Al Letson
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Al Letson is an American poet, playwright, performer and radio and podcast host. He hosted and produced the show State of the Re:Union, distributed by National Public Radio.
Letson was born in Plainfield, New Jersey, the son of a minister. At the age of twelve he moved with his family to Orange Park, Florida, a suburb of Jacksonville. As a teenager he became interested in recording and hip hop, spending much of his free time in the studio and participating in Jacksonville's music and arts scene. After graduating from Orange Park High School, he took a job as a flight attendant for American Airlines, allowing him to participate in poetry slams across the country.
In 2000 he won the Atlanta Grand Slam and placed third in the National Poetry Slam competition. In 2006 he featured in an episode of the HBO series Def Poetry.
In mid-2013, he had done early voice recording as the MC announcer for the upcoming feature-length traditionally animated film, Dawgtown, currently in storyboarding, and being funded on Indiegogo, after a recent failed attempt on Kickstarter.
In 2016, Letson began hosting his own story Podcast, Errthang Show!
Letson subsequently shifted to play writing and acting, and in 2001 he produced his first one-man show, Essential Personnel, for the local Jacksonville stage. The show earned him commissions for his work and performances across the country. In 2004 the Baltimore School for the Arts commissioned him to write Chalk, a "poetical" combining stage acting with poetry. Other plays include Griot and Julius X, a retelling of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar set in Harlem in 1965.
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