#27 – Summer 2007
Tribute to Slam Poetry
Conversations with
Marc Kelly Smith & Patricia Smith
Releasing June 2007, issue #27 features a tribute to the most vibrant scene in contemporary poetry. Beginning in the Green Mill Lounge in 1986, the audience-scored performance poetry phenomenon has spread around the world, drawing crowds of thousands. Yet no major literary magazine had ever done the genre justice. Rattle remedies that problem by including a free, full-length audio CD of performances by 19 of the best poets, including 11 National Slam Champions. This popular issue is by far our widest selling and remains a reader-favorite.
Especially for the issue, Alan Fox interviews the founder of Slam Poetry, Marc Kelly Smith, and 4-time National Slam Champion and National Book Award Finalist Patricia Smith.
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TRIBUTE TO SLAM POETRY
Susan B.A. Somers-Willett • Roger Bonair-Agard
Grace Bruenderman • Marlon O. Carey • Kevin Coval
Katie F-S • Regie Gibson • Carlos Andrés Gómez
Alvin Lau • Taylor Mali • Jack McCarthy
Karyna McGlynn • Anis Mojgani (1, 2) • Sam Pierstorff
Jeremy Richards • Thadra Sheridan • Marc Kelly Smith (1, 2)
Patricia Smith • Buddy Wakefield
POETRY
Sally Albiso • John Amen • Shannon Amidon • Caleb Barber
Michelle Bitting • Laurie Blauner • Katherine Bode-Lang
Trina Burke • Antonia Clark • Barbara Crooker • Nika Cruz
Todd Davis • Kristen Dewald • Marco A. Domínguez
Derek Economy • György Faludy • Chris Featherman
Brent Fisk • Charlene Fix • Alan Fox • Cassandra Glickman
Christopher Goodrich • Sam Hamill • Peter Harris
Elizabeth Hoover • Luisa A. Igloria • D.R. James
Mark Evan Johnston • David Kelly-Hedrick
Krista Klanderman • John Laue • Gary Lemons
Joanne Lowery (1, 2) • David T. Manning • Joy Maulitz
Amy Miller • Michael Miller • Gabrielle Mittelbach
Greg Moglia • Natasha K. Moni • Hannah Faith Notess
Jennifer Perrine • Anne Pitkin • Tim Poland
Doug Ramspeck • Susan Rich • Liz Robbins
Jason Schossler • Wanda Schubmehl • Prartho Sereno
Michael Shorb • Lisa L. Siedlarz • J. Arron Small
Patricia Smith • A.C. Speyer • Mark Terrill
Nancy J. Thompson • Rachel Webster
Douglas Woody Woodsum • Bonnie Young
Maya Jewell Zeller
CONVERSATIONS
Marc Kelly Smith
Patricia Smith
