On Friday, June 21, 2002, at 07:08 AM, David H. Bailey wrote:
> Poetry "slams" are quite alive and well -- poetry thrives today without > NEA support. David, I'm afraid you're quite wrong about this. First off, poetry slams were a fad that has come and gone; second, the sort of material that was typically presented at a slam often bore little relationship to literary poetry; third, name one poet coming out of the slam movement to achieve national recognition. Not exactly what I'd call "thriving." - Darcy ----- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston MA _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
