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July 1st, 2009
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In this Issue:

- Poetry Slam Workshop for Beginning Poets
- From The Board
- Anthology News Briefs
- 2009 iWPS Qualifying starts THIS WEEK
- Valley of the Sun Literary News Briefs
- Anthology Forums Recent Posts
- Random AZPoetryPedia Page
- Featured in the Gift Shop
- Credits/Contact/Submit
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First, I share this with you...
On Thursday, we have :
Joaquín Zihuatanejo is a poet, spoken word artist, and award-winning teacher. Born and raised in the barrio of East Dallas, in his work Joaquín strives to capture the duality of the Chicano culture. Sometimes brutal, but always honest his work depicts the essence of barrio life, writing about a youth that existed somewhere between the streets of the barrio and the dream wanderings of a boy who found refuge in a world of stories and poems. Joaquín has been called by critics, “one of the most dynamic and passionate performance poets in the country, melding equal parts comedy, poetry, and dramatic monologue into a crowd-pleasing display of verbal fireworks…always thrilling, Joaquín’s hilariously manic presentation is full of compassion and nuance, never sacrificing substance for style, leading many to call him poetry slam’s answer to John Leguizamo.” A National Poetry Slam Finalist, Grand Slam Spoken Word Champion, and HBO Def Poet, Joaquín has performed his poetry at universities, conferences and poetry slams all over the Unites States, Canada, and Mexico. In 2005, Joaquin was featured on season five of Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry for HBO.

Second...

Anthology, Inc. announced today that the 14th annual Mesa National Poetry Slamoff will take place on Friday, May 22nd, 2009 at Queen's Pizzeria, 125 W Main St, in Downtown Mesa. As many as twelve of the valley's best performance poets will compete for a chance to represent Mesa Slam at the National Poetry Slam to be held this August in West Palm Beach, Florida. The Show starts at 8PM, the event is completely free to the public, and donations will be accepted to help fund the team's application fee and travel expenses to the event.

Since 1996, Mesa has sent poets to The National Poetry Slam, making the Mesa Slam one of the oldest poetry slams in the country. Mesa success includes semi-final finishes in the 1999, 2000 and 2005 events. Regularly attended by hundreds of people, the slamoff is a high energy, high stakes showdown for the coveted team positions.

The Mesa Slam Poetry community has long brought tremendous attention to the arts of Mesa, solidifying a reputation as being unique and entertaining. Says Bob Nelson, Executive Director and Co-Founder of Anthology, "I've seen a lot of poets and poetry slams in 15 years, and I still think this event is the single best way to show the community that there is a vibrant and exciting performance poetry community right here."

Queen's Pizzeria will host the event, and as a special offer will give a free drink w/order to anyone that wears an Anthology or Mesa Slam T-Shirt to the event.

Poetry Slam is a no-holds barred verbal competition that pits performance and writing skills of poets against each other at the mercy of the Audience. Devised in the 1980's by a Chicago construction worker named Marc Smith, the style has grown into a worldwide phenomenon, with a national Nonprofit, Poetry Slam, inc. guiding it's growth. More information about Poetry Slam can be found at http://www.poetryslam.com.

Anthology, Inc. is a Greater Phoenix based literary nonprofit, recognized both by the state of Arizona and is a 501c(3) organization with the Internal Revenue Service. Founded in 1994, Anthology’s mission is to promote performance poetry and associated literary arts in the greater Phoenix community by providing opportunities for artists to perform their work and by making spoken word arts accessible to a diverse audience. More information on Anthology can become a member can be found at
http://www.anthology.org .

Queens Pizzeria is a family operated Pizza Parlor in the heart of Downtown Mesa. Open Since 2008, we pride ourselves in creating fresh, delicious, made-to-order pizza, sandwiches and salads. Whether you come into our restaurant or order for delivery, you will be impressed with our uncompromising quality, freshness, superior customer service, and above all, great food!! Check out our list of events for fun happenings at Queens and in downtown Mesa. More Information can be found at: http://www.queenspizzeria.com.
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Arizona Poet? Arizona Poetry Supporter?

