The Spoken Word Revolution
Slam, Hip Hop and the Poetry of a New Generation (from Sourcebooks, Inc.)
Published on 9. September 2005
Book
Mixed media product
241 pages
978-0-321-32895-3 (ISBN)
Description
The Spoken Word Revolution celebrates the innovative poetry styles of Slam, Nuyorican, performance art, Taos, Youth poetry, and hip hop, with more than 40 of the most influential poets in the world today, through text and free audio CD. The Spoken Word Revolution brings to life the written and performed works of Saul Williams, Regie Gibson, Patricia Smith, and others. Also included are essays by the movement's biggest innovator's and champions, including Billy Collins, Ann MacNaughton, Bob Holman, Steve Marsh and Luis J. Rodriguez.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New Jersey
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Weight
538 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-321-32895-3 (9780321328953)
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CD Track List Prologue Billy Collins Essay: Poems on the Page, Poems in the Air Introduction to Poetry Regie Gibson alchemy Part One: The Beat Remnants Introduction Quincy Troupe, Jr Poem for the Root Doctor of Rock n Roll Chicago Kent Foreman Chicago George David Miller Before I Read This Poem Edward Hirsch I am Going to Start Living Like a Mystic Song Ocean of Grass The Burning of the Midnight Lamp Regie Gibson from eulogy of jimi christ Marvin Bell To Dorothy To No One in Particular Yusef Komunyakaa Anodyne Blue Light Lounge Sutra for the Performance Poets at Harold Park Hotel Part Two: Hip Hop Introduction Regie Gibson funknawlegy Jerry Quickley Essay: Hip Hop Poetry Hip Hop Hollas DJ Renegade 48 Hours After You Left Tara Betts Rock'n'Roll Be a Black Woman A Mixed Message Celena Glenn The Hand Has Turned Kevin Coval Hear O' Israel Saul Williams Amethyst Rocks Essay: The Future of Language Part Three: Performance Art Introduction Jean Howard Essay: Performance Art, Performance Poetry-The Two Sisters Cin Salach worship Evolution Todd Alcott Television Jean Howard Dancing in Your Mother's Skin Dollmaker Lisa Buscani Hemingway Afternoon Sirens at the Mill Gregory Harms Essay: Performance Art: Blood, Ice Skates, and Coyotes in the 20th Century Part Four: Competitive Poetry/Taos Introduction Terry Jacobus Essay: Poetic Pugilism So Edgar Allan Poe Was in this Car I Hear There Are Poets Here Patience Peter Rabbit The Fight Game Sports Teams Daniel S. Solis Welcome to the Revolution Elephant Song Anne MacNaughton Essay: The Taos Poetry Circus Sherman Alexie Defending Walt Whitman Song of Ourself Totem Sonnets Marriage Inside Dachau Andrei Codrescu Untitled On Drunkenness Part Five: Slam Marc Smith Essay: About Slam Poetry Cat on a Coffin The Father Has Faded: a gambling rogation Dusty Blues Street Musician Pull the Next One Up Marvin Bell Essay: The Poetry Scene: No One Way Regie Gibson prayer it's a teenage thang in the year i loved your mother Dr. Richard Prince Essay: Once a "Virgin, Virgin" at the Green Mill Michael Warr Low Down in the Get Me High Lounge Michael R. Brown The Ice Worm Brenda Moossy What I Said to the Man Installing the Hot Tub Michael Kadela XXX LXXIV Steve Marsh Belated Valentine: A Work in Progress Thomas Lux Essay: About 2 Poets Jack McCarthy Careful What You Ask For Cartalk: A Love Poem Essay: Degrees of Difficulty Jeffrey McDaniel The Passion Tree Dear America The Abandoned Factory of Sense The Foxhole Manifesto Bob Holman Essay: Around & in the Scene DisClaimer Praise Poem for Slam: Why Slam Causes Pain and Is a Good Thing Performance Poem Regie Cabico Peter Meets the Wolf Hansel Tells Gretel of the Witch Taylor Mali How to Write a Political Poem Like Lilly Like Wilson Beau Sia Howl Love Patricia Smith And Then She Building Nicole's Mama My Mother Learns English A Motherfucker Too Roger Bonair-Agard how do we spell freedom-the weusi alphabeti method ...Naming and other Christian things Shane Koyczan Beethoven Part Six: Youth Speaks Introduction Viggo Mortensen Weekends Hillside Keepsake Lullaby Matinee Untitled Luis J. Rodriguez Essay: Crossing Boundaries, Crossing Cultures: Poetry, Performance, and the New American Revolution Sarah Maehl Three a.m. On Rain Chinaka Hodge Losing Adam Tapia-Grassi from Guilt Kevin M. Derrig First Period James Kass Essay: Brave New Voices Epilogue About the Editors Contributor Biographies Index CD Track List (total time: 74:49) 1 Marc Smith: Introduction / "Stupid Song" (A Parody of "Makin' Whoopee") 2 Billy Collins 3 "Introduction to Poetry" (Billy Collins) 4 Where the Revolution Started 5 "Chicago" ( Quincy Troupe, Jr.) 6 Beat Remnants: Edward Hirsch and Marvin Bell 7 "Song" (Edward Hirsch) 20 8 "To Dorothy" (Marvin Bell) 27 9 Hip Hop / Jerry Quickley 10 "Hip Hop Hollas" (Jerry Quickley) 11 "The Hand Has Turned" (Celena Glenn) 12 "Beat Box Monster" (Sage Francis) / Saul Williams 13 "Amethyst Rocks" (Saul Williams) 14 Performance Art / "Music Swims Back to Me" (Cin Salach and Ten Tongues) 15 Todd Alcott 16 "Television" (Todd Alcott) 17 Taos Poetry Circus / Terry Jacobus 18 The First World Heavyweight Poetry Championship (Terry Jacobus) 19 "So Edgar Allan Poe Was in this Car" (Terry Jacobus) 20 Slam / "It" (Marc Smith) 21 "Slam Schtick" (Marc Smith) 22 Patricia Smith 23 "A Motherfucker Too" (Patricia Smith) 24 Roger Bonair-Agard 25 "how do we spell freedom-the weusi alphabeti method" (Roger Bonair-Agard) 26 Nuyorican Poets Cafe / "DisClaimer" (Bob Holman) 27 NYC-Urbana Slam Team and Taylor Mali 28 "Running a Race (No One Knows)" (NYC-Urbana Slam Team) 29 "How to Write a Political Poem" (Taylor Mali) 30 Slam Goes International 31 Jack McCarthy 32 "Careful What You Ask For" (Jack McCarthy) 33 Jeffrey McDaniel 34 "The Foxhole Manifesto" (Jeffrey McDaniel) 35 Brenda Moossy 36 "What I said to the Man Installing the Hot Tub" (Brenda Moossy) 37 Regie Gibson 38 "it's a teenage thang" (Regie Gibson) 39 Youth / Regie Gibson: "Amens" 40 Youth Speaks / Eli Marienthal 41 "Multiverse" (Eli Marienthal) 42 Viggo Mortensen, Kevin M. Derrig, and Two Tongues 43 "Weekends" (Viggo Mortensen) 44 "First Period" (Kevin M. Derrig) 45 "Mother" (Two Tongues) 46 Spoken Word Revolution / "Pull the Next One Up" (Marc Smith)