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National Poetry Slam 2002, Minneapolis, MN


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filmed by Gabrielle Bouliane, on behalf of the poets. All work copyright the artist.

Corbet Dean, Mesa, AZ Corbet Dean
Indie Semifinals
CR Avery, Vancouver, BC CR Avery
Team Semifinals
Gina Loring, LA/Green Gina Loring, What's in a Name?
Team Semi-finals, Quest, Friday, August 16, 2002
Jeremy Richards and Nathan Ramos, Seattle, WA Jeremy Richards, T.S. Elliott's Lost Hip-Hop Poem
Team Semifinals
Joel Chmara, Chicago, Wicker Park Joel Chmara, Papa Numero Dos
Indie Semifinals
Kamal Symonette-Dixon, Nuyorican Kamal Symonette-Dixon, Color Blind
Indie Semifinals
Lucy Anderton, Chicago, Wicker Park Lucy Anderton, The Virgin Mary Speaks
Team Semifinals Sorbet Poet
Rives, Los Feliz Rives, Mockingbirds
Indie Semifinals
Sekou tha Misfit, LA/Green Sekou the Misfit
Indie Semifinals
Shane Koyczan, Vancouver, BC Shane Koyczan, Beethoven
Team Semifinals, Quest
Tara Hardy, Seattle, WA Tara Hardy, Holy
Team Semifinals
Xero Skidmore, Baton Rouge, LA Xero Skidmore
Indie Semifinals

Independent Poetry Videos

Coy King, Hooked Coy King, Hooked
Directed and filmed by Gabrielle Bouliane, 2000

National Poetry Slam Y2K

Al Letson, Jacksonville FL Al Letson, "These Four Walls"
Individual Semifinals
Beau Beau Sia, "Asian Sellout"
Team Semifinals
GNO, Dallas Superhero GNO, "Say Word"
Individual Semifinals
Jerry Jerry Quickley, "The Relevance of Hip Hop"
Individual Semifinals
Michael Michael Cirelli, "Cooking"
Individual Semifinals
Shane Koyczan, Team Vancouver Y2K Shane Koyczan, "How Do You Make Love?"
Individual Semifinals
Shappy Seaholtz, Team MadBar Y2K Shappy Seaholtz, "Does She Like Me?"
Individual Semifinals
Taylor Mali, Team NYC-Urbana Y2K Taylor Mali, "The The Impotance of Proofreading"
Team Semifinals

National Poetry Slam 1999

Noel Jones, Team Urbana Noel Jones, "Permission"
Team Finals
Reggie Gibson, Chicago Reggie Gibson, "Eulogy for James Marshall Hendrix"
Individual Finals
Roger Bonair-Agard, Team Urbana Roger Bonair-Agard, "Naming and Other Christian Things"
Team Finals
Shane Koyczan, Vancouver, BC Shane Koyczan, "If"
Individual Finals
StacyAnn Chin, I don't want to write for the Slam anymore Stacy Ann Chin, "I don't want to write for the Slam anymore"
Team Finals
Gabrielle & Tim, Seattle Team 1999 Team Seattle: Tim Sanders & Gabrielle Bouliane, "Redheads"--Streamed
First Night, Third Bout, Third Round