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  <title><![CDATA[Bum Rush the Page]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;b&gt;Bum Rush the Page&lt;/b&gt; is a groundbreaking collection, capturing the best new work from the poets who have brought fresh energy, life, and relevance to American poetry.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&amp;#8220;Here is a democratic orchestration of voices and visions, poets of all ages, ethnicities, and geographic locations coming together to create a dialogue and to jam&amp;#8211;not slam.  This is our mouth on paper, our hearts on our sleeves, our refusal to shut up and swallow our silence.  These poems are tough, honest, astute, perceptive, lyrical, blunt, sad, funny, heartbreaking, and true.  They shout, they curse, they whisper, and sing.  But most of all, they tell it like it is.&amp;#8221; &lt;br&gt;&amp;#8211;Tony Medina, from the Introduction</default_description>
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  <original_publication_day type="integer">23</original_publication_day>
  <original_publication_month type="integer">10</original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">2001</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Louis Reyes Rivera]]></name>
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  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Dusty Hixenbaugh]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Tue Jan 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is truly my first poetry book that I have ever read from cover to cover.  Once past that, I must say that this is a GREAT book.  It is Def Jam poetry, and the entire time that I am reading it, I am picturing a slam poet (I am so lucky to have seen a few in college, and on TV) perform it.  <br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33313595">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Sun Dec 07 01:12:40 -0800 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Poem: &quot;Scout.&quot;]]></body>
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  <date_added>Wed Jun 20 07:08:34 -0700 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I experienced some SLAM poetry in NYC, but it was only after meeting some young national finalists in Rochester that I really understood how powerful this work is. There are 16-year-olds speaking out with power and grace that I simply never heard growing up. This book is a good starting point for he...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2156649">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 1999</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Fri Sep 12 23:01:35 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count>too many times</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This book is awesome!  I purchased a copy after attending my first poetry slam and what an experience it was!  Hands down, it's worth the purchase just for &quot;The Wussy Boy Manifesto&quot; alone! Great for a good laugh or cry, and always handy when you'd like to read but don't have time to get in...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31693694">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="30285489">
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  <date_added>Fri Aug 15 22:06:56 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Aug 15 22:13:15 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS BOOK I LOVE DEF JAM ITSELF. RUSSEL SIMMONS IS SUCH A SUCCESSFUL AFRICAN AMERICAN AND THE POEMS IN THE BOOK I CAN RELATE TO BECAUSE I AM TOO A POET. I'VE ACTUALLY READ IT TWICE ;) but i am dying to to go to see DEF POETRY SLAM that would one of my all time dream]]></body>
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    <review id="35480493">
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  <date_added>Thu Oct 16 12:44:09 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Great poems in this book! It took me a while to finish this book because of the volume of the poems in the book. I just wanted to take my time and not rush through them. I found a lot of favorites.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Nov 18 09:07:19 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The thing I love about this book is that I can read it starting at whatever page I am on.  Very nice. Great poetry yet some are quite controversial (but fun).]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Poetry as an art form never ceases to amaze me.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[gawd no...anyone willing to trade?]]></body>
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