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| Title: | Poetry slam : the competitive art of performance poetry / |
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| Database Name: | WorldCat |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Gary Mex Glazner |
| ISBN: | 0916397661 (alk. paper); 9780916397661 (alk. paper) |
| Notes: | Content: Poetry slam: an introduction / Gary Mex Glazner -- The rules -- The room ; DisClaimer / Bob Holman -- The secret explanation of where poems come from / Allan Wolf -- Teacher / Tyehimba Jess -- Backwards day / Daniel Ferri -- My desk / Debora Marsh -- Careful what you ask for / Jack McCarthy -- Joseph Brodsky is dead / Victor Infante -- ¿Por qué está Lorca muerto? / Gary Mex Glazner -- The invention of Jack Kerouac / José Padua -- Slam and the academy / Jeffrey McDaniel -- The adventures of Rufus & Mary Jane, pt. III: blues on the corner/ghetto heaven / Ayodele -- SNAP! / Sarge Lintecum -- Semper fi jewelry box / Maria McCray -- Funeral like Nixon's / Gayle Danley -- Burn, motherfucka', burn / Monica Lee Copeland -- Rock'n'roll be a black woman / Tara Betts -- I wore a coin in my shoe when we got married / Sou MacMillan -- Memorizing a poem -- The fatman / Daniel S. Solis -- America (it's gotta be the cheese) / Eitan Kadosh -- What's rennet? / Sonia Fehér Content: Disaterology / Jeffrey McDaniel -- Sweetspot (or some men are bigger than baseball) / Ms. Spelt -- A poem about football / Eirean Bradley -- Persona poem / Patricia Smith -- Superman in the nursing home / Rusty Russell -- Gilligan / Michael Salinger -- Why Amelia Earhart wanted to vanish / Derrick Brown -- Medusa's diner / Paula Friedrich -- My father's coat / Marc Smith -- Inventing jobs / Hal Sirowitz -- Mama's magic / Glenis Redmond -- Third letter to little brother / Mike Henry -- Grandfather's breath / Ray McNiece -- Aesthetics and strategy of the poetry slam / Daniel S. Solis -- Bring them back! / Lisa King -- Diving into murky water / Horehound Stillpoint -- Savanna / Ken Hunt -- Anaconda, a kaddish / Brenda Moossy -- Ocean poem / Matthew John Conley -- Night shift / Carl Hanni -- Big Andre / DJ Renegade -- Ali / Michael R. Brown -- Big Rich Kowalski / Marty Evans -- Throb / Dyvid Figler -- Motor red, motor white, motor blue / Phil West Content: The wussy boy manifesto / Big Poppa E -- You probably can't hook up my vcr either / Karen Wurl -- The night sun rose over Soho / Chris Brown -- Barefoot in the city / Lisa Buscani -- Pick up / Alexis O'Hara -- Smelling the summer moon / Georgia Popoff -- Looking for nice green sandals / Sheila Donohue -- The evolution of slam strategy / Taylor Mali -- Crazy hunger / Lisa Hammond -- Mango pantoum / Eve Stern -- French-kissing Martha Stewart / Cin Salach -- Chinese restaurant / Justin Chin -- Artichoke / Wendi Loomis -- Le pain perdu / Castadera McGee -- Your father says you are beautiful / Faith Vicinanza -- Mirage / Da Boogie Man -- Tour / Genevieve Van Cleve -- Picasso / Ellyn Maybe -- The freedom / Tracy Townsend -- Pucker / Ritah Parrish -- Romy's poem / Dufflyn Lammers -- Chicks up front / Sara Holbrook -- Hard bargain / Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz -- Kissing with the lights on / Daphne Gottlieb -- King on the road ; Untitled / Cass King Content: ...Naming and other christian things / Roger Bonair-Agard -- My million fathers, still here past / Patricia Smith -- Eulogy of Jimi Christ / Reggie Gibson -- Canis Rufus (ode to Chaka Khan) / Dana Bryant -- Et cetera and all that jazz / Ariana Waynes -- The horse cock manifesto / Beau Sia -- Deconstructing the prop slam ; If I were a man, I'd have a big dick / Lisa Martinovic -- Big rig / Krystal Ashe -- Fingertips & laughter / Nisa Ahmad -- The Emperor's second wife / Adrienne Su -- Tree / Edwin Torres -- In a place where / Patricia A. Johnson -- Albuquerque / Juliette Torrez -- Understand / Kenn Rodriguez -- Telephone call from Lebanon / Rifka Goldberg -- Calcium rings / Jerry Quickley -- The Old Vacherie Road / Mack Dennis -- Rarefied in Arkansas / Clebo Rainey -- All in its own time / Eva Leandersson -- American poets go to Europe / Beth Lisick -- Untitled / Lynne Procope -- I don't want to slam / Staceyann Chin -- At the slam / Steve Marsh Content: My pain keeps me regular / Edward Thomas Herrera -- Head to head haiku / Daniel Ferri -- Safety / Aaron Yamaguchi -- Haiku / DJ Renegade -- Haiku / Deborah Edler Brown -- Haiku / Kimberly Jordan -- Group discussion on the group piece / Mike Henry ... [et al.] -- Super hero, baby / GNO, Jason Edwards, Jason Carney -- Saying it with meat/duet / Gregory Hischak -- Group sex / Regie Cabico ... [et al.] -- Tube / Danny Solis ... [et al.] -- Redheads / Tim Sanders and Gabrielle Bouliane -- Poetry slam: a timeline. |
