. Andrei Codrescu, 4 Walls 8 Windows: NY, 1988,1991.
  • Poets Theater, ed. Michael Slater and Yuki Hartman, Ailanthus Press, 1980.
  • Fresh Paint, ed. Michael Slater and Yuki Hartman, Ailanthus Press, 1977.

Writing Workshops (selected list):

  • Warsaw, Poland: New Poetry 2004
  • Literaturhaus/Writers Room, Hamburg, 1997
  • University of Kentucky, 1996
  • Arizona State University, 1996
  • Gathering of the Tribes, “The Stoop,” 1990-96
  • Banff Centre for the Arts, 1994
  • Bennington July Program, 1993-5
  • The Loft/Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 1993
  • Rochester Institute of Technology, 1992
  • Naropa Institute, Summer, 1991
  • Cleveland Art Institute, 1991,1994
  • Brooklyn Academy of Music, 1990
  • Intersection for the Arts (San Francisco), 1989

Video/Film (Selected List)

  • We Are the Dinosaur, performer, Shoot the Poem ProVideo Festival, directed by Charles Dennis 2005
  • Russel Simmons’ Def Poetry Jam, performer, HBO, 2004
  • Whatever I Was Thinking Of, Lower East Side Short Film Festival selection, directed by Alex Meilleur, 2003
  • The World of Poetry, media project, creator/producer, in production.
  • Slam, Poetry slam host, Sundance award-winning film, major release, directed by Marc Levin, 1998
  • The United States of Poetry, 5-part PBS series, creator/producer, 1996.
  • Word Up!, performer, three spots for “Much Music,” Canadian MTV, 1994.
  • Spoken Word Unplugged, performer/consultant, MTV, 1993.
  • Words in Your Face, producer/performer, season premiere for “Alive from Off Center,” aired nationally on PBS, 1991.
  • Smokin’ Word, MTV spoken word pilot, producer/performer, 1990.
  • Panic*DJ! Bob Holman Live at the Club LaMama, full-length feature, 5/4 Video, 1990.
  • We Interrupt this Program, “Poetry Spots,” WNYC-TV, New York, 1988.

Records/Tapes/Radio/CD-ROM (Selected List)

  • WNYC Radio “Poet Laureate,” 2004-5
  • In with the Out Crowd, solo CD, produced by Hal Willner, Mouth Almighty Records, 1998.
  • Poetry in Motion II, Performer, Voyager CD-ROM, 1996.
  • Flippin the Script: Rap Meets Poetry, Performer/Host, Mouth Almighty/Mercury, 1996.
  • Poemfone: New Word Order, Performer, Tomato Records, 1996.
  • Wild Words, Performer, Cups Records, 1995.
  • Word Up,  Performer, Virgin EMI Records, 1995.
  • Grand Slam: Best of the San Francisco National Slam, Producer, NuYo Records, 1994.
  • Nuyorican Symphony: A Spoken Word Compilation, Producer/Performer, Knitting Factory Records, 1994.
  • “1990,” on Knitting Factory IV, A & M Records, NYC, 1990.
  • Mouth Almighty: The Poets Label, Fresh Air, 1997.
  • “Dark Star Crew at BAM,” National Public Radio, “All Things Considered,” Sept. 2, 1990.
  • “Poets in the Bars,” National Public Radio, “All Things Considered,” 4/29/89.
  • “Bob Holman, the Plain White Rapper,” National Public Radio “Morning Edition,” 2/7/89.
  • “Rap It Up” on Sugar, Alcohol, and Meat, Giornos Dial-A-Poet, 1980.
  • “An Oral History of the Poetry Project,” recorded in 1979, unreleased.

Awards (Selected List)

  • The Betty Kray Award, Poets House, 2006
  • NYU Community Citizen of the Year, 2005
  • Greenwich Village Historical Society, Preservation Award for Bowery Poetry Club, 2004
  • Zebra Poetry Film Festival, US selection, 2004
  • New York Public Library Minerva Award, 2003
  • Poets & Writers Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Award, 2003
  • First International Poetry Film Festival, Bob Holman Special, Berlin, 2002
  • National Arts Award, Anderson Ranch, 2002
  • Curbstone Press, Honored Poet Award, 2000.
  • National Poetry  Slam Championship, Mouth Almighty Team coach, 1997-98.
  • XXth  Biennales Internationales de Poesie, Liege, 1996.
  • Input (International Public Television Award), 1996.
  • Sundance Film Festival, 1996.
  • San Francisco Film Festival, 1995.
  • Before Columbus American Book Award, 1994.
  • New York Foundation for the Arts Poetry Fellow, 1993. 2001.
  • Legend Award, Nuyorican Poets Cafe, 1993.
  • Bessie Award, Performance Excellence, 1992.
  • Emmy for Local Programming, “Poetry Spots II,” 1992
  • Input (International Public Television) 1992.
  • Chicago Poetry Video Festival, Featured Artist, 1992, 1995.
  • Emmys for Local Programming and Editing, “Poetry Spots,” 1988.

