Alexandra Oliver (born 1970) is a

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poet, who won the

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and the

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, Oliver began as a

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-based

slam poet A poetry slam is a competitive art event in which poets perform spoken word poetry before a live audience and a panel of judges. While formats can vary, slams are often loud and lively, with audience participation, cheering and dramatic delivery ...

in the early 1990s, and appeared in the 1998 documentary film ''

SlamNation ''SlamNation'' is a documentary film by director Paul Devlin. The film follows the National Poetry Slam in Portland, Oregon. It follows the 1996 Nuyorican Poetry Slam team ( Saul Williams, Beau Sia, muMs da Schemer and Jessica Care Moore) as th ...

''."Michael Lista, On Poetry: Meeting the Tormentors in Safeway, by Alexandra Oliver"
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'', November 15, 2013.

Bibliography

*''Meeting the Tormentors in Safeway'' (2013) *''Measure for Measure: An Anthology of Poetic Meters'', co-editor with

Annie Finch Annie Finch (born October 31, 1956) is an American poet, critic, editor, translator, playwright, and performer and the editor of the first major anthology of literature about abortion. Her poetry is known for its often incantatory use of rhythm, ...

(2015)''Alexandra Basekic''

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Faculty of Humanities. Accessed August 12, 2020. *''Let the Empire Down'' (2016) *''On the Oven Sits a Maiden'' (chapbook) (2018) *''Hail the Invisible Watchman'' (2022)Hail, the Invisible Watchman
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