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Title

Listen up! : spoken word poetry / edited by Zoë Anglesey.

Publication

New York : One World, c1999.

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Details

Additional Authors

Anglesey, Zoë.

Description

xxvi, 197 p. : ill.; 21 cm.

Summary

"Today, the poetry scene flourishes at New York open-mic spots like the Nuyorican Poets Caf, Brooklyn's YWCA Tea Party and Harlem's Sugar Shack. Progeny of hip poets--the Beats of the 50s and protest poets of the 60s and 70s--these up-and-coming literati cast their diverse spells of word beats inspiring young contemporaries in Cleveland, Ohio, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Atlanta; later branching out internationally to poetry circuit venues in Tokyo, Rio de Janiero, London, Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, and Istanbul."--Zo Anglesey Editor, Listen Up! Spoken word poetry is a cross-cultural phenomenon. Here for the first time in one hot volume are poems from the nation's top spoken word artists. Listen Up! features nine brilliant award-winning scribes who have ignited audiences worldwide with their soulful verse, bold alliterations, and sultry fusion of rhythm and rhyme--electrifying audiences as they chant, sing, recite, and improvise their poetry and powerful point of view. Among these nine literary luminaries are Carl Hancock Rux, named by The New York Times as one of thirty young artists "most likely to change the culture in the next thirty years"; Jessica Care Moore, a record-breaking five-time winner of the Apollo competition; and Saul Williams, co-scriptwriter and star of the feature film Slam, winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and the prestigious Camera D'Or at Cannes. Packed with penetrating interviews on the craft of writing poetry, insight into the art of performance, and on-target, off-guard photos of the poets in action at history-making poetry slams, this unforgettable collection is the next best thing to being there live.

Subject

• American poetry > 20th century
• Hip-hop > Poetry
• Performance art > United States
• Sound poetry
• Spoken word poetry

Genre/Form

• Bloemlezingen (vorm)
• Gedichten (teksten)
• Poetry
• Sound poetry
• Sound poetry.
• Spoken word poetry
• Spoken word poetry.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographicalreferences (p. 189-195).
• Discography: p. 195-197.
• Filmography: p. 197.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Foreword -- Yusef Komunyakaa: -- Introduction -- Zoe Anglesey -- Tish Benson: I Got tha boogaloosa fever -- Processions -- He called it a blessin -- No parts spared -- Untitled I -- Untitled II -- Ava Chin: Writers and lawyers -- Jetty -- Perfect diction -- Winter -- Piano concerto -- Toi San -- Suheir Hammad: Angels get no maps -- Daddy's song -- Nother man dead -- Brothers keep me up -- Jessica Care Moore: Black Statue of Liberty -- One Afro's blues -- I am a work in progress -- There are no asylums for the real crazy women -- Ishah -- Mirrors -- Tracie Morris: Switchettes (Las Brujitas -- Private service announcement -- Writers' delight -- Life save -- Step -- Willie Perdomo: Notes for a slow jam -- Reflections on the metro north (Part II) -- Haiku -- Stop signs -- Carl Hancock Rux: Excavation -- Blue candy -- Suite repos -- Elmina Blues (Cobalt through Azure) -- Kuta near Seminya -- Untitled -- Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie: Barefoot stroll -- Forced Entry -- Evolution -- Elemental sounds -- Sometimes -- Recollect -- Domino Effect -- Distance's destination -- Serenade -- Woman's Poetic -- Height -- Saul Stacey Williams: Gypsy girl -- Children of the night -- Afterword: Edouard Glissant -- Notes / glossary -- Works cited -- Discography -- Film and video.

ISBN

0345428978 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^98052065^

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library