Writers' Resources
› The About.com Poetry Channel
› Academy of American Poets Homepage
› Associated Writing Programs Homepage
› Dia Center for the Arts
› Modern American Poets Homepage
› Poets & Writers Magazine
› PEN American Center
› Plagiarist.com: A forum for reading and discussing poetry
(not for ripping off other people's ideas, as the title may suggest)
› Writers' League of Texas

The Beat Movement
The Beat Page by Kenneth Rumsey ‹
Photos of Beat Readings by Fred W. McDarrah ‹
Aletha Andrew's Beat Biliography ‹
Literary Kicks: The Beats by Levi Asher ‹
"How Beat Happened" by Steve Silberman ‹
New Yorks Times: Ginsberg at the 92nd St. Y in 1977 (audio) ‹
Smithsonian Institute: Part III of Ginsberg's "Howl" (audio) ‹
Best Minds Poetry Series ‹
(includes video of Ginsberg, Baraka, Snyder and others)

Slam Artists
› Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz (New York)
› Big Poppa E (Nomad)
› Daphne Gottleib (San Fran)
› Cass King (Vancouver)
› Taylor Mali (New York)
› Alix Olson (New York)
› Beau Sia (New York/San Fran)
› Fresh Poetry.com

Slam Poetry
The National Poetry Slam (Poetry Slam, Inc.) ‹
The Austin Poetry Slam ‹
Marc Smith's Homepage (creator of the slam) ‹
Slamnation--a documentary about slam ‹
Nuyoricans Poets Café ‹
NYC-Urbana Poetry Slam at CBGB ‹

Media Sources for Performance Poetry

Video
› E-Poets: Book of Voices by Kurt Heinz *
› The Absinthe Project *
› Best Minds Poetry Series (includes video of Ginsberg, Baraka, Snyder and others)
› Favorite Poem Project *
› E-Poets: Videotheque by Kurt Heinz
› PBS' The United States of Poetry

Sound
› About.com's Audio Poetry Archive
› Poetry MP3s on Salon.com
› Academy of American Poets' Listening Booth
› Electronic Poetry Center Sound Room

Multimedia/Other
› Komninos' Cyberpoetry
› Electronic Poetry Center's Visual Poetry Gallery
› Poems That Go * (be sure to see the poems in the archive, especially Ingrid Ankerson's in the 2000 issue)

* Required sites for class discussion

The Black Arts Movement
The Black Arts Movement (University of Michigan) ‹
Modern American Poetry's site on The Black Arts Movement ‹
Hear Amiri Baraka Read "In Walked Bud" at Salon.com ‹
PBS' Literature and Life Series ‹
(includes video of Baraka, Brooks, and Giovanni)