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What a glorious show the Grand Slam was!!

Seattle Poetry Slam’s ANNUAL ALL AGES SHOW took place on Sat 4/27 at Town Hall

  1. - the house was packed with approx 600 fans of poetry
  2. - Featured Poet Mahogany L. Browne received a standing ovation
  3. - the 2013 Seattle Slam team is: Jesse Welch (Muffin), Nikkita Oliver, Sara Brickman, Josh Koets and Amber Flame.

 Did you miss the Grand Slam? The live stream is still up and running.

This week at the slam…

June 11th, 2013

headshots-0001Feature: Daemond Arrindell

Daemond Arrindell is a poet, performer, teaching artist, and community organizer. Slam Master of Seattle and curator of the longest running weekly show in Seattle – the Seattle Poetry Slam; 8-time coach of the renowned Seattle National Poetry Slam Team; faculty member of Freehold Theatre and co-facilitating (for the 5th year) a poetry and theater residency at Monroe Correctional Complex for men; Writer-In-Residence through Seattle Arts & Lectures’ Writers in the Schools Program.

And in the fall of 2012, he taught Seattle University’s first course in Slam Poetry. [...]

 

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