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writer and music producer MICHAEL C. LADD was born in Boston MA. He received his BA. in Black expatriates in the nineteenth century from Hampshire college and an MA in poetry from Boston University. He has published in several literary magazines including Long Shot Review and Bostonia. His work is also featured in the book Swing Low: Black Men Writing and several anthologies, including, Aloud: Voices from the Nuyorican Poets Café, In Defense of Mumia, Bum Rush The Page, Pour La Victoire, Everything But the Burden, and Rip It Up: Essays on Black Rock in the U.S.. Michael is the writer and producer of nine albums, among them, Easy Listening For Armageddon (Scratchie/Mercury records), Live From Paris (Home Style Cooking), Welcome to the AfterFuture (LikeMadd/Ozone records), The Infesticons: Gun Hill Road & The Majesticons: Beauty Party (Big Da Da records), Nostalgialator (K7), Negrophilia: The Album (Thirsty Ear), and Father Divine (ROIR).
As a Fellow at the Institute for Arts and Civic Dialogue at Harvard University, Mr. Ladd produced and directed Blood Black and Blue, an audio documentary/performance about Black police officers in the United States. He was also a fellow at the Asia Society, working with pianist Vijay Iyer on In What Language?, a project about people of color, airports, and globalization. Most recently, Ladd was a teaching fellow at DasArts institute in Holland and in the High School for the Cité in Nanterre, a Parisian suburb. Michael currently lives in Paris with his wife and son.