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Solid Air: Australian and New Zealand Spoken Word | David Stavanger, Anne-Marie Te Whiu
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Over the past decade, Spoken Word has established itself as a central part of contemporary Australian & New Zealand poetry. For the first time ever, these voices are transported from the stage to the page, captured in print so that the spoken-word experience can be shared with a new and broader audience. Solid Air showcases the work of more than 100 performance poets - combining elements of slam, hip-hop and experimental performance poetry - to deliver an unforgettable reading experience that is both literary and loud. Poems capture themes of modern culture, identity and resistance. Contributors include: Ali Cobby Eckermann, Hera Lindsay Bird, Claire G. Coleman, Omar Musa, Maxine Beneba Clarke, Behrouz Boochani, Taika Waititi, Courtney Barnett, Michelle Law, Luka Lesson and many, many more.
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I can think of no higher praise than to call this book a conservative nightmare. Solid Air pushes the bounds of what we think of as a “poetry collection“, challenging the erasure of performance poetry, slam, and hip-hop from the publishing world. It is a comprehensive view of the spoken word landscape of the past decade, with poets and performers coming together in chorus to amplify and echo a diverse community voice. #Poetry #Poets #Australian