2003 National Poetry Slam: The Midwest Connection

Museletter correspondent Greg Gillam has all the skinny on the biggest Nationals ever, when “a nation of poetic temperaments” will gather on the shores of Lake Michigan in Chicago two weeks from now, August 6 - 9. Can Chicago do it again? How will the Heartland teams fare in the competition? How is Poetry Slam evolving at what seems to be a turning point in its history?

You’ll want to check back here in late August, too, when Greg’s “embedded” account of the proceedings is posted (he’s having a team stay at his home during Nationals week)...