Slab City Slam podcast
by Sab City Slam
The Arizona Spoken Word Fest and Slab City Slam returns to Arcosanti each and every Memorial Day Weekend. As the most anticipated spoken word event in the state, Slab City offers an opportunity to take the linguistic pulse of Arizona’s literary communities and see all the variety the state’s scenes offer. This year, the Fest seeks to push the performative envelope even farther, offering a third day of experimental performance on top of the traditional main event.
Episodes
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Christa Bell - "The Too Much"
The featured poet at the 2006 Slab City Slam was Christa Bell. To explain further, we will need the words of the poet herself: "FonkGoddess is alive and Coochie Magic is afoot through the revivalist poetry of internationally acclaimed poet, SpokenWord artist and cultural activist Christa Bell of...
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Gabrielle Bowers - "The First Time I Was Ever Called a Nigger"
The young Gabrielle Bowers writes passionate pieces about identity, love hardships and growth. This very descriptive poet paints vivid pictures in the mind of her audiences. Indulged in many of the fine arts Gabi aims to improve on her crafts as time goes on. Nurtured in Maricopa County's west...
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Eric Gray - "It's Nine O'Clock"
I was on the Counter Culture team. I've been reading poetry at various open mics for the last three and a half years, and have read at Arcosanti the last two years. In the later half of 2005 I started to get become more focused on slam-specific poetry, and have been tailoring my poems to fit the...
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Rowie Shebala - "The Sappy L-Word Poem"
Roanna Shaundini Shebala, of Flagstaff also known as Rowie Shebala, born on the Navajo Reservation, Ft. Defiance AZ. She has a family, which finds their way in a lot of her poetry. She has a brother Lamont, and two sisters, Kendra and Tanya. She is the oldest out of these so in a lot of ways she...
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Christopher Lane - "If This Poem"
There's no better way to kick off our coverage of the 2006 Slab City Slam Spoken Word Festival than Christopher Lane's poetic call to arms. The slam competition starts off with a poet working the cold audience, bringing them into a headspace open to poetic thought and performance. This poet will...
About this show
The Arizona Spoken Word Fest and Slab City Slam returns to Arcosanti each and every Memorial Day Weekend. As the most anticipated spoken word event in the state, Slab City offers an opportunity to take the linguistic pulse of Arizona’s literary communities and see all the variety the state’s scenes offer. This year, the Fest seeks to push the performative envelope even farther, offering a third day of experimental performance on top of the traditional main event.
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