performance art

The outlandish and often controversial verses of bohemians, beatniks, hippies, punks, slackers, and other malcontents is collected in this primer of the dispossessed.

Performance artist RoseLee Goldberg chronicles the history of live performance from 1909 through 1998.

Emiko, an ordinary teen living a boring life in the suburbs, learns of the existence of an underground art scene and decides to try her hand at being an "art freak," but she finds it is not easy for an outsider to break into a group of outsiders.

A collection of spoken word poetry by young authors.

Text and CD introduce slam and hip-hop poetry.

Presents over forty poems of slam, hip-hop, Taos, Nuyorican, performance art, and other contemporary styles, featuring such authors as Sherman Alexie, Edward Hirsch, Viggo Mortensen, and Patricia Smith. Also includes performances on audio CD.