http://www.metafilter.com/tags/slampoetry Posts tagged with 'slampoetry' at MetaFilter. Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:32:05 -0800 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:32:05 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/83065/wetness%2Dpours%2Donto%2Dmy%2Dpaper%2Dout%2Dof%2Dmy%2Dpen <a href="http://www.suheirhammad.com/">Suheir Hammad</a>, a <a href="http://www.aljadid.com/interviews/DropsofSuheirHammad.html">Palestinian-American</a> <a href="http://www.thescreamonline.com/poetry/poetry2-1/hammad/">poet and activist</a> now based in New York, writes about <a href="http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/oneonone/2009/03/200932581050427103.html">being a Muslim immigrant</a> and also <a href="http://nymag.com/anniversary/40th/50664/">a woman challenging conventions</a>. Spotted by Russell Simmons for <a href="http://www.hbo.com/defpoetry/">Def Poetry Jam</a>, she has performed pieces about <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5OBiQv-cSw&NR=1">love in the time of war</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVkylZEgsY8">exoticising beauty</a>, and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heZ1LjZpiBQ">a touching ode to her father</a>, among <a href="http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=5513DD8CF9BE4F90&search_query=Suheir+Hammad">many others</a>. Suheir has just produced and released her first feature film <i><a href="http://www.institut-francais.org.uk/cine-lumiere/films/salt-of-this-sea.html">Salt of This Sea</a></i>, up for the Cannes Films Festival and possibly an Oscar, and recently <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6NbJAtQPI0">performed in Ramallah</a> for the <a href="http://www.palfest.org/">2009 Palestinian Festival of Literature</a>.</i> tag:metafilter.com,2009:site.83065 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:32:05 -0800 activist art artist immigrant islam literature middleeast muslim palestine poetry poets slampoetry suheirhammad women words youtube divabat http://www.metafilter.com/62953/Definitely%2Dbeautiful%2Ddefinitely%2Dbeautiful%2Ddefinitely%2Dbeautiful <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxsOVK4syxU">Taylor Mali speaks on what teachers make</a> - Taylor Mali speaks on Education: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjhOBiSk8Gg">The importance of proofreading</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCNIBV87wV4">Like, You know</a>. <a href="http://www.taylormali.com/">Taylor Mali's Website</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.62953 Sun, 15 Jul 2007 13:00:54 -0800 slampoetry smackdown TaylorMali teachers Mr.Encyclopedia