Come on now, get in the game and use AZPoetryPedia, the best place to document all of the rescources for poetry in Arizona online. Help us (and yourself) out- make an account, add some info, or just add a link to the site to your blog, website, or other web presence.

Best of all, it's all free, so you have nothing to lose... here are some cool graphics...



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So, within AZPoetrypedia, here are the fifty pages that have the most links to them. Click on a page to see it...
  1. The Klute ‎(14 links)
  2. Format Text ‎(12 links)
  3. Create Tables ‎(12 links)
  4. Stephen G. Roy ‎(10 links)
  5. Bob Nelson ‎(10 links)
  6. Bill Campana ‎(9 links)
  7. The Poe Show ‎(9 links)
  8. Help ‎(8 links)
  9. Sample Poet Profile ‎(8 links)
  10. Sample Venue Profile ‎(8 links)
  11. The Paper Heart ‎(7 links)
  12. Non-Native Transplants ‎(7 links)
  13. Anthology, Inc. ‎(6 links)
  14. Willow House ‎(6 links)
  15. New Subterreaneans ‎(6 links)
  16. Jeff Falk ‎(6 links)
  17. Arizona ‎(5 links)
  18. Mesa Slam ‎(5 links)
  19. User:Boboratory ‎(5 links)
  20. Nick Fox ‎(4 links)
  21. WHOPR ‎(4 links)
  22. Patrick Hare ‎(4 links)
  23. Jack Evans ‎(4 links)
  24. Essenza Coffeehouse ‎(4 links)
  25. Jason Davis ‎(4 links)
  26. Christopher Fox Graham ‎(4 links)
  27. Seven Days of Halloween ‎(4 links)
  28. Trish JusTrish ‎(4 links)
  29. Essenzaslam Poetry Slam ‎(4 links)
  30. Sharon Skinner ‎(4 links)
  31. Jonathan Standifird ‎(4 links)
  32. JRC ‎(3 links)
  33. Dark Heart ‎(3 links)
  34. Bad Xmas Pageant ‎(3 links)
  35. Brent Heffron ‎(3 links)
  36. National Poetry Slam ‎(3 links)
  37. Scalywags ‎(3 links)
  38. Artlink ‎(3 links)
  39. Andrew Berger ‎(3 links)
  40. Corbet Dean ‎(3 links)
  41. Poem ‎(3 links)
  42. John Kofonow ‎(3 links)
  43. Brandy Lintecum ‎(2 links)
  44. Meghan Jones ‎(2 links)
  45. After Dark Poetry ‎(2 links)
  46. Poetry Slam, Inc. ‎(2 links)
  47. Cthulhu Beach Party ‎(2 links)
  48. Joseph Giunta ‎(2 links)
  49. Wasteland Circus ‎(2 links)
  50. Arizona Poetry Encyclopedia ‎(2 links)

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Harmony has absconded with the April 23rd results, but here are the point totals so far:

Tom    21
Brit    17
Bill Campana    15
Neil    13
Lauren Perry    8
Charles    8
The Klute    7
Chesko    6
Lee    4
White Chocolate    4
Seth walker    4
Bakeem    3

Here are the details of the 2009 Mesa National Slamoff:
  • Will be FRIDAY, May 22nd... 8PM
  • At Queen's Pizzeria
  • Will be totally free to the public
  • The Theme will be "Tiny Mesa" If you wear an Anthology/Mesa Slam T-Shirt to the event, Queen's will give you a free beverage with your order.
  • Donations will be accepted for the team's registration and travel expenses, so tell all your wealthy friends to bring their checkbooks...
Go out there and spread the Mesa Slam Gospel...

Oh,

The twelve competing poets will be asked to pay, $19.95 each... I am totally serious, $19.95, and I will have nickels on hand...

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