Blue's poetry is refreshingly, honest and true to life. He has captured Harlem living completely and not once did you loose street creditability. He has taken the ugliness of the ghetto and brought humor and beauty to the everyday experiences on the streets.
There is a new movement that needs to be acknowledged and his words are a big part of that.
Blue was born in Harlem, but raised as a military brat between New York, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee and Germany. Upon returning to the states from Germany as a teenager, he experienced culture shock and quickly developed a discerning eye, which lends to his writing today.
Growing up during the early stages of Hip Hop, he has always been fascinated with words.
However, it wasn’t until 1998, when he attended a poetry reading at the Sugar Shack, in Harlem when he found his calling and began to take writing seriously. After experiencing the other poet’s manipulation of words, Blue realized that writing was what he wanted to do, concluding there was no limit to what he could say or write, provided it was creative.
Often invited to speak at prisons, group homes and high schools, he shares insight and his life experiences in an effort to uplift and/or inspire others to tap into their own creativity. He believes that every voice should be heard.
Accomplishments: Blue is the author of “Corner Stores in the Middle of the Block." And "Don't Beat Your Children Or They'll Turn Out Like Me.” Both are collections of original poetry and short stories and in the spring of 2002, he was published in “Signifying Harlem,” an anthology of poetry.
His talents do not stop there. Blue has appeared in a New York Lottery commercial, BET’s “106 and Park, New York Newsday newspaper,” and the off-off Broadway production of “Sex is More Than a Three Letter Word.” He is currently working on his forthcoming novel and honing his craft as an actor.
In December 2005, he was featured in “The New York Daily News Paper” and they were quoted saying “His career is on the write track.”
Don't Beat Your Children Or They'll Turn Out Like Me by Brad BLUE Bathgate “Poetry with lyrical humor that brings sunshine to the hood when frowns dominate. Have you ever seen corner stores in the middle of the block, with poverty performing on the corner? If not, then here is an author who aesthetically portrays life through satire. Simple, yet beautifully abstract.”-Chris Slaughter, Host of ‘Brown Stone Books Poetry Readings.’... Poetry is alive
Corner Stores In The Middle Of The Block by Brad BLUE Bathgate Corner Stores In The Middle Of The Block is a book of poetry containing 38 poems that places you in the slums of an amusing yet painful intersection, where the color blue remains the color on all streetlights and seat belts don't exist. Poetry becomes the air bag when you crash into his emotions.... Amazon.comAmazon.co.ukBarnes & Noble.comBrad BathgateMy Space
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... New York Transit... The Uptown A Train by Brad BLUE Bathgate So, I''ve seen it all. Or at least, I thought I had.
About 2 months ago, I was on an uptown rush hour A-train. Not a happy train. For a collection of sour expressions, the 5:30pm uptown A train i... Design Your Life by Brad BLUE Bathgate Design Your Life... Selling Books on the New York City Subway, John Kremer by Brad BLUE Bathgate Nearly three decades on the NYC subways and it was the first time I ever saw somebody selling a book....
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But they''re not willing to endure the rigors of the mission
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Articles The New York Times by Brad BLUE Bathgate Urban Studies by Jennifer Bleyer
Blue, a poet and novelist, has on occasion pierced commuter apathy with a single verse. Whoever said there''s no money in poetry perhaps never rode the
N... The People's Poet by Brook Stephenson by Brad BLUE Bathgate “Poetry is an escape a way out.” Blue notes. Born and raised in the United States He notes the peculiar place he has in this country. As many people may bash and speak ill of this country he has no qu... The New York Daily News by Brad BLUE Bathgate His career is write on track by MONIQUE EL-FAIZY...
"If you enjoy reading fiction, you might enjoy my book," the author tells a packed subway car on a Saturday morning. He gets the predictabl... New York News Day. by Brad BLUE Bathgate Underground Poet
"A-Train prophet takes book to the people." by Ray Sanchez
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News Bullet Proof Corner Stores by Brad BLUE Bathgate click the link below to watch me performing in Atlantic City''s Flagship Hotel...... Spare Change by Brad BLUE Bathgate I was just thinking about what would happen if cash money is eliminated and credit cards become a part of our everyday life. So I wrote this Haiku... A Vicious Cycle, The Long Version by Brad BLUE Bathgate (Social commentary about the Happening taking place in the Ghetto’s of America)...
