Rives (poet)
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John G. Rives is a performance poet, storyteller, and author. He has appeared on multiple seasons of HBO's Def Poetry Jam and was a member of the Def Poetry international tour group. He has made multiple appearances at the TED Conference
and has published several pop-up books for children. He co-hosted the television special 'Ironic Iconic America' with Tommy Hilfiger
, discussing how pop culture has influenced American tastes and styles. While English
is his native language, he is also fluent in American Sign Language
, Latin
, Ancient Greek
and speaks conversational French
.
Some of his most well-known performances on Def Poetry Jam include a story about poetry in the deaf community, a description of his post-coital bliss and the performance "Dirty Talk" about what people say during sex.
TED (conference)
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and has published several pop-up books for children. He co-hosted the television special 'Ironic Iconic America' with Tommy Hilfiger
Tommy Hilfiger
Thomas Jacob "Tommy" Hilfiger is an American fashion designer and founder of the premium lifestyle brand Tommy Hilfiger.-Early life:...
, discussing how pop culture has influenced American tastes and styles. While English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
is his native language, he is also fluent in American Sign Language
American Sign Language
American Sign Language, or ASL, for a time also called Ameslan, is the dominant sign language of Deaf Americans, including deaf communities in the United States, in the English-speaking parts of Canada, and in some regions of Mexico...
, Latin
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
, Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek is the stage of the Greek language in the periods spanning the times c. 9th–6th centuries BC, , c. 5th–4th centuries BC , and the c. 3rd century BC – 6th century AD of ancient Greece and the ancient world; being predated in the 2nd millennium BC by Mycenaean Greek...
and speaks conversational French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
.
Some of his most well-known performances on Def Poetry Jam include a story about poetry in the deaf community, a description of his post-coital bliss and the performance "Dirty Talk" about what people say during sex.