Poetic License: youth books and videos

Books:

Aloud! Voices from the Nuyorican Poets Café
(Edited by Bob Holman, Miguel Algarin and Nicole Blackman, 1994)
This anthology contains some of the leading spoken word poets in the country and is a celebration of diversity.

Poetry Slam: The Competitive Art of Performance Poetry
(Edited by Gary Mex Glazner Manic D Press 2001)
Critically acclaimed titles of cutting edge poetry by emerging and established writers.

The Practice of Poetry: Writing Exercises from Poets who Teach
(Edited by Robin Behn and Chase Twichell HarperCollins 1992)

Technicians of the Sacred
(Edited by Jerome Rothenberg University of California Press 1968)
This anthology identifies and celebrates the oral poetic form in cultures all over the world.

The Poet's Companion - A Guide to the Pleasures of Writing Poetry
(Kim Addonizio and Dorian Laux Norton Press 1997)

Premonitions:The Kaye Anthology of New Asian North American Poetry
(Edited by Walter K. Lew Kaya Productions 1995)

The Beat Reader
(Edited by Ann Charters Penguin 1992)

Writing Poems
(Michelle Boisseau and Robert Wallace HarperCollins 1996)

On a Mission: The Last Poets
(Abiodun Oyewole and Umar Bin Hassan Henry Holt and Co. 1996)

Videos:

Poetic Licence

Slam Nation

Slam

Black Wax

Verso Negro