Poetry slams get big in Birmingham
The Birmingham News – al.com, AL – Dec 17, 2008
A first cousin of slam poetry is spoken word, a genre that gained popularity in the 1990s, says Amilcar Shabazz, chair of the WEB DuBois Department of …
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