Exploring Extreme Programming
Book of Rhymes: The Poetics of Hip-Hop, by Adam Bradley. Basic Books, 2009. Rap is like Ireland to me – there’s an overlap in language and culture, I can sense that there are important differences I’m not tuned to, and Continue reading Review – Book of Rhymes
The Spoken Word Revolution, Mark Eleveld (Editor). SourceBooks, Inc., 2005. Poetry has of course long since moved beyond iambic pentameter. What’s striking for me in this collection is how important sound and rhythm are to many poems. The CD that Continue reading Review – The Spoken Word Revolution
Complete Idiot’s Guide to Slam Poetry, Marc Kelly Smith with Joe Kraynak. Alpha, 2004. April is poetry month, so I thought I’d try something different. Slam poetry takes poetry to the stage in “competition.” We get the basics of slam Continue reading Review – Complete Idiot’s Guide to Slam Poetry