SOUNDBITES POETRY FESTIVAL, October 25- 26, 2008, NYC

Last year the New York City festival, SoundBites, made history hosting the likes of Rives, Jaha Zainabu,Taylor Mali, Nii Parkes, Roger Bonair Agard and Dasha Kelly. Poets traveled from Texas, North Carolina and California for a weekend of creative writing, performance and workshopping with the closing event at the broadway theatre, New World Stages This year will be slightly different with the Festival separted into two installments. The first installment on October 25th & 26th, 2008 will consist of The SHHH...250 BUK SECRET YOUTH SLAM (open to poets age14 -19) and The SHHH 500 BUK SECRET ADULT SLAM (open to ages 20 and up) Slots are limited! The closing event Return of the Jam Showcase will feature Big Poppa E (HBO Def Poet), Eboni (Team Nuyorican 2007 & Urbana Grand Slam Champion), Jamaal St. John (SoundBites 2007 Slam Champ & Nuyorican Grand Slam Champion) & several surprise performances! *******************************