A Bigger Boat
, by McAllister, SusanNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780826344830 | 0826344836
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 4/30/2008
Exciting words by talented poets who have made Albuquerque's poetry slams so successful.
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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