American Literature / Unit 18 AML 1743 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Emanuel Xavier and the Spoken Word
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The idea
The anchor calls Xavier one of the most significant openly gay Latino voices in the spoken word movement. Of Ecuadorian and Puerto Rican heritage, he was abused as a child and thrown out at sixteen, found the Nuyorican Poets Café, and created the Glam Slam in nineteen ninety-eight.
In practice
A poetry slam out of a nightclub.
Where people slip
He self-published his chapbook in nineteen ninety-seven.
Your place on the trail
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Builds on
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