The first definitive history of one of the 21st century's most explosive art movements, Words In Your Face explores the birth, growing pains and continuing development of the Poetry Slam -- a raucous poetry event that has been called'a pop culture phenomenon'' (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times),'the death of Art'' (Harold Bloom, Paris Review) and has been blamed for making'poetry sexy again'' in a way it hasn't been since the heyday of the Beats? (Stephen Holden, The New York Times). Spoken word icons such as Saul Williams, Maggie Estep, Bob Holman and John S. Hall join scores of other poets, organizers, filmmakers, scholars and critics in bringing the story of the New York City Poetry Slam movement to life.Author Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz tells the story of slam's origins in the roofless, unheated Nuyorican Poets Cafe and then traces the explosive growth of slam as the media pick up on the trend--MTV's Unplugged begins to feature slam poets; PBS runs the mini-series The United States of...

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