Benjamin Williams is a poetry candidate in the MFA program at Columbia College Chicago. His writing addresses speaking of the black and human experience and dissecting the human psyche as it relates to emotion versus thought. He is also a performing poet and has featured and read at venues such as Mojo’s Pen, Young Chicago Authors, Sofar Chicago and The Poetry Foundation. He was a 2011 college slam finalist at the Louder Than A Bomb poetry festival. He currently teaches at Columbia College Chicago. This is his first publication.
