1998
National Individual Poetry Slam Champion. He has shared the stage with such talents as the Last Poets,
Amiri Baraka,
Sonia Sanchez and Roy Ayers. Some of Regie's work can also be heard in the movie
LOVE JONES. He is a regular contributor to
NPR. His first full-length book STORMS BENEATH THE SKIN (nappyhead press) was released in winter '99.
Regie has spoken, lectured and performed at schools, universities and venues on two continents and in six countries. He was a Poet in Residence at the FEO Ellis Center. Unknown to almost everyone but people in
Chicago, he is part of the music group Church of the Funky Word which is described as "a musical
sound prayer devoted to the
history of Black music expressed through word."
His brand of "word-speak" has been called "rhythmistical" because of his combining of the time-honored
mystical weaving of the
African griot tradition with the often hard-edged rhythms of the African experience in
America.
Interviews and
poetry can be found at:
http://www.crosswinds.net/~urbanicity/regie.html
His book can be found at:
http://www.em-press.com/