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  • The Spoken Word Revolution

    Slam, Hip Hop, and the Poetry of a New Generation

    by Mark Eleveld ...
    The Definitive Anthology of Spoken Word PoetryThe Spoken Word Revolution enhanced e-book brings the best of spoken word poetry to your fingertips. Read the poems of today's best spoken word artists, listen to their voices, and watch their riveting performances as Marc Smith, the founder of the poetry slam, guides you through the spoken word revolution.This enhanced ebook features all the poems in ... Read more

    $7.19 USD

  • The Spoken Word Revolution Redux

    by Mark Eleveld ...
    Series series A Poetry Speaks Experience
    From its earliest days to today, poetry has always been a spoken art. On the page and out loud, poetry is the home for the brilliant, the rebellious, the artists and performers who are changing the world. Today's spoken word revolution is the literary equivalent to grabbing a culture by the collar and shaking it…hard.In the tradition of The Spoken Word Revolution, Redux brings more of the gripping ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • The Spoken Word Revolution

    Slam, Hip Hop & the Poetry of a New Generation

    by Mark Eleveld ...
    Series series A Poetry Speaks Experience
    "A dynamic and clarifying volume chock-full of fresh and informative commentary...and an exciting array of knock-out poems."—Booklist Starred Review"Accompanied by a terrific CD that showcases the great variety of styles performance poetry embraces, from the purest of recitations to seductive musical presentations, this dynamic anthology embodies the thrilling and mutually beneficial rapprochement ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

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    The Art of Performance Poetry, Slam, and the Spoken Word

    Series series A Poetry Speaks Experience
    Get on Stage and Perfect Your PerformanceHave you ever enjoyed a slam or two and thought, "I could do this," but felt apprehensive staring at that empty mic—or worse, you climbed up on stage and struggled?Let Marc Kelly Smith, the founder of Slam Poetry, teach you everything you need to be a confident performer, from writing a powerful poem, to stage techniques, to going on tour (if that's where ... Read more

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  • The Philosophy of Modern Song

    by Bob Dylan ...
    The Philosophy of Modern Song is Bob Dylan’s first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One—and since winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016.Dylan, who began working on the book in 2010, offers his extraordinary insight into the nature of popular music. He writes over sixty essays focusing on songs by other artists, spanning from Stephen Foster to Elvis Costello, and in ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Bum Rush the Page

    A Def Poetry Jam

    Bum Rush the Page is a groundbreaking collection, capturing the best new work from the poets who have brought fresh energy, life, and relevance to American poetry.“Here is a democratic orchestration of voices and visions, poets of all ages, ethnicities, and geographic locations coming together to create a dialogue and to jam–not slam. This is our mouth on paper, our hearts on our sleeves, our ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Main Lines, Blood Feasts, and Bad Taste

    A Lester Bangs Reader

    by Lester Bangs ...
    Before his untimely death in 1982, Lester Bangs was inarguably the most influential critic of rock and roll. Writing in hyper-intelligent Benzedrine prose that calls to mind Jack Kerouac and Hunter S. Thompson, he eschewed all conventional thinking as he discussed everything from Black Sabbath being the first truly Catholic band to Anne Murray’s smoldering sexuality. In Mainlines, Blood Feasts, ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Word Made Flesh

    Literary Tattoos from Bookworms

    A beautifully packaged full-color collection of literary tattoos and short personal essays, The Word Made Flesh is an intimate but anonymous confessional book, in the vein of thought-provoking anthologies like PostSecret and Not Quite What I Was Planning. Gorgeous photographs and candid commentary are collected by authors Eva Talmadge—whose short story “The Cranes” was cited as Notable Nonrequired ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Word Warriors

    35 Women Leaders in the Spoken Word Revolution

    Edited by Alix Olson ...
    Female spoken word artists have become the spokeswomen for a new generation. This demanding oral poetry of the early 21st century has defined a vanguard of lithely muscled voices, women who think and act decisively to create their distinctive and desperately earned realities.The combination of the eminent slam movement and the upsurge of bold underground feminism has created a unique pool of women ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Best American Poetry 2017

    Series series The Best American Poetry series
    Edited by Pulitzer Prize-winner and nineteenth US Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey, The Best American Poetry 2017 brings together the most notable poems of the year in the series that offers “a vivid snapshot of what a distinguished poet finds exciting, fresh, and memorable” (Robert Pinsky).Librarian of Congress James Billington says Natasha Trethewey “consistently and dramatically expanded the ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Best American Poetry 2015

    Series series The Best American Poetry series
    The premier anthology of contemporary American poetry continues with an exceptional volume edited by award-winning novelist and poet Sherman Alexie, now with a new essay by Alexie on reactions to the 2015 publication.Since its debut in 1988, The Best American Poetry has become a mainstay for the direction and spirit of American poetry. Each volume in the series presents the year’s most ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The BreakBeat Poets

    New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop

    Hip-Hop is the largest youth culture in the history of the planet rock. This is the first poetry anthology by and for the Hip-Hop generation.It has produced generations of artists who have revolutionized their genre(s) by applying the aesthetic innovations of the culture. The BreakBeat Poets features 78 poets, born somewhere between 1961-1999, All-City and Coast-to-Coast, who are creating the next ... Read more

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