Killing Poetry: Blackness and the Making of Slam and Spoken Word Communities by Javon Johnson

Killing Poetry: Blackness and the Making of Slam and Spoken Word Communities

Javon Johnson

170 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction poetry race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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In recent decades, poetry slams and the spoken word artists who compete in them have sparked a resurgent fascination with the world of poetry. However, there is little critical dialogue that fully engages with the cultural complexities present in ...

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