Def Poetry - best news, blogs, videos, photos and more - Boxxet http://www.boxxet.com/Def_Poetry/ en-us info@boxxet.com This is the best-of news for Def Poetry, brought to you by Boxxet. See more at http://www.boxxet.com/Def_Poetry/ Boxxet http://www.boxxet.com/template/base2/img/boxxet-rss-logo.gif Def Poetry - Best News, Blogs, Videos, Bookmarks, Search, Photos of Def Poetry from Boxxet http://www.boxxet.com/Def_Poetry/ 95 94 VH1 Pays Homage to 25 Years of Def Jam Records in Its Sixth Year ... http://www.boxxet.com/Def_Poetry/post:vh1-pays-homage-to-25-years-of-def-jam-records-in-its-sixth-year/  FL Russell Simmons, LA Reid and Jay Z. The Def Jam brand didn't just innovate in music, it also launched a breakthrough comedy show (Def Comedy Jam), a dynamic spoken-word showcase (Def Poetry Jam), and set trends in fashion, film and advertising. ...


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Def_Poetry/post:vh1-pays-homage-to-25-years-of-def-jam-records-in-its-sixth-year/ 08 Jun 2009 12:48:45 PDT Choreographer and poet win Charlotte Street award http://www.boxxet.com/Def_Poetry/news:choreographer-and-poet-win-charlotte-street-award/  MO “Every now and then there might be one or two students who are naturally inclined to write poetry, but most often students shy away from it. But slam poetry reaches young people in a way that traditional poetry doesn't, so I use clips from 'Def Poetry ...


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Def_Poetry/news:choreographer-and-poet-win-charlotte-street-award/ 06 Jun 2009 20:19:28 PDT Poetry project: Front Royal latches onto idea of decorating rest rooms http://www.boxxet.com/Def_Poetry/post:poetry-project-front-royal-latches-onto-idea-of-decorating-rest-rooms/  VA Nationally, poetry seems to be seeing renewed interest. HBO has Russell Simmons' "Def Poetry Jam" and "Brave New Voices," aimed at getting teens interested in writing. "Teens are just so amazing. Their emotions are just at the surface and poetry gives ...


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Def_Poetry/post:poetry-project-front-royal-latches-onto-idea-of-decorating-rest-rooms/ 06 Jun 2009 03:52:21 PDT Down in Jamaica: A Journey to the Calabash International Literary ... http://www.boxxet.com/Def_Poetry/post:down-in-jamaica-a-journey-to-the-calabash-international-literary/  NY Staceyann Chin, known for her appearances on Def Poetry Jam, kicks off the morning's readings. This Jamaica-born New Yorker reads from The Other Side of Paradise, a memoir that chronicles her coming of age as a half-black half-Asian gay person on the ...


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Def_Poetry/post:down-in-jamaica-a-journey-to-the-calabash-international-literary/ 04 Jun 2009 08:15:05 PDT 5 things to do: Thursday http://www.boxxet.com/Def_Poetry/news:5-things-to-do-thursday/  OH Enjoy happy hour at Mixx Ultra Lounge and stick around for Mixx's "Soulful Garden" event, featuring "HBO Def Poetry" star Georgia Me and hip-hop and neo-soul music. 3. The Cincinnati Art Museum's annual food and wine event, A Taste of Duveneck, ...


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Def_Poetry/news:5-things-to-do-thursday/ 04 Jun 2009 02:23:33 PDT Written by Cyrus Langhorne http://www.boxxet.com/Def_Poetry/news:written-by-cyrus-langhorne/  Jersey City Prefix Mag) Mos previously hinted at a few guest spots and his aim to revive HBO's "Def Poetry" in an interview earlier this year. "The name of the album is The Ecstatic," he explained. "I titled it after one of my favorite novels by Victor LaValle ...


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Def_Poetry/news:written-by-cyrus-langhorne/ 03 Jun 2009 08:39:46 PDT Def Poetry news and blogs - November 21, 2009 http://www.boxxet.com/Def_Poetry/?date=20091121 Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit Def Poetry news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

  •   The Return of the Troubadors -- from Forbes
  •   Scout's Diary: Please Don't Rain -- from Baseball America
  •   MEMPHIS Looks to Begin Previews at Bdwy's Shubert 9/23 -- from Broadway World
  •   McCraney & Power Featured In Publications The Advocate And ... -- from Broadway World
  •   A PLAY ON WORDS Opens At 59E59 5/17 -- from Broadway World
  •   Madison Poetry Slam Finals -- from Isthmus
  •   The Majestic Competition -- from KERA
  •   Cabico continues Kitchen Counter Culture series -- from Ithaca Journal
  •   Madison Poetry Slam Finals -- from Isthmus Daily Page
  •   Obama's cultural evening is powerfully intimate -- from Los Angeles Times

