The spoken word revolution : slam, hip-hop & the poetry of a new generation /

Table of Contents: “…Brown -- What I said to the man installing the hot tub / Brenda Moossy -- XXX ; LXXIV / Michael Kadela -- Belated valentine : a work in progress / Steve Marsh -- Essay : About 2 poets / Thomas Lux -- Careful what you ask for ; Cartalk : a love poem ; Essay : Degrees of difficulty / Jack McCarthy -- The passion tree ; Dear America ; The abandoned factory of sense ; The foxhole manifesto / Jeffrey McDaniel -- Essay : Around & in the scene ; DisClaimer ; Praise poem for slam : why slam causes pain and is a good thing ; Performance poem / Bob Holman -- Peter meets the wolf ; Hansel tells Gretel of the witch / Regie Cabico -- How to write a political poem ; Like Lilly like Wilson / Taylor Mali -- Howl ; Love / Beau Sia -- And then she ; Building Nicole's mama ; My mother learns English ; A motherfucker too / Patricia Smith -- how do we spell freedom, the weusi alphabeti method ; ...Naming and other Christian things / Roger Bonair-Agard -- Beethoven / Shane Koyczan -- pt. 6. …”