Killing Poetry Blackness and the Making of Slam and Spoken Word Communities

Machine generated contents note: Preface -- 1 Let The Slam Begin: History, Method, and Beyond -- 2 "This DPL, Come On!": Black Manhood in the Los Angeles Slam and Spoken Word Scene -- 3 SlamMasters: Toward Creative and Transformative Justice -- 4 Button Up: Viral Poetry and Rethinking the Archives -- 5 Conclusion: "That Is the Slam, Everybody"--Acknowledgments -- Glossary -- Index -- References