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170 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780813580029
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Publication date: 17 July 2017
Description
Winner of the 2019 Lilla A. Heston Award Co-winner of the 2018 Ethnography Division's Best Book from the NCA In recent decades, poetry slams and the spoken word artists who compete in them have sparked a resurgent fascination with the world of p...
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170 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780813580029
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Publication date: 17 July 2017
Description
Winner of the 2019 Lilla A. Heston Award Co-winner of the 2018 Ethnography Division's Best Book from the NCA In recent decades, poetry slams and the spoken word artists who compete in them have sparked a resurgent fascination with the world of p...