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Dear Future Boyfriend : : Hot Teen Slut Working Class Represent : : Oh Terrible Youth About the Author : : How to Buy Podcast Series Celebrating the Publication of Words In Your Face, Please Click Here! The first definitive history of one of the 21st century's most explosive art movements, Words In Your Face explores the birth, growing pains and continuing development of the Poetry Slam -- a raucous poetry event that has been called "a pop culture phenomenon" (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times), "the death of art" (Harold Bloom, Paris Review) and has been blamed for making "poetry sexy again in a way it hasn't been since the heyday of the Beats" (Stephen Holden, The New York Times). Spoken word icons such as Saul Williams, Maggie Estep, Bob Holman and John S. Hall join scores of other poets, organizers, filmmakers, scholars and critics in bringing the story of the New York City Poetry Slam movement to life. From its origins in the roofless, unheated Nuyorican Poets Cafe and its mid-90s rise in the pop culture ranks thanks to MTV and Lollapalooza, to its fresh successes on stage and small screen thanks to Russell Simmon's Def Poetry projects and its devoted following among youth poets, queer poets and poets of color, the Poetry Slam is analyzed, idealized and criticized, all from a uniquely New York perspective. Without question, Poetry Slams have altered the cultural landscape of poetry in America, and Words in Your Face offers an insider view of how the New York City poetry community took a simple concept -- giving scores to poetry -- and helped to forever revolutionize how America views poetry and how poets view themselves. Part One and Part Two of the Preface of Words In Your Face Please click here for her schedules of readings and releases!   Strand%20Poetry%20Slam%20Invite.pdf |