Word: milles
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...stranger to the bar scene of his own era, the Bard of Brooklyn would love the crowd at Chicago's Green Mill Lounge. Every Sunday night it's standing room only in this gritty neighborhood tavern. The audience is there for the weekly "slam," a literary version of The Gong Show at which amateur poets compete for small cash prizes and the much richer reward of having their work heard by an enthusiastic public. The poetic abilities of many contestants may be open to debate, but the audience is always in top form. On a typical evening a rambling poem...
...your house with your friends or going out to a bar and drinking," says Lycia Naff, a Los Angeles actress. "All those same people are now in the coffeehouses." Poetry gatherings are also a relatively cheap night out. Says Loyola University student Anne Grason, at the Green Mill: "Where else can you have this much...
Some observers credit rap music for the renewed interest in the spoken word. "Ears are being tuned up to listen to words again," says Manhattan's Holman. Events like slams are aimed to appeal to a generation accustomed to the frenetic action of MTV. Contestants at Chicago's Green Mill are encouraged to perform their poems to live music, creating a new blend of poetry and song that has been nicknamed -- what else -- pong. In New York City the deejay at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe plays James Brown records and other dance music during breaks between slam competition rounds...
...FUNDAMENTAL distinction to be made is between freedom of speech and freedom of self-expression. John Stuart Mill, the most eloquent defender of freedom of speech, outlined the basic reasons why it is a good that a civilized community (such as a university) should pursue...
...developed in Europe in the 19th century as an electoral system that would ensure minority representation in government. Candidates do not need to receive a majority of votes to win an election, just a smaller quota. Philosopher John Stuart Mill was a great advocate of the system...