Sat 26 May 2007
RATTLE #27 - Summer 2007 - Tribute to Slam
Posted by Tim under rattle rubbish

What kind of blog would this be if I didn’t mention the stellar new issue of RATTLE?
Issue #27 is hot off the press, and features a tribute to Slam Poetry, including a full-length audio CD of performance poems. Alan Fox interviews Slam founder Marc Kelly Smith, and four-time NPS champion Patricia Smith. Contributing editor and slam-insider Dr. Susan B.A. Sommers-Willett provides an introductory essay. All this, plus 63 new page poems, and the cover price is still just $10 — less than the typical price of a CD, and it comes with a 200 page book!
Sorry for the exclamation point, but I’m excited. Here’s the list of contributors:
Sally Albiso • John Amen • Shannon Amidon • Caleb Barber
Michelle Bitting • Laurie Blauner • Katherine Bode-Lang
Trina Burke • Antonia Clark • Barbara Crooker • Nika Cruz
Todd Davis • Kristen Dewald • Marco A. Dominguez
Chris Featherman • Brent Fisk • Alan Fox
Cassandra Glickman • Derek Economy • Christopher Goodrich
Sam Hamill • Peter Harris • Elizabeth Hoover
Luisa A. Igloria • D.R. James • Mark Evan Johnston
David Kelly-Hedrick • Krista Klanderman • John Laue
Gary Lemons • Joanne Lowery • David T. Manning
Joy Maulitz • Amy Miller • Michael Miller
Gabrielle Mittelbach • Greg Moglia
Natasha Kochicheril Moni • Hannah Faith Notess
Jennifer Perrine • Anne Pitkin • Tim Poland
Doug Ramspeck • Susan Rich • Liz Robbins
Jason Schossler • Wanda Schubmehl • Prartho Sereno
Michael Schorb • Lisa L. Siedlarz • J. Arron Small
Patricia Smith • Gyorgy Faludy • A.C. Speyer
Mark Terrill • Nancy J. Thompson • Rachel Webster
Douglas Woody Woodsum • Bonnie Young • Maya Jewell Zeller
SLAM POETRY BY
(text and audio!)
Roger Bonair-Agard • Grace Bruenderman • Kevin Coval
Katie F-S • Regie Gibson • Carlos Andres Gomez
Marlon O. Carey/Inphynit • Alvin Lau • Taylor Mali
Jack McCarthy • Karyna McGlynn • Anis Mojgani
Sam Pierstorff • Jeremy Richards • Thadra Sheridan
Marc Kelly Smith • Patricia Smith • Buddy Wakefield
To order go here and click the cover, or send a check for $10 payable to:
RATTLE
12411 Ventura Blvd
Studio City, CA 91604














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June 3rd, 2007 at 6:41 am
People, this issue in particular is the greatest deal in a lit mag you’re going to find this year!
I’ve already read it and listened to the C.D.
Do yourself a favor and subscribe, you’d already be listening by now!
June 3rd, 2007 at 9:07 pm
Tim, got my issue in the mail the other day. Read it this weekend. Great work! Lovely issue as usual. I expect nothing else these days from RATTLE.