Performances/Readings (selected list)

  • NYC: Steps of NY Public Library for Make Noise for the Library, Museum of Modern Art, The Great Hall at Cooper Union, The Poetry Project at St. Mark’s Church, Public Theater, the New School, Brooklyn College, PS 122, PS1, The Kitchen,  Mudd Club, Limelight, Danceteria, CCNY, Symphony Space, Town Hall, Sound Poetry Festival (Washington Square Church), College of Staten Island, NYU, Pratt, The Knitting Factory, Biblio’s (Extended Play, four 2-hour readings). 
  • NYS: Writers Institute (SUNY Albany); R.I.T., Pyramid, Writers & Books (Rochester); Clinton County Arts Council (Plattsburgh, 4 day residency); Sullivan County Community College; Wyoming County Arts Conference (Attica), Kirkland Arts Council (Utica) 
  • New Jersey: Rutgers (Panelist: Poetry and the Public Sphere Conference), Woodbridge Community /
  • New Haven: Yale, Yale Art Gallery
  • Baltimore: The Roxie Boston MIT, TT The Bears, Stone Soup / Woods Hole: Community Hall /
  • Amherst: Public Library, Cummington Community of the Arts Providence Brown, Brown Creative Writing Dept. 
  • Cleveland: Public Theater Performance Arts Festival 
  • Michigan: Detroit Institute of Art, Wayne State, Festival of the Arts / Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, TV is Not a Box 
  • Milwaukee: Woodland Pattern St. Louis Duff’s River Styx Minneapolis The Walker Art Center, The Loft 
  • Lexington: University of Kentucky Dallas Dallas Museum of Art, The 500 Club, Bar of Soap 
  • Chicago: Body Politic, Green Mill Boulder Naropa Institute
  • California: San Francisco: Intersection, New Langton Arts, 1800 Square Feet, Portrero Hill /
  • Los Angeles: Beyond Baroque, LACE, UCLA 
  • Seattle: Bumbershoot Festival
  • Portland, OR: Artquake 
  • Banff: Wordfest Canada Montreal: Young President’s Association Conference/ Vancouver: residency
  •  South Africa: Featured poet, Poetry Africa Festival
  • Yemen with Poet laureate Azziz Megellih Eritrea Asmara: Against All Odds Conference
  • England/Wales London: South Bank Centre/Queen Elizabeth Hall: DISASTODROME w/ David Thomas, Blue Note;  Brighton, Bristol, Swansea, Redding, Birmingham
  •  Germany: Frankfurt Book Fair; Hamburg, Munich, Frankfurt Literaturhausen; litteraturWERKstatt, Berlin; SO36, Berlin; Soft Research, Munich; Kampnagel, Mojo Club, Hamburg
  • Holland Stichtung International (Rotterdam), Melkveg (Amsterdam), Crossing Borders (den Haag) 
  • Belgium Congres de Poesie 
  • Paris Polyphonix Festival, Pompidou Center 
  • Rome American Academy 
  • Nicaragua Masaya,
  • Grenada, Leon, Matagalpa and Managua

Theater Direction (Selected List)

  • The Cause of Gravity/The Whore of the Alpines/Bicentennial Suicide by Bob Rosenthal & Bob Holman, St. Marks Church, Woods Hole Theater et al.
  • The Gas Heart by Tristan Tzara and Jet of Blood by Antonin Artaud, St. Marks Church/Ward-Nasse Gallery (NYC).
  • Mayakovsky, A Tragedy, Vladimir Mayakovsky, St. Marks.
  • Clear the Range, from Ted Berrigan’s novel, St. Clement’s.
  • 4 Plays by Edwin Denby, sets Elizabeth Murray, costumes Judith Shea, Eye & Ear.
  • The White Snake by Ed Friedman, sets Robert Kushner, Eye & Ear Theater.
  • Paid on Both Sides by W.H. Auden, sets David Hockney, Eye and Ear Theater.
  • EAT ROCKS by Pedro Pietri, New Dramatists NYC.
  • She Is in Tangiers: Life and Work of Jane Bowles by Millicent Dillon, St. Marks.
  • Stop At Nothing, D. Zhonzinsky, The Kitchen.

Education

  • Columbia College, AB, English, 1970. (Studied with Kenneth Koch, Eric Bentley, Michael Goldman, Michael Wood.)
  • St. Marks Poetry Project, 1974-78. (Studied with Ted Berrigan, Alice Notley.)

Boards & Panels

  • Federation of East Village Artists, Board of Directors, 2005
  • National Poetry Series Panel, 2004
  • National Book Award, Poetry Panel, 2002
  • Yaddo, 2001- ongoing
  • Cave Canem, since 1999
  • Atlantic Center for the Arts, National Council, since 1998
  • Poets House, Board of Directors,1997-2001
  • A Gathering of the Tribes, 1994-2000
  • New York State Council on the Arts Literary Panel, 1996-1999
  • New York Foundation for the Arts Literature Panel, 1992
  • Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Inc., 1989-1996
  • St. Marks Poetry Project, 1980-84
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