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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Def_Poetry/news:black-light-poetry-heads-to-bigger-digs/ 28 May 2009 12:38:01 PDT Shihan - The Auction Network http://www.boxxet.com/Def_Poetry/post:shihan-the-auction-network/ One of the best poets that has been shown on Def Poetry Jam vids.myspace.com


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Def_Poetry/post:shihan-the-auction-network/ 21 May 2009 14:25:36 PDT Carrie Fisher Brings WISHFUL DRINKING Back To Berkeley Rep's Roda ... http://www.boxxet.com/Def_Poetry/news:carrie-fisher-brings-wishful-drinking-back-to-berkeley-rep-39-s-roda/  NY Dame Edna (2000 Tony Award), Russell Simmons's Def Poetry Jam (2003 Tony Award), Bill Maher: Victory Begins at Home (2003 Tony nomination), and It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues (1999 Tony nomination). His off-Broadway credits include Room Service, ...


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Def_Poetry/news:carrie-fisher-brings-wishful-drinking-back-to-berkeley-rep-39-s-roda/ 21 May 2009 11:41:29 PDT Patricia Smith And The Poetry Of Katrina http://www.boxxet.com/Def_Poetry/news:patricia-smith-and-the-poetry-of-katrina/  CT Smith was the record setting four-time National Poetry Slam Champion, and her electrifying performances have been featured in the documentary film SlamNation and on HBO's Def Poetry Jam. Her fifth book, “Blood Dazzler,” which chronicles the human, ...


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Def_Poetry/news:patricia-smith-and-the-poetry-of-katrina/ 12 May 2009 03:03:32 PDT Def Poetry: Sarah Kay http://www.boxxet.com/Def_Poetry/post:def-poetry-sarah-kay/ Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry returns to HBO for a sixth season, now airing every Friday at midnight. uk.video.yahoo.com


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Def_Poetry/post:def-poetry-sarah-kay/ 11 May 2009 02:17:44 PDT Poetry from young minds now a documentary on HBO http://www.boxxet.com/Def_Poetry/news:poetry-from-young-minds-now-a-documentary-on-hbo/  FL Lathan, who with Russell Simmons was also behind HBO's Def Comedy Jam and Def Poetry, called the Fort Lauderdale team ``extraordinary.'' It is Jasmine's line -- ''What happens when all you know is pain?'' -- that opens the South Florida segment of the ...


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Def_Poetry/news:poetry-from-young-minds-now-a-documentary-on-hbo/ 03 Apr 2009 21:02:53 PDT Famous poet/songwriter to celebrate National Poetry Month http://www.boxxet.com/Def_Poetry/post:famous-poet-songwriter-to-celebrate-national-poetry-month/  MA He has co-judge the Chicago Sun-Times Poetry Competition with Marc Smith and Mark Strand, has been regularly featured on NPR and has appeared on HBO’s Def Poetry Jam. In celebration of National Poetry Month, all are invited to come and join a morning ...


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Def_Poetry/post:famous-poet-songwriter-to-celebrate-national-poetry-month/ 30 Mar 2009 09:55:56 PDT Conversation is poetry http://www.boxxet.com/Def_Poetry/news:conversation-is-poetry/ Ideas are generated, the creative juices begin to flow, and poetry is given new life. But the promoters describe the experience best as: "Its poetry ... its interactive ... think Def Poetry Jam meets Inside Actor's Studio!" The Art of Conversation is ...


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Def_Poetry/news:conversation-is-poetry/ 25 Mar 2009 06:07:02 PDT Def(initely) Poetry http://www.boxxet.com/Def_Poetry/news:def-initely-poetry/ Hammad's poetry has been clearly influenced by hip hop and she was discovered by record label entrepreneur Russell Simmons when he read her reaction to the 9/11 attacks. Simmons signed her to a deal with HBO’s Def Poetry Jam. I have seen Hammad perform ...


