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Listen to the Poet: Writing, Performance, and Community in Youth Spoken Word Poetry

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Listen to the Poet: Writing, Performance, and Community in Youth Spoken Word Poetry - Williams, Wendy R
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Youth spoken word poetry groups are on the rise in the United States, offering safe spaces for young people to write and perform. These diverse groups encourage members to share their lived experiences, decry injustices, and imagine a better future. At a time when students may find writing in school alienating and formulaic, composing in these poetry groups can be refreshingly relevant and exciting. Listen to the Poet investigates two Arizona spoken word poetry groups--a community group and a high school club--that are ...

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Listen to the Poet: Writing, Performance, and Community in Youth Spoken Word Poetry 2018, University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst

ISBN-13: 9781625343963

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Listen to the Poet: Writing, Performance, and Community in Youth Spoken Word Poetry 2018, University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst

ISBN-13: 9781625343970

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