ROGER BONAIR-AGARD is a native of Trinidad and Tobago and a Cave Canem fellow. He is the author of two collections of poetry, Tarnish and Masquerade (Cypher Books 2006) and GULLY (Cypher Books 2009). He is co-author of a third collection, Burning Down the House (Soft Skull Press 2000).

A two-time National Poetry Slam Champion, Roger is also co-founder and Artistic Director of the LouderARTS Project. He is poet-in-residence with VisionIntoArt, an inter-disciplinary performance ensemble, for whom his work is regularly commissioned. He is also writer and performer of the critically acclaimed one-man show MASQUERADE: calypso and home, produced by Terranova Collective.

Roger's work is widely anthologized and he has performed in festivals and Universities throughout the world, including the Geraldine R Dodge Poetry Festival (New Jersey), Bumbershoot Music Festival (Seattle, WA), Calabash Literary Festival (Jamaica, W.I.), Urban Voices Festival (South Africa), University of the West Indies (Trinidad and Tobago), Cape Town University (South Africa), University of Alaska (Anchorage, AK), Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH), Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL) to name a few; and festivals in Germany and Switzerland as well. He has taught with the teen poetry organization Urban Word NYC since 1999. He lives in Brooklyn, NY.