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Slam your poetry : write a revolution / Miles Merrill and Narcisa Nozica.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Merrill, Miles, author.
- Nozica, Narcisa, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poetry slams.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (319 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Sydney, N.S.W. : NewSouth, 2020.
- Summary:
- Noprops. No music. No costumes. Just you, your words and a mic-you've got twominutes to make the crowd scream your name.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- The teaser …
- This ain't Poetry Classics 101
- What's in this book
- Who we are
- Part 1: Write to Speak
- 1. The play book
- Why do it?
- Take control of the story
- 2. Write it
- Ten ideas to make your writing jump
- Recap
- 3. Perform it
- Bring words to life
- The second-scariest thing
- Ten tricks to make your performance fly
- Ensemble performances and teams
- Keep your instrument tuned
- 4. Get gigs
- Types of events and artists
- Going bigger
- Where are you at?
- Who's hiring?
- Part 2: Set up a Slam
- 5. Plan your own event
- Location
- Performers
- Timing
- Marketing and publicity
- Equipment
- 6. On the day
- What you'll need
- At the gig
- After the gig
- Part 3: Teach a Revolution
- 7. Why spoken word?
- Changing minds, lives and communities
- Spoken word in schools
- Spoken word in the community
- 8. Engage your writers
- Create a spoken word community
- Sculpt your workshops
- Partner with poets
- Choose poems that stoke the fire
- Build a sense of community
- 9. Awaken the artist within
- Get them reading poetry
- Get them writing in workshops
- Fuel the writing process with feedback
- Draft it, then craft it
- Take it from page to stage
- Put on a show
- Sources and references
- Poems and extracts
- Interviews
- References: books, articles
- Further reading
- Appendix 1: Poems and resources online
- Spoken word poems and readings
- Spoken word video collections
- Text poems
- Organisations, events and resources
- Appendix 2: Slam Your Poetry: sample guidelines
- Appendix 3: Slam Your Poetry: sample running order
- Appendix 4: Slam Your Poetry: sign-up sheet and hat slips
- Appendix 5: Slam Your Poetry: scoring sheet
- Acknowledgments
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-74224-477-7
- OCLC:
- 1140970066
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