Word: poem
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...latest racist comments follow another anti-Asian slur found three weeks ago on a poem on the board that was signed by "Lizbeth Chang." No one is registered at the University under that name...
Wild about a poem...
Powers doesn't disagree. But he fears that slam winners get attention at the expense of better poets. "The first poem to win the Slam was 'I Stink.' The speaker discussed various bodily smells. It was funny. It was shrill. But it won. A couple poems were good, but got tiny votes...
Powers cites the "exaggerated outrage, chutzpah, in-your-face" style of many slammers. He might be talking about McIntyre, whose performances involve lots of shouting and stomping. McIntyre's poem in the semi-finals turns out to be a tale of misery from Frankenstein's monster. The crowd is mesmerized. He stops, and leaves the stage...
...Tweney, who nearly won the slam but lost major subtlety points on his wife-beating poem, Hogan says that he "has a future. Definitely...