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Film, Video Poetry Slam: 2016 National Book Festival

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Title

  • Poetry Slam: 2016 National Book Festival

Summary

  • The Poetry Slam at the 2016 Library of Congress Book Festival in Washington, D.C. included some of the nation's top youth slam groups-from Washington, Indianapolis, Des Moines and New York. Champion delegates from these groups will compete to be named top youth slammer by performing new works on books and reading. This event is presented in collaboration with the Library of Congress, the National Endowment for the Arts and the poetry organization Split This Rock.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • National Book Festival (U.S.), sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2016-09-24.

Headings

  • -  Literature
  • -  Poetry
  • -  National Book Festival, poetry, poetry slam

Notes

  • -  Classification: Language and Literature.
  • -  Various Speakers.
  • -  Recorded on 2016-09-24.
  • -  Kids, Families.
  • -  Teachers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021691066

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Credit Line: Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and U.S National Book Festival. Poetry Slam:National Book Festival. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -09-24, 2016. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021691066/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & National Book Festival, U. S. (2016) Poetry Slam:National Book Festival. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -09-24. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021691066/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and U.S National Book Festival. Poetry Slam:National Book Festival. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -09-24, 2016. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021691066/>.