Joshua Bennett

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Joshua Bennett is an award winning performance poet from Yonkers, NY. He has recited his original works at events and venues such as The Sundance Film Festival, The NAACP Image Awards, The Kennedy Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Poetry Africa and President Obama’s Evening of Poetry and Music at the White House. Joshua has also performed on BBC Radio Oxford, alongside former U.S. Poet Laureates Billy Collins and Rita Dove, at the Du Bois Institute Panel as a guest of Henry Louis Gates, and opened for Dr. Cornel West at the Rochester Institute of Technology.

A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Joshua graduated with the distinctions of Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude, after double majoring in English and Africana Studies. In addition to receiving a Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship. Joshua was also awarded a Marshall Scholarship to earn a Masters of Arts in Theatre and Performance Studies from the University of Warwick in the U.K. He is currently pursuing a PhD in English from Princeton University.

In addition to academic success Joshua has been featured in ad campaigns, such as Reebok Classics’ WeRClassic magazine launch, Black Atlas and Ralph Lauren’s Rugby brand. He was a featured poet on the HBO series Russell Simmons presents Brave New Voices, and has been named one of The Root.com’s Top 30 performance poets and The Grio.com Top 100 history makers in the making. Joshua thanks God for his gift, and is grateful for the opportunity to inspire others.

Joshua Bennett is represented by The Strivers Row, an Artist Management Agency.

iTunes : https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/strivers-row-presents-selected/id601531636

Facebook:
Author Page: 10,641 likes

Twitter: (@SirJoshBennett)
Followers: 8,750

Press:

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

AntennaMagazine

WeRClassic.com
Clutch Magazine
The Mo’Nique Show
The Grio.com Top 100 history makers in the making
NAACP Image Awards
Huffington Post
Daily News
Washington Post

NPR

Videos:

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