Word Warriors : 35 Women Leaders in the Spoken Word Revolution

Female spoken word artists have become the spokeswomen for a new generation. This demanding oral poetry of the early 21st century has defined a vanguard of lithely muscled voices; women who think and act decisively to create their distinctive and desperately earned realities. The combination of the eminent slam movement and the upsurge of bold underground feminism has created a unique pool of women who verbally challenge society on all fronts.Editor Alix Olson (internationally touring spoken word artist-activist) brought together a variety of astounding spoken word artists for __Word Warriors__. Included in this collection are Patricia Smith and Eileen Myles, two of our most formidable spoken-word foremothers, Tony-award winners Sarah Jones, Suheir Hammad and Staceyann Chin, recording artists Bitch and Lynn Breedlove from the dyke-punk band Tribe 8, award-winning writer Michelle Tea, and many more. These women join other amazing artists from many different backgrounds to create __Word Warriors__, a powerful and comprehensive collection of work from the best and brightest female spoken word artists today. A Collection Of Poems And Essays By Thirty-five Female Spoken Word Artists From The Twentieth And Twenty-first Centuries, Including Sarah Jones, Leah Harris, Tracie Morris, And Others. Cast Of Characters Your Revolution / Sarah Jones -- Wax Poetic / Sarah Jones On Sister Spit Pigeon Manifesto / Michelle Tea -- Beautiful / Michelle Tea -- Protegee We Live Up Here / Lenelle Moise -- Loch Ness Monsters / Lenelle Moise -- Lost And Found Somewhere, Over / Daphne Gottlieb -- Death Drive (a Transfession) / Daphne Gottlieb -- On Mothers And Mothertongue I Am From, Third Cycle / Natalie E. Illum -- What We Learn In One Night / Natalie E. Illum -- Lyrical Self-defense And The Reluctant Female Rapper Cellulite / Aya De Leon -- Grito De Vieques / Aya De Leon -- Mad Poet's Manifesto Revenge Of The Crazy Wimmin / Leah Harris -- Take Refuge / Leah Harris -- Dirtiest Word You've Ever Heard Do The Math / Meliza Banales -- Generation / Meliza Banales -- Slam Ma'am Sylvia Plath Sliver / Karen Garrabrant -- Air Ego Balloon / Karen Garrabrant -- Stumbling In Empress Of Sighs / Beth Lisick -- Monkey Girl / Beth Lisick -- Page For A Day Quick Thank-you Note To Anne Sexton And Sylvia Plath / Genevieve Van Cleve -- Altar Call (i Want Jesus Back) / Genevieve Van Cleve -- Making A Name Motor Oil Queen / Cheryl Burke -- Jones / Cheryl Burke -- Choir Is Born Nothing Generation / Katz -- Taken In Like Oxygen / Katz -- What I Remember Herstory Of My Hips / C.c. Carter -- Warning / C.c. Carter -- Turn It Down A Notch Subtle Sister / Alix Olson -- That The Protagonist Is Always A Man / Alix Olson -- In My Own English First Writing Since / Suheir Hammad -- Prayer Band / Suheir Hammad -- From Inside Montana De Oro / Rachel Kann -- Titular / Rachel Kann -- Body Sanctuary Book Of Rules: A Girl's Guide To Doing What You're Told / Nomy Lamm -- There's Always This Feeling Like Something's Missing / Nomy Lamm -- Shaking It Off Andrew / Andrea Gibson -- Blue Blanket / Andrea Gibson -- My Longest Relationship -- Starfucking Closer To Home Or What Happens When You Reach For The Stars And They Reach Back / Thea Hillman -- Miscarriage / Thea Hillman -- We All Leave Something Ball And Chain Record Store / Ellyn Maybe -- Ellyn Maybe's Dream / Ellyn Maybe -- Ad-libbing Apology To Pangea / Tracie Morris -- Las Brujitas / Tracie Morris -- Working Luck Lit (or To The Scientist Whom I'm Not Speaking To Anymore) / Cristin O'keefe Aptowicz -- All I'd Leave Behind / Cristin O'keefe Aptowicz -- In Other Words God In You / Sini Anderson -- Say More / Sini Anderson -- In And Out Of Spoken Word American Poem / Eileen Myles -- Merk / Eileen Myles -- Taco Shop Tales Any Closer To Home And My Heart Will Burst 2 / Lynne Procope -- Butterfly Nut House / Lynne Procope -- You Say You Want A Revolution Instructions For A Body / Marty Mcconnell -- Joan Of Arc To The $2,000-an-hour Woman / Marty Mcconnell -- Spilling Ink Pussy Manifesto / Bitch -- Red Roof In / Bitch -- Good Sista/bad Sista Supa Soul Sistas / Turiya Autry And Walidah Imarisha -- No You Don't Know Me / Turiya Autry And Walidah Imarisha -- Boy Among Weemon Knuckle Sandwich / Lynn Breedlove -- Breasticles / Lynn Breedlove -- Poet For The People Cross-fire / Staceyann Chin -- Poem For The Gay Games / Staceyann Chin -- Exceeding Expectations Sleeping Sickness / Julia Serano -- Vice Versa / Julia Serano -- Name-calling Asking For A Heart Attack / Patricia Smith -- Building Nicole's Mama / Patricia Smith. Edited By Alix Olson ; Foreword By Eve Ensler. Includes Bibliographical References. Female spoken word artists have become the spokeswomen for a new generation. This demanding oral poetry of the early 21st century has defined a vanguard of lithely muscled voices; women who think and act decisively to create their distinctive and desperately earned realities. The combination of the eminent slam movement and the upsurge of bold underground feminism has created a unique pool of women who verbally challenge society on all fronts. Editor Alix Olson (internationally touring spoken word artist-activist) brought together a variety of astounding spoken word artists for Word Warriors . Included in this collection are Patricia Smith and Eileen Myles, two of our most formidable spoken-word foremothers, Tony-award winners Sarah Jones, Suheir Hammad and Staceyann Chin, recording artists Bitch and Lynn Breedlove from the dyke-punk band Tribe 8, award-winning writer Michelle Tea, and many more. These women join other amazing artists from many different backgrounds to create Word Warriors , a powerful and comprehensive collection of work from the best and brightest female spoken word artists today. Collects the work of a variety of female spoken word artists, including Patricia Smith, Eileen Myles, Sarah Jones, Suheir Hammad, Staceyann Chin, and Michelle Tea. Præsentation samt to digte af hver af bogens 35 kvindelige, amerikanske forfattere inden for spoken word/poetry slam-genren