e-poets Plain Text: Poetry across frontiers (14)

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Vallejo, California, USA

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Queensland, Australia

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an index of correspondence

#	correspondent:	capsule:
1	Kojo Baffoe Johannesburg, South Africa	letter of introduction
2	Garland Thompson Monterey, California, USA	letter of introduction
3	Kojo Baffoe Johannesburg, South Africa	clarification of intent; call for comments
4	Jim Andrews Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	links and advice on electronic poetry
5	Kojo Baffoe Johannesburg, South Africa	thanks and a statement on poetry and new media in Africa
6	Kurt Heintz Chicago, Illinois, USA	on cultivating growth through broadening audiences, and identifying cultural imperialism
7	John Paul O'Neill London, England	on respecting local prerogatives, and averting cultural imperialism
8	Kojo Baffoe Johannesburg, South Africa	an African perspective, and corroboration of cultural imperialism's effects
9	Paul Nelson Seattle, Washington, USA	on writers' prerogatives, American pop culture, and slam's negative effects
10	Kojo Baffoe Johannesburg, South Africa	reflections on slam poetry, theme and local variations
11	John Paul O'Neill London, England	what slam is good for, perhaps in spite of itself
12	Heather Haley Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	on why people, Canadians in particular, do not embrace slam poetry
13	Jim Andrews Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	corroboration of above letter, and the question of the local prerogatives of slam poetry
14	Kurt Heintz, Chicago, USA	on the qualities of slam, local versus national, and the evolution of performance poetry

The correspondents:

Kojo Baffoe is a poet, performer and producer in South Africa, whose work will be seen on Monsta Funk.
Garland Thompson is a California Slam master, performance poet and MC who was seen and heard weekly on Radio Free Monterey.
Jim Andrews is a hypermedia and sound artist working in the Puget Sound region, who publishes Visual Poetry
Kurt Heintz is a writer, performance poet, and media artist, and founder of this very organization, the e-poets network.
John Paul O'Neill a teacher, performance poet, and is London's leading slam poetry producer through Farrago Poetry.
Paul Nelson is a spoken word artist, workshop leader, and broadcaster in the Seattle-Tacoma area, founder of the Northwest Spokenword Lab.
Heather Haley is a writer, new media artist, advisor to the Canada Council, and founder of Vancouver's Edgewise ElectroLit Centre.