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Marc Kelly Smith — More of the same
Continuing on from yesterday’s entry here are more of the principles that have fueled Slam’s worldwide success from Stage the Slam published by Sourcebooks: The death toll of most poetry readings doesn’t ring, it…
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Everything Must Go: Selling the Past, with Regrets (Terence Winch)
I found the poem below recently in a pile of papers from around 2008. I had no memory of having written it, but I’m sure many writers have the same kind of experience.…
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Marc Kelly Smith — Roots Philosophies of Slam
Prior to the poetry slam movement (and even today in many literary circles) poetry readings were, for the most part, poets reading to other poets. If there happened to be a genuine audience of…
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Marc Smith, Guest Author May 4-8
This week we welcome Marc Smith as our guest author. Marc is the creator and founder of the International Poetry Slam movement. As stated in the PBS television series, The United States of Poetry,…
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Guest Blogger Marc Kelly Smith — What is Slam?
Thanks to Best American Poetry for inviting me to be this week’s guest blogger and my apologies if what I present does not satisfy the expectations of their readership. My expertise is limited to…
