Burning Down the House

Burning Down the House Selected Poems from the Nuyorican Poets Café National Slam Champions

Paperback (12 Jun 2000)

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Publisher's Synopsis

In the summer of 1998, Roger Bonair-Agard, Stephen Colman, Guy LeCharles Gonzalez, Alix Olson and Lynne Procope took the championship belt at the National Poetry Slam, the first team from the world-famous Nuyorica Poets Cafe. These five poets stand at the vanguard of the slam movement, with verse that is passionate, tight, political and lucid.

Book information

ISBN: 9781887128483
Publisher: Soft Skull Press
Imprint: Soft Skull Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 811.5408
DEWEY edition: 21
Number of pages: 186
Weight: 249g
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Spine width: 14mm