num_pages: 400
description: Get in on the action...CD included!According to the PBS television series The United States of Poetry, a "strand of new poetry began at Chicago's Green Mill Tavern in 1986 when Marc Smith found a home for the Poetry Slam." Since then, performance poetry has spread throughout the United States. Now, the father of the poetry slam presents the most comprehensive book on spoken-word poetry performances.
language: English
title: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Slam Poetry
titlecomplete: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Slam Poetry
genres: Poetry
ratings_count: 22
publisher: Alpha