Criss Jami

Christopher James Gilbert (born May 29, 1987), better known by his pseudonym Criss Jami, is an American poet, essayist, and existentialist philosopher. He is best known as the author of Venus in Arms and Salomé: In Every Inch In Every Mile.
Biography
Early life
Criss Jami was born in Lynchburg, Virginia and began writing song lyrics at the age of 11. He attended a private school prior to being home-schooled and later transferred to a public school where he often wrote poems and voluntarily submitted them with school assignments. In 2005, Jami moved to Fairfax, Virginia as a philosophy student at George Mason University and became highly influenced by the writings of existentialist philosopher Søren Kierkegaard and theologian C. S. Lewis. Although renowned for his unusual writing style and perception, Jami was not well-received academically. After 5 years in college, he was dismissed. In 2011, he published Salomé: In Every Inch In Every Mile and the following year Venus in Arms.
Further projects
After the release of Salomé, he was included in the anthology, Yesterday and Tomorrow, alongside a number of modern poets as well as several iconic poets, such as William Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, Emily Dickinson, and Robert Frost. He will be included in the upcoming anthology More than a Million Words. Jami is also the lead vocalist of the rock band Venus in Arms based in Washington, D.C., which shares a name with his second book.
Bibliography
* Salomé: In Every Inch In Every Mile (2011)
* Yesterday and Tomorrow (co-writer, 2011)
* Venus in Arms (2012)
* More than a Million Words (co-writer, TBA)

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