Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz has a new book out and you need to pick it up...stat! Honestly...this is on my Amazon wish list and will probably be a present from me to me as soon as the pay check rolls in this week. Check out the description below-
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.
One thing I must say - this woman knows how the heck to name a book! Beside Words In Your Face , Cristin has three other titles with equally spectacular names.
Dear Future Boyfriend
Hot Teen Slut
Working Class Represent
Oh Terrible Youth
ps...If you haven't checked out her website, you're missing out on...life. Yes...life!! She's awesome. Nuf Said:-)
http://www.aptowicz.com/NEW!
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