# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bob-holman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:11:20.041Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bob-holman"
name: "Bob Holman"
slug: "bob-holman"
description: "Bob Holman is an American poet and poetry activist, most closely identified with the oral tradition, the spoken word, and poetry slam. As a promoter of poetry in many media, Holman has spent the last four decades working variously as an author, editor, publisher, performer, emcee of live events, director of theatrical productions, producer of films and television programs, record label executive, university professor, and archivist. He was described by Henry Louis Gates Jr. in The New Yorker as \"the postmodern promoter who has done more to bring poetry to cafes and bars than anyone since Ferlinghetti.\""
tagline: "American poet and poetry activist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bob_Holman_2012.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1948-03-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.5
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.279374666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 717
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/bobholmanpoet"
    handle:    "bobholmanpoet"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/bobholman/"
    handle:    "bobholman"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/Bob-Holman-104953269942"
    handle:    "Bob-Holman-104953269942"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.bobholman.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy7tsCaYMZQlhj8iX2K5q9Q"
    handle:    "@bobholmanpoet"
    followers: 717
sources:
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Holman"
    title: "Bob Holman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8_%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "بوب فرنسيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8_%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "بوب فرنسيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/336460"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Holman"
    title: "Bob Holman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Holman"
    title: "Bob Holman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q887991"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump