our friends at great publishing are sponsoring the 2010 national underground spokenword poetry awards on may 1st at the l'enfant hotel. you can still nominate poets if you register at nuspa.greatpublishing.com. there is only one more week to nominate poets, groups, venues, hosts for awards. then the online voting will begin in april along with … Continue reading national underground spokenword poetry awards
Month: March 2010
mobilizing for impact
need to post again, don't mean to boast my friend, i'm just reopening, the page and hoping when you read you learn what's goin down tomorrow morning we gonna run this town (ima be performing to help open up the community leaders conference with my friend Brandon, more of my friends at the United Way, … Continue reading mobilizing for impact
national clearinghouse on family and youth
quoted, i am, in this article. it is called "Teaching Youth the Power of Words" and can be found here i say things like “It’s not about poetry,” says Jonathan Tucker, a slam poet and freelance workshop facilitator in Washington, DC. “It’s about giving people what they need to deal with the world.”
another friday. another year.
we gon keep the slams coming, we will. check the info. i hope you can make it to one or both of these events. the last one was fantastic. we had a packed house and a full list of poets slamming. it was a fully fun weekend. it was also my birthday on sunday. another … Continue reading another friday. another year.
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