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Calling for Reviews: Def Poetry #2

by Levi Asher on Friday, June 17, 2005 05:52 am

Spoken Word

Tonight's episode #2 of Def Poetry on HBO will feature the usual mix of newcomers, seasoned spoken word veterans and a couple of celebrity drop-in poets, this time including John Legend and Alicia Keys. We'll post a review tomorrow, and we'd like to invite you to contribute your review as well. The show is on at 11:30 pm EST, and again an hour and a half later for anyone just straggling in from a night out. Your comments are very welcome ...

This blog post is part of the series Def Poetry Jam. The next post in the series is Def Poetry: June 17 2005. The previous post in the series is Def Poetry Jam: June 10, 2005.

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