Regie Gibson Poet and Performance Artist

"Regie, when you perform, you are supersonic and in the stratosphere, where you can see that the Earth really is a ball, moist, blue-green. Regie,you sing and chant for all of us. Nobody gets left out." - Kurt Vonnegut

Poet, songwriter, author, workshop facilitator, and educator Regie Gibson has performed, taught, and lectured at schools, universities, theaters and various other venues in the U.S., Cuba and Europe. Gibson and his work appear in the New Line Cinema film love jones, based largely on events in his life. He's been featured on HBO's Def Poetry Jam, various NPR programs, and nominated for a Boston Emmy. Regie founded the LiteraryMusic Ensemble Neon JuJu: a literary and musical arts ensemble utilizing classic, contemporary and original literary text combined with Middle Eastern, Contemporary American and European classical music.

He is widely published in anthologies, magazines and journals, including The Iowa Review, Harvard Divinity Magazine, Poetry Magazine, and The Good Men Project among others. His full-length book of poetry Storms Beneath The Skin (2001, EM Press) received the Golden Pen Award. A former National Poetry Slam Champion, he received his MFA in Poetry from New England College.