Surf these sites: )ism( -- An organization and newsletter focusing exclusively on contemporary writers and the independent publications that support them. Audible, Inc. -- markets a portable audio player and spoken-word audio for the player. WARNING: This site is inaccessible without JavaScript! BBC Education National Poetry Day - A Poetic Picture of Britain -- Audio of eight British celebrities reading poems by D. H. Lawrence, Phillip Larkin and Seamus Heaney, among others. C O N C R E T E + S O U N D___P O E T R Y_ -- Includes an extensive online collection of recorded poetry, both historical and contemporary, as well as online reproductions of visual or "concrete" poetry and poetry in "experimental" forms. CafeDeSoul -- Here you can watch broadcasts of poetry slam events recorded live every Sunday evening at Cafe Myth in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. DC Poetry -- A calendar of poetry readings and performances in the Washington, DC, area. The site also contains information about past featured readers, samples of their poetry, and reviews of past performances. Diary of a Mad Poet -- Interesting outlet for amateur poets and writers, meant to be a source of encouragement. Poems are listed on a first-posted, first-listed basis, and there are a lot of repeat posts by poets, including the web site''s founder. Dincara''s Lair -- Postings of personal poetry (rhyming) combined with original artwork. Site features background music on every page. Edgewise Electrolit Centre -- An electronic outlet for Canadian poets and writers featuring videopoems and information on the non-profit''s upcoming events. Introduces the poetry community to the concept of "Telepoetics", an interactive audio/visual medium for global poetic teleconferences. Electronic Poetry Center Home Page -- An online collection of audio and video of poetry readings and poets, coordinated by the State University of New York''s Buffalo campus. Includes a great archive of "visual" poetry. Fresh Air Flight -- Persian Deep Poetry in RealAudio (two selections as of 10/25/99). Also ancient and modern writings (requires font download). HarperAudio - Caedmon -- The Caedmon Records imprint, now a part of HarperAudio, has a long history of issuing excellent recordings of poetry, as well as other literary spoken-word recordings. The HarperAudio website includes excerpts from recordings available for purchase. HarperAudio public archive -- This small archive includes poetry readings, in most cases by the original authors, in various audio formats; among the more notable poets are Robert Frost, Robert Graves, T. S. Eliot, Langston Hughes, Ann Sexton, Wallace Stevens, J. R. R. Tolkien and Dylan Thomas. Incognito Cafe -- An online poetry coffehouse run by the coordinators of the "Poetic License" readings at the Moondog Cafe in Los Angeles. Fun graphics and layout. Site even features a section called "Palm Poetry: Poetry for PDAs", that is undergoing construction. Jayne Fenton Keane - The Stalking Tongue -- Multimedia poetry site with flash animations. You must have Flash4 to view the site properly. It takes a while to download, but once you figure out what all the links are for, it''s fun to navigate. Allows you to choose between reading text or having her read the poems to you. Jónas Hallgrímsson: Selected Poetry and Prose -- Iceland''s most important modern poet (1807-1845) translated for the first time. 50 works; extensive articles, essays, biography, illustrations, sound." Kota Press -- A small press that offers a quarterly online poetry journal, and provides support to writers-particularly those who have used their writing as a way to process grief and finding healing. Live at the Writers'' House -- Internet archive of University of Pennsylvania''s WXPN Radio''s "Live at the Writers'' House" program, with numerous recordings of contemporary poetry in RealPlayer format. Lyricalworks -- Especially for teens and young adults, an introduction to the experience of lyric poetry and lyricism, including audio recordings. MP3.com > Poetry -- Searchable listing of spoken word and poetry available as free MP3 downloads. Like a jukebox for poetry. NEXT Magazine -- A low-graphic online zine featuring information about upcoming poetry events in Southern California. Detailed listing of regular weekly events as well as a daily rundown of who''s reading where. Pif Magazine -- One of the best-known ezines for poetry and fiction. Includes interviews with writers, "interactive" poetry. Poetry Super Highway -- An online magazine publishing new poets every week as well as links to hundreds of other poetry related websites, also a chat room with weekly scheduled events, online poetry classifieds, poetry contests, and an online bookstore. Poetry Tonight -- Frequently updated (up to three times a week) with news from the poetry industry, a random poetry jukebox, and archive of featured poets. Poetry on BookWire -- "Featuring electronic poetry postcards, reviews, audio clips, interviews, links and much more." PoetryPoetry - In Seine Poems Worth Hearing -- An international, multi-cultural venue for audio (MP3) based poetry, as well as the written word. News, interviews, reviews, workshops, and other resources are also available. Rhino Records Catalog -- Rhino Records has a small, and somewhat eccentric, selection of spoken-word recordings of poetry available for purchase, to be found in its "Word" section. Roanoke Poetry Slam -- Features