Bryonn Bain on WBAI 99.5 FM with Esther Armah, Nov 10, 2011

       Bryonn Bain on WBAI 99.5 FM with Eddie Ellis, Sept 17, 2011

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"...the poet, prison activist and Long Island University professor, Bryonn Bain, who released his new book at the event, organized by the New York Writers Coalition. “The Prophet Returns: The Hip Hop Generation Remix of A Classic” is a re-imagining of Kahlil Gibran’s world-renowned inspirational book “The Prophet.”

                                                                                         New York Times, August 23, 2011

"As a Harvard Law School student a decade ago, Bain spent three days in a city jail for a crime he didn't commit. That eventually led to "Lyrics on Lockdown," a one-man spoken word show based on his experience and his correspondence with a Texas death row inmate. 'Language is powerful,' Bain said. 'I want to engage young poets, writers and thinkers about the  verse of our time - both celebrating it and looking at it critically.'"

                                                                                                             New York Daily News, Feb 8, 2011

In the post-show discussion after this production, an audience member asked performer Bryonn Bain in an incredulous tone, 'how did you get here?' ...there was no doubt that  Bain was a skilled chameleon performer and talented physical actor, rapping and singing up a  storm in 70 minutes. There seemed little he could not do...”

                                                                                                    The Singapore Times, January 29, 2010

"Bryonn Bain (recently in town for the M1 Fringe Festival) made the news when he was wrongfully imprisoned by the New York police. The Harvard law grad, prison activist, hip hop artist and poet  pulls no punches as he talks to us about race, politics and art...”

                                                                                                                I-S Magazine, January 22, 2010

"Last month a few more ripples of change were set into motion when PUC had the privilege of welcoming Bryonn Bain, a spoken-word poet and prison activist to campus...Bryonn Bain struck a cord at PUC that continues to ring out and we look forward to hearing more from him...” 

                                                                                                                        Spectrum Magazine, 2008