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The Women of the World Poetry Slam brings Austin a spoken-word contest that's about more than scores
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March 21, 2014 Arts Feature by Amy Gentry
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
Slam as It Ever Was
The nationals come to Austin amid the polarizing medium's 20th anniversary
"...at a South Austin dive bar. Don't worry: They're poets, semiretired. One – Penn Jillette in timber and ponytail,..."
Aug. 4, 2006 Arts Feature by Shawn Badgley
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.
"...a point. That's how much the 1999 Austin Poetry Slam Team missed advancing to the finals of the National..."
Sept. 3, 1999 Books Feature by Christopher Gray
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
Slam It All On The Stage
Poetry comes alive at Austin Poetry Slam!
"...Austin Poetry Slam is a weekly event held every Tuesday at Spider..."
Jan. 30, 2014 Events Post by Josette Chen
Poets Perform for Texas Book Festival Tonight
Anis Mojgani and Derrick Brown read at Lavazza Espressions
"...worth a thousand words, but when it comes to slam poetry, that thousand words could paint a dozen or..."
March 25, 2013 Books Post by Monica Riese
Slam Week Events
"...http://slam.home.texas.net SCHEDULE..."
Aug. 14, 1998 Books Feature
Austin Poetry Slam
Mike Henry bid adieu to the slam he hosted for 15 years
"...(and the half-decade before it) running the Austin Poetry Slam. No, that was Henry, the slam master, captaining and..."
Dec. 31, 2010 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner
Blue Plate Poets Reunion
"..."Perhaps it was just serendipity that us six poets happened to be on that stage at that time,"..."
Jan. 22, 1999 Books Feature
Luv Doc Recommends: Austin Poetry Slam Benefit
The Scoot Inn, Saturday, May 31, 2008
"...Saturday they’re hosting a benefit for the Austin Poetry Slam, which takes place Wednesdays at the Scoot. Poets are..."
May 30, 2008 Column by The Luv Doc
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
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
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 all over..."
Aug. 3, 2007 Arts Feature
Reading Aloud
SXSW 97 Spoken Word Showcases
"...artists." Henry also relied on his links to the slam poetry world to find artists comfortable delivering poems from..."
March 14, 1997 Books Feature by Phil West
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
Slamnation
"...Directed by: Paul Devlin. The slam poetry movement: return to verse's classical roots as an..."
Jan. 22, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith
Big Circus of Life
Books Editor Clay Smith and Litera columnist Ric Williams handicap which of the 200-plus international poets attending this year's Austin International Poetry Festival will be best bets.
"...highest aspirations and crushing limitations of human desire. Naturally, poets are ignored in an age where finesse is a..."
April 19, 2002 Books Feature by Ric Williams
In With the Old, In With the New
"...comes in the form of a trio of performance poets committed to the page. Throughout this pile of works,..."
Oct. 23, 1998 Books Feature by Phil West
Words Are Bonds
Worlds intersect at the 17th annual Austin International Poetry Festival
"...all kinds of artists – from formalists to performance poets, prize winners to amateurs – to come together across..."
April 17, 2009 Books Feature by Michael Agresta
Mike Henry and Kyle Fuller
'Slam Planet: War of the Words'
"...Ask three different slam poets what it is – exactly – that they..."
March 10, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov
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
Ebony Stewart Kisses Fear on the Mouth
'Love Letters to Balled Fists' puts slam poetry on the printed page
"...could say a lot has gone into the award-winning slam poet’s debut book, Love Letters to Balled Fists (Timber..."
Feb. 27, 2013 Books Post by Amy Gentry
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.
"...doors yawn open with a hydraulic hiss. And 20 poets walk out...."
Aug. 4, 2000 Books Feature by Mike Henry
Gin And Condoms Everywhere
Memoirs of a Slam Poet
"...photograph by Bruce Dye The National Poetry Slam is basically a giant carnival of sin and salvation...."
Aug. 14, 1998 Books Feature by Wammo
Handicapper's Guide
Slam-O-Rama
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Aug. 14, 1998 Books Feature by Michael Bertin
SXSW Film
Interviews and reviews
"...Slam Planet: War of the Words..."
March 17, 2006 Screens Feature by James Renovitch
The Writing's Not on the Wall Yet
Austin's print culture gets a boost from a new batch of indie presses and literary magazines
"...eclectic group: In addition to MFA graduates, they include slam poets, paratroopers, comic book geeks, lawyers, and print evangelists...."
Dec. 14, 2012 Arts Feature by Amy Gentry
Word Up, Showdown
Austin's teen poets unfurl their flag in Silicon Valley
"...is sometimes used to describe ... well ... poetry slam...."
July 13, 2007 Books Feature by Stacy Alexander Evans
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..."
