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How to make a life as a poet
Title
How to make a life as a poet / Gary Mex Glazner.
ISBN
1933368144
9781933368146
Publication
Brooklyn, N.Y. : Soft Skull Press, 2006.
Physical Description
253 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Local Notes
BEIN 2018 13074: Paperbound. From the library of Larry Goodell.
Summary
In his follow-up to How to Make a Living as a Poet, Gary Mex Glazner interviews poets on the many -- and sometimes surprisng -- ways they bring the art into their lives and the lives of others. Among the many interviews: Marc Smith, inventor of the poetry slam, tells of his innovative project that put poems on 100,000 pizza boxes. Beth Lisick talks about opening for Neil Young. Michelle Tea dishes on touring with two vans chock full of Sister Spitters. Liz Bellie heats things up with her fearless, feminist porn. Judith Tannenbaum discusses her work with prisoners, while Tom Mayo talks about using poetry to remind medical and law studnts of their humanity. Glazner also provides an array of useful tips and insights, including examples of query letters for sponsorships, how to coach a Precision Poetry Drill Team, and a section on insurance plans for writers.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 31, 2024
Contents
Building the audience for poetry
Put down the poetry book and back away slowly
The precision poetry drill team
It's a bird ... it's a plane ... it's PoetMan! to the rescue
Sponsorship query letters
Interviews
Marc Smith : Slam Papi
Kim Addonizio : on teaching workshops and combining music with poetry
Beth Lisick : my votes had to have come from the Schlarman class of 1955 and the Portuguese water dogs clubs around the country
Andy Clausen : french fry shoveler/poet
Judith Tannenbaum : disguised as a poem
Attila the stockbroker : yo! : I'm the MC of ranting rebel poetry
Hettie Jones : all my jobs and then some
Craig Arnold : we are so practiced in the art of talking
Larry Goodell : Creeley took me by the ears and shook me
Eleni Sikelianos : there better be sex in heaven
Liz Belile : gynomite : fearless, feminist porn
Michelle Tea : you always need a little extra cash in case the van poops out
Patricia Smith : that word felt so good on my tongue
Quincy Troupe : transcircularites : on putting together a poetry book
Tom Mayo : their human connection to the world
Dayvid Figler : Las Vegas judge/poet/radio/fiction buy
Abraham Smith : living the MFA life : shouting at raccoons
Taylor Mali : don't move unless you know why you're moving
Al Letson : poeticals, hip-hop theater, and bringing slam to the stage
Mike Henry : slam planet : war of the words
Nuts/bolts/rants/manifestos
Taking a rock for poetry
Giving birth to bards
Alzheimer's heckler project
Having sex with poets : a manifesto
The slam poem as poetry form
Insurance for poets and writers.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
interviews.
Interviews.
Biographies.
Interviews.
Also listed under
United States New York (State) Brooklyn.
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