The Spoken Word Revolution -PB- with Audio CD

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Great book, with a great CD
This book showcases a great variety of poetry styles, and includes a CD with about 40 tracks of authors reading their work. I use it to introduce poetry in my high school English classes. These poems evoke a wide range of emotions.

Spin poetry spin
This is really an amazing book. The poets featured are some of the best in the genre, and though annoying to hear on the CD the commentary is really informative and enlightening. A must have for any poet or musician that has any soul

Great for the classroom
This book was a great resource for teaching poetry. It has good auditory poems but also has great poems in the book and a few good articles for journal reflections. My students loved it and it made poetry easy and exciting for them. I used it with Hip Hop Poetry and the Classroom and basically had a whole unit! A must get for Language Arts teachers.

Be ready to learn about radical new styles of spoken word which blend poetry with social insights
Poetry has moved into a new world, as The Spoken Word Revolution (Slam, Hip Hop & The Poetry Of A New Generation) reveals. An audio cd accompanying written word captures some of the nuances of this world, focusing on the power of poetry performed out loud around the world. From new styles such as slam and Taos to poems by Regie Gibson, Viggo Mortensen and Saul Williams, be ready to learn about radical new styles of spoken word which blend poetry with social insights.

get excited about poetry
I am a high school English teacher and The Spoken Word Revolution has completely changed the way my students respond to poetry. Whenever I used to say we were going to look at a poem my students would groan. Now they come into the classroom reminding me that Friday is poetry day and cheering the poems we listen to and discuss. The selection of poetry is wonderfully diverse but the audio CD is the best part. Listening to these poets is electrifying and has really sucked in my students. Suddenly they are going to poetry slams and submitting to the literary magazine. Suddenly poetry is fun. I cannot say enough good things about this collection.