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A poetry slam is a competitive art event in which poets perform spoken word poetry before a live audience and a panel of judges. While formats can vary, slams are often loud and lively, with audience participation, cheering and dramatic delivery.
Taylor Mali is the former president of Poetry Slam Incorporated, and he has performed with such renowned poets as Billy Collins and Allen Ginsberg. Although he retired from the National Poetry Slam competition in 2005, [11] he still helps curate the reading series Page Meets Stage, held monthly at the Bowery Poetry Club.
He hosts the First Thursdays poetry slam at Fresh Cafe, which is the largest registered poetry slam in the world (with an average attendance of 500+). [9] He did nuclear fusion research, management consulting, and surf instructing prior to making a living as a professional slam poet in 2002. [10]
Since July 1986, Smith has run the Uptown Poetry Slam, a three-hour show featuring an open mic (1 hour), feature—poet or professional touring act (1 hour), and the poetry slam. It is the longest-running, weekly poetry show in the country, and one of the longest-running shows in Chicago history.
Poetry Slam, Inc. was established in 1997 to oversee and enforce the rules of the National Poetry Slam. [1] Their mission is "to promote the performance and creation of poetry while cultivating literary activities and spoken word events in order to build audience participation, stimulate creativity, awaken minds, foster education, inspire ...
Mwende Katwiwa, who performs under the name FreeQuency, is a Kenyan-American slam poet, community organizer, and activist. [1] [2] Their poems address issues of identity, emotion, racism, colonialism, and police brutality in the United States. They live in New Orleans. [3] Katwiwa graduated from Tulane University in 2014.
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His poems, usually with an optimistic and spiritual bend, focused on his youth, growing up with ADHD, run-ins with the law and other forms of trouble, and his later life as a husband and father. [3] French began to compete as a slam poet competitively under the tutelage of Canadian World Slam Poetry Champion Ian Keteku.