Roger Bonair Agard

ROGER BONAIR-AGARD is a native of Trinidad & Tobago and author of two collections of poetry; tarnish & masquerade (Cypher Books, 2006) and Gully (Cypher Books/Peepal Tree Press 2010). He is Artistic Director and co-founder of NYC's LouderARTS project and poet-in-residence at Young Chicago Authors.  An MFA candidate at University of Southern Maine's Stonecoast Program, Roger has played soccer at the varsity college, and adult amateur/semi-pro level.