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The newly published book, Me Today You Tomorrow: Journey of a Street Poet, is available now. To contact Amde Hamilton for readings and book signings or interviews, write to the author at amdepoet@suddenlink.net To contact the agent for the Watts Prophets, click on the Watts Prophets link above. The Watts Prophets perform around the world in prestigous art and entertainment venues as well as conduct residency programs with youth at universities and in community neighborhood programs. Their style of performance poetry is unique, full of satire and social commentary. The partial list below of past engagements and collaborations is demonstrative of the Watts Prophets' ongoing mission to strengthen the connnection between communities and the arts. England Jazz Café, England; Amsterdam Festival, Holland; William Grant Still Art Center, LA; Compton School Career Day, LA; California Library, LA; Ben Harper Tour, worldwide; Reading Rainbow, PBS; Acts Against Violence, PBS; El Camino College Torrance, CA; Chico State University, Chico CA; Watts Summer Festival, Watts CA; CSU Riverside, Riverside CA; McCallum Theater, Palm Desert CA; Quad City Arts Center, Rock Island Ill; Tennessee State University,Tennessee; UCLA; Watts Towers Jazz Festival; Lied Center Theater Lawrence KS; UCSB Multi Cultural Center Santa Barbara CA; Wolf Trap Vienna VA; Bowdoin College, Brunswick ME; Cincinnati Arts Association, Cincinnati OH; J. Paul Getty Center, Los Angeles; Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College NH; University of South Carolina, Columbia SC; Sunset Center, Carmel CA; Texas Tech. Univ. Lubbock TX; East County Performing Arts Center El Cajon; Memphis Arts Council, Memphis TN; East County Performing Arts Center, El Cajon CA; Hip Hop Choir USC Arts Initiative; Fred C. Nelles Correctional Institute; Cal State Northridge; Wilshire Ebell Youth Talent Show February 2006 collaborative performance with artist David Brady
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