Respect the Mic
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Respect the Mic by Peter Kahn
An expansive, moving poetry anthology, representing 20 years of poetry from students and alumni of Chicago's Oak Park River Forest High School Spoken Word Club -- now in paperback!
"Poets I know sometimes joke that the poetry club at Oak Park River Forest High School is the best MFA program in the Chicagoland areaLike all great jokes, this one is dead serious." -Eve L. Ewing, award-winning poet, playwright, scholar, and sociologist
"This anthology holds twenty years of evidence of the power of poetry...This is a primer for the next twenty years of great poems and poets." --Terrance Hayes, National Book Award-winning poet
"This anthology feels like a living, breathing thing. The scope and depth of Oak Park's program--and of poetry's ability to transform writers and readers alike--are palpable in these pages." --Tavi Gevinson, writer, Rookie magazine editor, and actress
"What a book! ... This is the intimate gift poetry has always carried in all its seams and weavings. This is the crucial befriending." --Naomi Shihab Nye, Pushcart award-winning Poetry Editor for the New York Times and the National Poetry Foundation's Young People's Poet Laureate.
"Ask a teenager 'How was school?' and you are likely to hear one word in reply: 'Boring.' Fortunately, the Spoken Word Club anthology has the potential to alter that response forever. These poems and personal stories offer evidence of the power of the word to engage young people in learning about the one thing they never find boring--themselves. Sometimes engagement begins on the page." --Carol Jago, Former President of the National Council of Teachers of English
"Electric and expansive." -- Kirkus Reviews
"This anthology holds twenty years of evidence of the power of poetry...This is a primer for the next twenty years of great poems and poets." --Terrance Hayes, National Book Award-winning poet
"This anthology feels like a living, breathing thing. The scope and depth of Oak Park's program--and of poetry's ability to transform writers and readers alike--are palpable in these pages." --Tavi Gevinson, writer, Rookie magazine editor, and actress
"What a book! ... This is the intimate gift poetry has always carried in all its seams and weavings. This is the crucial befriending." --Naomi Shihab Nye, Pushcart award-winning Poetry Editor for the New York Times and the National Poetry Foundation's Young People's Poet Laureate.
"Ask a teenager 'How was school?' and you are likely to hear one word in reply: 'Boring.' Fortunately, the Spoken Word Club anthology has the potential to alter that response forever. These poems and personal stories offer evidence of the power of the word to engage young people in learning about the one thing they never find boring--themselves. Sometimes engagement begins on the page." --Carol Jago, Former President of the National Council of Teachers of English
"Electric and expansive." -- Kirkus Reviews
Hanif Abdurraqib is an essayist and poet. from Columbus, Ohio, and a cultural commentator. The Crown Ain't Worth Much, his first poetry collection, was a nominee for the Eric Hoffer Book Prize and was nominated for a Hurston-Wright Legacy Award. They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us, a collection of essays, was selected a best book of 2017 by Buzzfeed, Esquire, NPR, Oprah Magazine, and Pitchfork, among other publications. Go Forward in the Rain, a biography of A Tribe Called Quest, is his most recent New York Times bestseller.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780593226827 |
| ISBN 10 | 0593226828 |
| Title | Respect the Mic |
| Author | Peter Kahn |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Year published | 2023-02-07 |
| Number of pages | 176 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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