Paul Mills aka Poez. Grew up in Illinois. Pioneered poetry as performance in the mid-70's."A spoken word pioneer" -- NY TIMES. Concert performer in theaters, on television and radio in US and Europe. "Astonishing" -- Le Figaro (Paris). "The Poetry Dollars" Bowery Poetry Books (2005). Graduated with B.A. magna cum laude 1990 from Columbia Writing Program.