LibGuides: Poetry: Slam or Spoken Word Poetry

Spoken Word websites

Poetry Slam Inc.
Sponsors the National Poetry Slam
With Our Words Inc.
A poetry foundation based in Stockton, California.
Library.Scotch
A quick guide and overview on writing your own Slam Poetry and spoken word.

New Rhyming Dictionary and Poets' Handbook by Burges Johnson
Call Number: REF 426.603 JOH
ISBN: 0062720147
Publication Date: 1991-09-25

Slam School by Bronwen E. Low
Call Number: 370.117 LOW
ISBN: 9780804763653
Publication Date: 2011-03-22
A reflection on rap and hip-hop integrated into our modern dialectic.
Don't Call Us Dead by Danez Smith
Call Number: 811.6 SMI
ISBN: 1555977855
Publication Date: 2017-09-05
National Book Award finalist poet
The Cambridge Companion to Hip-Hop by Justin A. Williams (Editor)
Call Number: REF 782.4216 CAM
ISBN: 9781107037465
Publication Date: 2015-02-12
Encyclopedia of hip hop movements including rap, spoken word and slam poetry information.
Spoken Word Revolution by Mark Eleveld; Marc Smith (Narrated by, Consultant Editor)
Call Number: 811.508 SPO
ISBN: 1402202466
Publication Date: 2005-03-01
Information on spoken word, slam and performance poetry.
Hip Hop Culture by Emmett G. Price
Call Number: 306.4 PRI
ISBN: 1851098674
Publication Date: 2006-05-19
Essays on rap, hip hop and how it translates into our American culture