Here’s Dr Helen Gregory – performance poet, lecturer and researcher – with an extract on the atmosphere of the Shake the Dust Slam Final.
On my way to London I worried that I wouldn’t have anything to write about, wouldn’t notice anything new. After all, I was only making a flying visit to the slam final. Besides, I wrote a lot about youth slam and spoken word two years ago after WordCup 2010. I needn’t have worried. After sneaking out of the Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall on my way to other engagements, I wrote almost constantly for the entire train journey home. 2 ¼ hours, 1 pen and 19 A5 pages later, I was stopped only by my train arriving at its destination. Here are some of my thoughts…
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