Festival Events
Talk: Exploring Slam Poetry with Roger Bonair-Agard
Thursday, June 19
3:30 PM
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Whether you are a longtime fan of performance poetry, a potential participant in the late-night poetry slam, or just someone wondering what all the fuss is about, there is no better guide than Roger Bonair-Agard. In this informal talk, the former national champion slam poet will discuss what it means to be a slam poet, how that relates to the written word, and where the art form fits in to poetry's long tradition as a performance art.