A Bigger Boat

by McAllister, Susan

• ISBN13: 9780826344830
• ISBN10: 0826344836
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-04-30
• Publisher: Univ of New Mexico Pr

Summary

Exciting words by talented poets who have made Albuquerque's poetry slams so successful.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Foreword
Preface
Introduction	p. 1
In Medias Res - NPS Finals 2005	p. 5
We Teach	p. 7
Two Minutes	p. 10
In Our Heaven	p. 12
The Spark	p. 15
Making a Scene, 1990-1994	p. 19
Albuquerque Poetry Scene, 1990-1994	p. 22
Coyote	p. 24
The Wind	p. 25
Albuquerque	p. 27
Slam Poetry Demystified	p. 29
First Slam at Jack's Lounge	p. 31
Drought	p. 33
Blue Plate Special	p. 34
Chinco de Mayo	p. 35
Be my pearl jam	p. 39
Venues - Best Price Books and Coffee	p. 40
The Anatomy of a History Lesson	p. 42
Taos Poetry Circus	p. 45
One-match Fire	p. 48
Venues - Gold Coast Coffeehouse	p. 50
Barrio Madonna	p. 52
Venues-Fabulous Dingo Bar	p. 54
Women Are Like Trees	p. 55
ABQ Poetry Slam Hits the Road, 1995-2005	p. 57
The First Nationals Team from Albuquerque	p. 58
I Am	p. 60
1995-2000	p. 62
No Part (a.k.a. Chicano Poem)	p. 64
In Our 70s	p. 66
Satellite Man	p. 68
December 1982	p. 70
Ash	p. 73
Slamming in the Early Years	p. 75
Remembrance of Trinidad Sanchez Jr. (1943-2006)	p. 76
Let Us Stop This Madness	p. 78
Remembrance of Ken Hunt (1970-2005)	p. 79
Savanna	p. 81
Por que Lorca ha muerto?	p. 83
The Object	p. 85
Albuquerque Poetry Festival	p. 86
The G-ification ofYour Life	p. 87
Forgetting to Live	p. 89
2000-2005	p. 90
Mo Ainm	p. 92
Jesus Was a Mutt	p. 93
Zarathustra	p. 95
Quincy	p. 97
Alburquerque	p. 98
Venues - Winning Coffee Co	p. 100
Road Trip	p. 101
The Hour of the Angelus	p. 103
Central Avenue	p. 106
Manzano Sunflowers	p. 108
Truelove	p. 110
the rag	p. 111
After the Ultrasound, Week 12	p. 112
Venues - Club Rhythm & Blues	p. 113
A Vato Needs All the Help He Can Get	p. 114
Venues - Insomnia	p. 116
Ode to Johnny Cash	p. 118
Committing Poetry in Times of War	p. 120
Venues - Blue Dragon	p. 121
City Champions and Slam Teams 1995-2005	p. 122
ABQ Poetry Brings NPS Home - the Organizers' Story	p. 125
The Bid	p. 126
Front Porch	p. 129
The Vision - a Bigger Boat	p. 129
Fat Man	p. 135
Behind the Curtain	p. 139
Misfits	p. 141
The Media - Getting Albuquerque Excited	p. 142
The Magic of Performing in New Mexico	p. 146
Waiting for a Title in German	p. 147
Venues - Puccini's Golden West	p. 148
Organizing NPS 2005	p. 149
Renaissance Women	p. 151
NPS Experience	p. 154
Courting the Spark	p. 155
The Volunteers	p. 158
Holy Water	p. 160
Making the Event Happen	p. 163
You Are the Snow	p. 164
NPS 2005 and the ABQ Slam Team Champions' Story	p. 167
Letter from the Chair of NPS 2005 (from the Event Program)	p. 168
NPS 2005 Schedule of Events	p. 170
The National Poetry Slam 2005 at the National Hispanic Cultural Center	p. 172
Nerd Slam under the Cottonwoods	p. 175
George Bush	p. 177
Albuquerque Nationals	p. 179
Panning for Teeth	p. 180
Head-to-Head Haiku	p. 181
Haiku	p. 181
Forty-Eight-Hour Poetry Jook Joint... Out ch'Yonda	p. 182
Albuquerque Slam	p. 184
A Poetic Audience Perspective	p. 189
Tournament Bouts	p. 190
Soweto-Aubervilliers	p. 194
Your Best Behavior	p. 198
For Bashir	p. 200
Individual Championship - 2005	p. 203
Visiting and Competing in NPS 2005	p. 204
Headstone	p. 205
Being the National Poetry Individual Champion	p. 207
for those who can still ride an airplane for the first time	p. 208
Finals Night - Five Needles (Part I)	p. 211
"Q"	p. 212
Hosting the Event	p. 215
Home	p. 217
Pink and Brown	p. 220
Rebel Music	p. 224
They Love You Not	p. 227
Mirror, Mirror	p. 229
Dance	p. 231
Finals Night - Five Needles (Part II)	p. 233
Finals Controversy	p. 235
The Event and the Controversy	p. 237
Marriage	p. 240
Best-Run National Poetry Slam	p. 242
What Teachers Make	p. 245
The Team	p. 247
Winning It All - Team ABQ 2005	p. 250
A möi ng	p. 255
Night of the Chihuahua	p. 257
Common Ground	p. 260
Wednesdays in Philly	p. 263
Albuquerque and NPS2005	p. 266
Some Recollections of the National Poetry Slam, Albuquerque, 2005	p. 268
Thank You Acknowledgments	p. 271
ABQ Aftermath	p. 275
Aftermath: The Arts Community	p. 275
Artists and NPS	p. 277
Aftermath: The Poetry Community	p. 278
2006 Bravos Award in Theatre Arts	p. 281
Word-Sure Boy	p. 282
Where Do We Go from Here-after the 2005 Championship	p. 284
Rock 'n' Roll	p. 286
Billie's Blues Are Mine	p. 289
Polonius's Advice to His Son (the Remix)	p. 292
UNM Spoken Word and College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational (CUPSI)	p. 295
Una Novena pa la Tierra	p. 297
The UNM Spoken Word Initiative	p. 299
New and Rejected Works	p. 300
Dry Spell Dream	p. 303
Women in Slam	p. 304
I Dare You	p. 305
Women and Poetry	p. 306
Freshwater Fish	p. 307
Poets and Writers Picnic	p. 308
the rag and Herland	p. 310
War	p. 312
Aftermath: The Wider Community	p. 313
Song for Solomon	p. 316
Aftermath: Organizing Community	p. 319
Monsoon Season	p. 322
Pull the Next One Up	p. 325
Afterword	p. 327
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