poetry news for Roanoke, Virginia, including upcomming readings & events, message & chat boards, and pictures, audio & video of local slams. Ruta Maya Open Mic Poetry -- Updates on scheduled readings at Ruta Maya Coffee''s open mic poetry readings. Also features a photo gallery of pictures from readings. Rykodisc -- The Rykodisc Catalog includes a small selection of spoken-word albums, most notably "kicks joy darkness"--a tribute to Beat devinity Jack Kerouac. Some samples can be found on these pages. Salon Productions -- Salon Productions is a non-profit that promotes and sponsors poetry and spoken word events in Seattle, WA. Site features a listing of upcoming events, along with archives of poetry by featured readers. Slam News Service -- News about Slam Poetry events around the world in a low-graphics environment. The "latest news" and events pages are updated regularly. Spoken Words -- Listing of spoken word events in Houston and Austin, Texas. Front page includes a poem from the featured poet of the week, links to sites on poetry festivals. Spokenwar -- A simple, straightforward interface to recorded readings of a variety of contemporary poems in a variety of styles by a variety of contemporary poets, in RealPlayer format. TRINPsite Poetry -- Includes sections on computer generated poetry, alliterative technique, and a collection of sound files (.wav and .mp3 file-formats). The 1999 National Poetry Slam -- Thorough coverage of the events and participants in the National Poetry Slam, which was held in Chicago on August 11-14, 1999. Site includes a great listing of poetry slam venues around the country. The Academy of American Poets - Listening Booth -- A small but excellent selection of audio recordings of poets reading their own work--" . . . includes poems featured in our Poetry Exhibits and samples from the Academy''s audiotape archive." The Atlantic Monthly''s Poetry Pages -- "Atlantic Unbound''s Poetry Pages . . . An Audible Anthology . . . ." "Soundings" is a section devoted to original recorded readings of the works of revered poets of the past by poets of today. The "Audible Anthology" of contemporary poetry includes recordings of poems being read by the authoring poets themselves. The Austin International Poetry Festival -- Information about poetry festival events in Austin, Texas, and how to get involved. There are links to Austin poetry newsletters and slam sites. The Cortland Review -- " . . . featuring such poets as Charles Simic, Robert Creeley, R.T. Smith, Robert Pinsky, Neal Bowers." Among others--this E-Zine is published to the web monthly, and includes audio recordings (in RealAudio file-format), as well as texts, of poems being read by both well-known and lesser-known poets. The East Village Poetry Web -- The East Village Poetry Web plays with at least two notions of ''East''--East Asia and the East Coast of the U.S., for starters . . . ." It also " . . . anthologizes verse and art worldwide--" in internet video--QuickTime--format. The Internet Poetry Archive -- Sponsored by the University of North Carolina Press and the North Carolina Arts Council, the archive features poetry and recordings of the readings of six well-known poets, including Seamus Heaney, Robert Pinsky, and Czeslaw Milosz. The Performance Channel -- Part of the "pseudo-online network"-- the site features regular video and audio internet broadcasts of contemporary dance, theater, and performance art, as well as interviews with featured performers. The Providence DownCity Slam -- A bit slow to download, the site is graphic-intensive and features info on the Thursday night weekly poetry Slam in Providence, Rhode Island. Links to MP3 downloads from CDs put out by local poets. The Spring Street Apartment -- Poetry read in Realaudio with accompanying graphics and animation; "silent poetry" performed on video; poetry and writing links; music links, opinion. Voices & Visions Spotlight -- " . . . a video series from The Annenberg/CPB Multimedia Collection, explores the lives and works of 13 of America''s most famous modern poets." Includes some excellent audio/video material. Wired On Words -- Virtual poetry performances. A compilation of poetry & music, spoken word, and "language" poetry. WordVirtual -- ". . . web-only literary magazine publishing some of the best poetry and fiction on the web today." Also includes audio of authors reading their works (requires software capable of reading .au file-format files--RealPlayer, Apple QuickTime, etc.). Youth Speaks -- Youth Speaks organizes the National Youth Poetry Slam. The group brings young people together across community, school, and neighborhood lines through the written and spoken word. poetryvideo.com -- Presents streaming video of poets from around the world performing, shows their poems and other material and sells their books, CDs and more. poetwarrior press -- Small press dedicated to providing poets with "an ethical means of publishing their poetry and assisting them to live their lives as artists not drones in society''s cafe." The site is extremely new, so there''s not much content as of yet, just lists books sold by the press, and a few links. radonpoetryworks -- An archive of past and recent performances and poems by Lisa Radon and the performance company radonpoetryworks. The site includes and up-to-the-minute calendar of upcoming performances in the Santa Cruz, California, area.
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