Slam poet takes center stage
Meghan Parmentier, 10/29/2008
From the Quinnipiac Chronicle

“I’m not going to stand on the stage tonight because I want to look into your eyes and see what I mean to you,” slam poet Giles Li said when he visited campus on Friday, Oct. 24 and performed to an audience of approximately 20 people.

Li, originally from Boston, was a personable performer, generating laughs from the audience several times. He reflected on his own past Halloweens and Christmases in poems, asked the audience to “Facebook him” because of a battle he is in to gain the most friends.

“I just want acceptance, that’s all,” Li said.

Read the rest here. Man I didn’t realize what a knucklehead I was until i read this article!

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