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Culturology: Julia Oxenreider Talks To Charlie Pulkrabek About “Slam Tools and Rools School”

Minnesota Arts, Culture and History | Culture | Northern Community Radio – KAXE & KBXE
Julia Oxenreider is a poet living in Bemidji. She took second place in a poetry slam in Bemidji that took place early last winter. And Julia emerged the victor at another poetry slam that took place after nationally renowned poet Todd Boss graced a full house with a reading of his poetry in depths of this past winter. Both poetry slams were sponsored by the Bemidji Public Library and were made possible by Minnesota's Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. Recently Julia presented a class at the Rail River Folk School called "Slam Tools and Rools School" in which Julia covered the rules of slam competition and how to write and effective slam poem. The the participants participated in their own slam competition at Rail River Folk School. She joined Charlie Pulkrabek to talk about slam poetry's characteristics and what attracts to to the format.

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