SpokenHeard with Steve Willis and Susan Dobbe Chase

Born and raised in Chicago Illinois, 22 year old Steven Willis uses his creative writing background to poetically reflect on the pop culture issues of our time. With art heavily influenced by urban life and religion, Steven mixes elements of hip hop and classic literature to help express his eclectic personal narrative. A recent graduate of Manhattanville College in Purchase, Willis began doing spoken word at the age of 15 as a participant of Louder Than A Bomb and has performed on stages with the likes Jasmine Mans as well as Chicago Mayor Rahm Emmanuel. Steven is a contributing writer to the BreakBeat Poets Anthology and Manhattanville College’s Graffiti Magazine, a member of Nuyorican Poetry Team 2015 and is currently Louder Than A Bomb University’s 2014 Individual Champion. This past simmer he worked as assistant poetry writer for the film “CoCo” starring Jill Scott, Common, and Azelia Banks set to be released in Spring 2016.