Luv Doc Recommends: 2007 National Poetry Slam Individual Finals

Paramount Theatre, Friday, August 10, 2007

"...So how did slam poetry begin and where do we have to travel..."

Aug. 10, 2007 Column by The Luv Doc

The National Poetry Slam

Aug. 9-12 in Austin

"...This city last hosted the National Poetry Slam in 1998, to great acclaim. Since then,..."

Aug. 4, 2006 Arts Feature

National Poetry Slam Results

"...In its debut National Poetry Slam, Austin's own Team NeoSoul/SouthFlavas (profiled as part..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Books Feature

National Poetry Slam Opening Bout Schedule

"...Baltimore Lincoln Austin - Ego’s Boise Palatine Dallas - Poetry Grind Corpus Christi Chicago - Green Mill Miami Randall..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Arts Feature

April Is National Poetry Month

And there are plenty of ways to celebrate

"...It must be a sign: "National Poetry Month" fits in a haiku...."

April 1, 2013 Books Post by Monica Riese

Austin Poetry Slam

Mike Henry bid adieu to the slam he hosted for 15 years

"...decade (and the half-decade before it) running the Austin Poetry Slam. No, that was Henry, the slam master, captaining..."

Dec. 31, 2010 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Slam Sisters

The Women of the World Poetry Slam brings Austin a spoken-word contest that's about more than scores

"...Every slam poet has a conversion story. For Lacey Roop, it..."

March 21, 2014 Arts Feature by Amy Gentry

State of the Slam

The 1999 Austin Poetry Slam Team barely missed making the finals of the recent National Poetry Slam in Chicago, but after the trials and tribulations of the past few months (which continue into the present), the team was just happy to be there.

"...of a point. That's how much the 1999 Austin Poetry Slam Team missed advancing to the finals of the..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Books Feature by Christopher Gray

Slam as It Ever Was

The nationals come to Austin amid the polarizing medium's 20th anniversary

"...perform, preach, sing, athleticize, rap, stand up, and deliver poetry ... or something...."

Aug. 4, 2006 Arts Feature by Shawn Badgley

Slam Week Events

"...http://slam.home.texas.net SCHEDULE..."

Aug. 14, 1998 Books Feature

Austin International Poetry Festival

"...move into the institution category. The seventh annual Austin International Poetry Festival, which takes place this week, follows a..."

April 16, 1999 Books Feature

Wham... Bam... Thank You, Slam!

"...National Poetry Slam..."

Sept. 20, 1996 Books Feature

Slam, Bam, Thank You, Ma'am

Handicapping the Slam Team Poets

"...The Austin Slam Team: Clockwise are Wammo, Susan B. A. Somers-Willet, Phil..."

May 30, 1997 Books Feature by Brett Holloway-Reeves

2019 Austin International Poetry Festival Brings a World of Words to Town

"...you want to know how seriously this city takes poetry, all you have to do is wait until the..."

April 5, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

2008 Austin International Poetry Festival Preview

"...Not sure yet how to celebrate National Poetry Month? Why not sample the many and varied..."

April 4, 2008 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Slam

"...and Audience Award at Cannes explores the world of “slamming” -- a combination of poetry and rap that has..."

Nov. 13, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Words for Words

Spoken-word artists on their art form, the National Poetry Slam, and one another

"...The National Poetry Slam overtakes Austin starting Aug. 7 at venues..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Arts Feature

Smells Like Team Spirit

National Poetry Slam Comes to Austin

"...Anthony Somers-Willet, Karyna McGlynn, and Genevieve Van Cleve will slam their best for Austin. photograph by Todd V. Wolfson..."

Aug. 14, 1998 Books Feature by Spike Gillespie

Do They Dare?

Austin Team Portland-Bound for the National Poetry Slam

"...It's a perfect Slam Team Summer: MTV gears up to rock the vote,..."

July 26, 1996 Books Feature by Brett Holloway-Reeves

South by Spoken Word

No Slam, Thank You, Ma'am

"...In SlamNation (showing in SXSW Film), Phil West, Danny Solis, Wammo,..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature by Phil West

Ebony Stewart's Hunger

Spoken-word artist Ebony Stewart enters a new stage with her solo show Hunger

"...Much of that attention has come through the Austin slam poetry scene, which she joined soon after her 2007..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Word Is Out

After Broadway, Def Poetry Jam goes national and Austin's Pro Arts Collective snags them

"...Poetry went uptown in 2002. In the biggest city in..."

Feb. 13, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Man on Fire

Mike Henry and the 'Slam Planet' recovery benefit

"...When former Electric Lounger and current Slam Planet: War of the Words director Mike Henry was..."

April 15, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Sunday ACL Fest Interview: Tank & the Bangas

Poetry fuels the lyrics of New Orleans band

"...Since winning NPR's Tiny Desk contest this year, soul/hip-hop/poetry amalgamators Tank & the Bangas have gone into hyperdrive...."

Oct. 6, 2017 Music Feature by Greg Beets

IN CONTEXT Presents: Spoken 4 All

Austin-based series reveals more of makes Austin rock

"...A glimpse at Austin's spoken word (or slam poetry) scene is shared in tonight's installment of IN..."

Feb. 24, 2011 Screens Post by Belinda Acosta

Gin And Condoms Everywhere

Memoirs of a Slam Poet

"...photograph by Bruce Dye The National Poetry Slam is basically a giant carnival of sin..."

Aug. 14, 1998 Books Feature by Wammo

South by Spoken Word

Thursday

"...SXSW POETRY SLAM: Hosted by veteran Austin slam poet and organizer..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature by Phil West

Reading Aloud

SXSW 97 Spoken Word Showcases

"...The recent emergence of the Mouth Almighty label, a poetry record label affiliated with Mercury, and the continued presence..."

March 14, 1997 Books Feature by Phil West

In Person

It probably seems a little unlikely. A 33-foot midnight blue tour bus rolls into town at dusk. And former Austin Poetry Slam Team member Mike Henry was on it.

"...itself in 30 consecutive episodes by the time the SlamAmerica bus finally rests on August 9th at the 2000..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Books Feature by Mike Henry

Postscripts

Superslam

"...The fifth annual Austin Superslam will take place Tuesday, April 6 at 8pm at..."

April 2, 1999 Books Column by Clay Smith

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