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Def_Poetry/news:def-initely-poetry/ 04 Mar 2009 05:05:39 PST ‘Read A Mother@#$%ing Book’ - Wonkette http://www.boxxet.com/Def_Poetry/post:read-a-mother-ing-book-wonkette/ ‘Read A Mother@#$%ing Book’ satire), DC Friday, Jan 30: Poet Bomani Armah begs you not to call him a rapper at his spoken word performances, which are a cross between an underground hip hop show and an episode of HBO’s Def Poetry. His lyrics are a bit aggressive, although you know he only ...


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Def_Poetry/post:read-a-mother-ing-book-wonkette/ 30 Jan 2009 12:46:23 PST He's not Michael Cera http://www.boxxet.com/Def_Poetry/news:he-s-not-michael-cera/  CA - One of his best-known pieces is "V for Virgin," which he performed on the Mos Def-hosted HBO show Def Poetry. "This poem is for every high school virgin who ...


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Def_Poetry/news:he-s-not-michael-cera/ 30 Dec 2008 22:34:12 PST Stage Raw: ArtBash http://www.boxxet.com/Def_Poetry/post:stage-raw-artbash/  CA - Dec 12, 2008 Special performances by: DJ Jedi (Digable Planets and HBO's Def Poetry Jam), The Netherworlds (Murs, Anacron, Himself), The Original LA Breakers, ...


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Def_Poetry/post:stage-raw-artbash/ 12 Dec 2008 13:51:33 PST Robbins, Taylor and Hip-Hop Artists Present 'Voice of a People's History' 10/1 http://www.boxxet.com/Def_Poetry/news:robbins-taylor-and-hip-hop-artists-present-voice-of-a-people-s-history-10-1/ Hip-Hop Theater Festival and The Center For Multicultural Education and Programs at New York University will present Voices of a People's History of the United States: The Remix featuring Oscar winner and acclaimed film director Tim Robbins, Golden Globe winner Lili Taylor, Black Th...


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Def_Poetry/news:robbins-taylor-and-hip-hop-artists-present-voice-of-a-people-s-history-10-1/ 29 Sep 2008 12:11:00 PDT GradSchool Entertainment features positive artists http://www.boxxet.com/Def_Poetry/news:gradschool-entertainment-features-positive-artists/   United States - He is the 2004 winner of Chicago’s Best New Poet Award, was on HBO’s "Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry" that same year and authored the book Finder of ...


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Def_Poetry/news:gradschool-entertainment-features-positive-artists/ 24 Sep 2008 09:31:57 PDT Yellow Rage: Def Poetry Jam http://www.boxxet.com/Def_Poetry/post:yellow-rage-def-poetry-jam/ Russell Simmons presents Def Poetry Jam hosted by Mos Def.


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Def_Poetry/post:yellow-rage-def-poetry-jam/ 14 Sep 2008 16:42:02 PDT TBA DIARY: Lemon Made Good Made Bad http://www.boxxet.com/Def_Poetry/news:tba-diary-lemon-made-good-made-bad/ Written by Matthew Korfhage
We learn this only when Lemon Anderson, best known from Russell Simmons’s Def Poetry Jam, bursts into archaic flow and histrionic gesture before he has even reached the stage. He wanted to surprise us, and he did. ...


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Def_Poetry/news:tba-diary-lemon-made-good-made-bad/ 09 Sep 2008 15:51:28 PDT Suheir Hammad - Def Poetry http://www.boxxet.com/Def_Poetry/post:suheir-hammad-def-poetry/ Written by Haitham
Suheir Hammad, a poet from Brooklyn, appeared on the debut episode of HBO’s “Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry.” Her poetry has been featured on the BBC World Service and National Public Radio, and her work has appeared in publications as diverse as Essence, Stress, Hip-Hop Magazine a...


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Def_Poetry/post:suheir-hammad-def-poetry/ 20 Apr 2007 06:23:38 PDT Russell Simmons Presents: Def Poetry - Season 5 http://www.boxxet.com/Def_Poetry/post:russell-simmons-presents-def-poetry-season-5/ Experience the passion and fire of the hottest musicians, comedians and contemporary poets in each installment of Russell Simmons' Presents: Def Poetry Season 5. Taped in front of a live audience at The Super Club in New York City, ...


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Def_Poetry/post:russell-simmons-presents-def-poetry-season-5/ 12 Apr 2007 16:47:08 PDT Out and About: Weekend Picks http://www.boxxet.com/Def_Poetry/post:out-and-about-weekend-picks/ Written by CatherineA
likes to stay up late on Sundays and watch Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry". We enjoy the variety of viewpoints it always includes, and really truly, at least one poet each episode knocks our socks right off our collective ...


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