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UD LitFest has readings, writing, slam
LitFest 2011 at the University of Dayton Friday and Saturday, April 1-2, will feature writing workshops, public readings, a poetry slam and a dance performance.
Sponsored by the University of Dayton English Department, the two-day event at several campus locations has the theme “A Sea of Diversity: Rising Tides, Rising Authors.” All activities are free and open to the public.
Featured guests on Friday will include award-winning poets Kwame Dawes and Kathy Fagan. On Saturday, there will be public readings by four-time novelist Katrina Kittle, a Dayton native, and Frank X Walker, co-founder of the Affrilachian Poets and founder of the Bluegrass Black Arts Consortium.
Also that day, the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company will perform “Lyric Fire,” a tribute to Paul Laurence Dunbar. As usual, the festival will close with a poetry slam.
For a complete schedule, go to the University of Dayton LitFest 2011 Facebook page or http://community.udayton.edu/artssciences/english/LitFest2011index.php.
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By Edgar Allen Poe
March 25, 2011 12:46 PM | Link to this
What is a poetry slam? Is it putting down William Shakespeare, Walt Whitman and Robert Frost?
By Slamlink
March 25, 2011 3:43 PM | Link to this
Pretty close, actually. It’s a mock competition where a poet has 3:10 to perform a poem of his/her own creation and then they’re given scores olympic-style. They’re actually quite a bit of fun!