Book review Many new nonfiction books on a variety of subjects are received at the library weekly. This book does not just contain poetry. The editor, Gary Max Glazner should know. He produced the first National Poetry Slam in 1990. A Poetry Slam is actually a performance contest.
Every poet is given three minutes to read an original poem.
Judges are taken from the audience and asked to rate each performer's poem from one to 10. This book contains 100 of the best slam-winning poems ever within its pages. Glazner includes one of his own in the anthology. These are pieces that often deal with nitty-gritty American culture, glimpses of ordinary people coping with life in the street. Frances T. Bourne-Jacaranda Library 4143 Woodmere Park Blvd.