It is a widely held belief that when the creator breathes life into each of us, some indelible talent is bestowed upon our souls. For Larry J. Knight, Jr., it was the gift to communicate through the power of language. It is this special gift that has allowed him to speak to the masses through both the written and spoken word.
Liz Valentine remarked in Jacksonville’s Entertaining U Newspaper that Knight has “...a range of talents from vocalist to profound writer.”
A native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana and a graduate of Southern University, poet, writer, spoken word performer and actor Larry Knight has performed at various venues in Louisiana, Georgia, New York, Washington D.C., Florida, and the Bahamas. He feels that, ‘poetry is the purest of the literary genres because of its strong connection to the soul.’ In fact, he has been quoted as saying that ‘poetry is an extension of that soul and it connects the reader, or listener, with every piece of its sentimentality.’
Knight has been regarded as a lightening rod among young contemporary writers, inspiring them to delve into topics that are normally treated with clichés and overly obvious simplicities. He has been at the forefront of trying to raise the awareness of the need to create honest art that doesn’t attempt to conform to the formulaic mold of ‘what’s cool’.
Knight has collaborated with and starred alongside author/performer Al Letson, performer David Pugh and director Barbara Colaciello-Williams in the award-winning choreopoematic play Griot: He Who Speaks the Sweet Word at the Baruch Performing Arts Center in New York City, Players By The Sea in Jacksonville, FL and The Baltimore Theatre Project in Baltimore, MD where Baltimore Sun theatre critic J. Wynn Rousuck said, “In a style that relies more on suggestion than impersonation, Knight is especially moving as actor Paul Robeson, bitter, disillusioned and reclusive near the end of his life.”
Knight recently starred as the wrongfully convicted prisoner David Keaton in the powerfully moving ensemble play The Exonerated written by Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen and directed by Al Letson at Player’s By The Sea. One of 10 performers, his portrayal of the shy former inmate who moves from hope to resignation, was memorable.
In addition, Knight is also the publisher of an online web log site entitled knightsaffinity.blogspot.com and has released two CDs to date; The Seven Shades of Love in 2002 and A Life Supreme in 2004 which was well received in 2005 by Janice Mather, reporter for The Tribune, a major Bahamian newspaper.
Knight is also in the process of publishing a volume of poetry entitled The Myth of Tomorrow and a play entitled A Yellow Summer to be completed in late 2006.
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i give so much credit to you for creating a breeding ground of culture and art on another level back in the day when I lived there, you had wine and food and Jazz and poetry and positive vibes at your crib!!!! thx 4 that then!!!
