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A complete, comprehensive study of poetry slams, their origins, and how they are organized, the strict American competitive systems, and the more relaxed British approach. This book is ideal for poets and poetry fans alike. The book analyses the conflict between performance poets and those who think verse is strictly for the written page. Finally, just for fun, I ask what Shakespeare might have thought of poetry slams and whether or not he could win one. Arthur Chappell.