| Description: | 237 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Contents: | Poetry slam: an introduction / Gary Mex Glazner -- The rules -- The room ; DisClaimer / Bob Holman -- The secret explanation of where poems come from / Allan Wolf -- Teacher / Tyehimba Jess -- Backwards day / Daniel Ferri -- My desk / Debora Marsh -- Careful what you ask for / Jack McCarthy -- Joseph Brodsky is dead / Victor Infante -- ¿Por qué está Lorca muerto? / Gary Mex Glazner -- The invention of Jack Kerouac / José Padua -- Slam and the academy / Jeffrey McDaniel -- The adventures of Rufus & Mary Jane, pt. III: blues on the corner/ghetto heaven / Ayodele -- SNAP! / Sarge Lintecum -- Semper fi jewelry box / Maria McCray -- Funeral like Nixon's / Gayle Danley -- Burn, motherfucka', burn / Monica Lee Copeland -- Rock'n'roll be a black woman / Tara Betts -- I wore a coin in my shoe when we got married / Sou MacMillan -- Memorizing a poem -- The fatman / Daniel S. Solis -- America (it's gotta be the cheese) / Eitan Kadosh -- What's rennet? / Sonia Fehér; Disaterology / Jeffrey McDaniel -- Sweetspot (or some men are bigger than baseball) / Ms. Spelt -- A poem about football / Eirean Bradley -- Persona poem / Patricia Smith -- Superman in the nursing home / Rusty Russell -- Gilligan / Michael Salinger -- Why Amelia Earhart wanted to vanish / Derrick Brown -- Medusa's diner / Paula Friedrich -- My father's coat / Marc Smith -- Inventing jobs / Hal Sirowitz -- Mama's magic / Glenis Redmond -- Third letter to little brother / Mike Henry -- Grandfather's breath / Ray McNiece -- Aesthetics and strategy of the poetry slam / Daniel S. Solis -- Bring them back! / Lisa King -- Diving into murky water / Horehound Stillpoint -- Savanna / Ken Hunt -- Anaconda, a kaddish / Brenda Moossy -- Ocean poem / Matthew John Conley -- Night shift / Carl Hanni -- Big Andre / DJ Renegade -- Ali / Michael R. Brown -- Big Rich Kowalski / Marty Evans -- Throb / Dyvid Figler -- Motor red, motor white, motor blue / Phil West; The wussy boy manifesto / Big Poppa E -- You probably can't hook up my vcr either / Karen Wurl -- The night sun rose over Soho / Chris Brown -- Barefoot in the city / Lisa Buscani -- Pick up / Alexis O'Hara -- Smelling the summer moon / Georgia Popoff -- Looking for nice green sandals / Sheila Donohue -- The evolution of slam strategy / Taylor Mali -- Crazy hunger / Lisa Hammond -- Mango pantoum / Eve Stern -- French-kissing Martha Stewart / Cin Salach -- Chinese restaurant / Justin Chin -- Artichoke / Wendi Loomis -- Le pain perdu / Castadera McGee -- Your father says you are beautiful / Faith Vicinanza -- Mirage / Da Boogie Man -- Tour / Genevieve Van Cleve -- Picasso / Ellyn Maybe -- The freedom / Tracy Townsend -- Pucker / Ritah Parrish -- Romy's poem / Dufflyn Lammers -- Chicks up front / Sara Holbrook -- Hard bargain / Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz -- Kissing with the lights on / Daphne Gottlieb -- King on the road ; Untitled / Cass King; ...Naming and other christian things / Roger Bonair-Agard -- My million fathers, still here past / Patricia Smith -- Eulogy of Jimi Christ / Reggie Gibson -- Canis Rufus (ode to Chaka Khan) / Dana Bryant -- Et cetera and all that jazz / Ariana Waynes -- The horse cock manifesto / Beau Sia -- Deconstructing the prop slam ; If I were a man, I'd have a big dick / Lisa Martinovic -- Big rig / Krystal Ashe -- Fingertips & laughter / Nisa Ahmad -- The Emperor's second wife / Adrienne Su -- Tree / Edwin Torres -- In a place where / Patricia A. Johnson -- Albuquerque / Juliette Torrez -- Understand / Kenn Rodriguez -- Telephone call from Lebanon / Rifka Goldberg -- Calcium rings / Jerry Quickley -- The Old Vacherie Road / Mack Dennis -- Rarefied in Arkansas / Clebo Rainey -- All in its own time / Eva Leandersson -- American poets go to Europe / Beth Lisick -- Untitled / Lynne Procope -- I don't want to slam / Staceyann Chin -- At the slam / Steve Marsh; My pain keeps me regular / Edward Thomas Herrera -- Head to head haiku / Daniel Ferri -- Safety / Aaron Yamaguchi -- Haiku / DJ Renegade -- Haiku / Deborah Edler Brown -- Haiku / Kimberly Jordan -- Group discussion on the group piece / Mike Henry ... [et al.] -- Super hero, baby / GNO, Jason Edwards, Jason Carney -- Saying it with meat/duet / Gregory Hischak -- Group sex / Regie Cabico ... [et al.] -- Tube / Danny Solis ... [et al.] -- Redheads / Tim Sanders and Gabrielle Bouliane -- Poetry slam: a timeline. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Gary Mex Glazner. |
| Year: | c2000. |
| Publisher: | San Francisco : Manic D Press, |
| Standard Numbers: | LCCN: 00009545 |
| Class Descriptors: | LC Class No.: PS615; Dewey No.: 811/.5408 |
| OCLC No.: | 44131613 |
Abstract:
From its humble beginnings at Chicago's Green Mill Tavern to an annual convergence featuring hundreds of poets from more than 50 cities, poetry slams - the Olympics of Poetry - have become a cultural phenomenon. This book documents ten years of these unprecedented literary events with details on hosting your own slam, winning strategies, tips for memorization, and other informative essarys, as well as 100 of the best slam-winning poems ever!.
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