TY - BOOK AU - Weinstein,Susan TI - The room is on fire: the history, pedagogy, and practice of youth spoken word poetry SN - 9781438470221 AV - PN4151 .W42 2018 PY - 2018///] CY - Albany PB - State University of New York Press KW - Spoken word poetry KW - Performance poetry KW - fast KW - lcgft N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-178) and index; Who's who -- Pedagogy and practices -- A brief history of the field -- What is spoken word poetry, and where did it come from? -- The role of slam -- Youth spoken word enters its third decade -- In memory of those we have lost -- Appendix A : Brave new voices festivals by year -- Appendix B : Youth spoken word poetry organizations by state and country ER -