ARTICLES OF INTEREST
Verse Inspired By Hip-Hop And Read as Performance
Art Goes Big-time, from Clubs This Week - to the Beacon Theatre -
November 21, 2004 - NEWSDAY
Varied, Visceral Poetry Jam Doesn't Fall on 'Def'
Ears - November 20, 2004 - MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE
Def Poetry Jam Provides Enlightening
Entertainment - November 18, 2004 - THE DES MOINES REGISTER
Poetry for the Stage, Not the Page -
November 11, 2004 - THE DES MOINES REGISTER
Def Poetry Jam Takes 'Encore' - November 11,
2004 - GAINESVILLE SUN
The Word On The Street - November 5, 2004 - THE
TAMPA TRIBUNE
Poetry is moving from coffeehouses to the
Hippodrome - October 28, 2004 - THE BALTIMORE SUN
Jammin' with the Poets at PPAC - October 11,
2004 - PROVIDENCE JOURNAL
Pop Culture: Power of the Spoken Word - October 8,
2004 - ASBURY PARK PRESS
Poetry Is Def - October 8, 2004 - BURLINGTON
FREE PRESS
Road slam: Tony-winning 'Def Poetry Jam' kicks
off tour in Stamford - October 7, 2004 - STAMFORD ADVOCATE
Tony Winner Def Poetry Jam Gears Up for 51-City
U.S. Tour Oct. 10 - September 8, 2004 - PLAYBILL.COM
Spreadin' the word - February 6, 2004 - FORT WORTH
STAR-TELEGRAM
Russell Simmons "Def Poetry Jam" Dallas Pick
- February 6, 2004 - DALLAS MORNING NEWS
Dropping Rhymes, Making Statements: 'Def Poetry'
Ready For Minneapolis - February 1, 2004 - MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE
Grand 'Slammer'
- January 20, 2004 - CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
Five Questions With Russell Simmons - January 20,
2004 - CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
Spreading the Word - Broadway Phenomenon `Def
Poetry Jam' On Tour
- January 16, 2004 - CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Too Much Chatter: Doesn't Somebody Have Anything
Important To Say
- January 15, 2004 - RED STREAK
Rappers Hit Hard - January 13, 2004
- sydney morning
herald
Power Poetry Comes to Music Hall - December 30, 2003
- THE DETROIT FREE PRESS
'Def Poetry Jam' slams onto stage at
Music Hall - December 26, 2003 - THE DETROIT NEWS
The Brand Name - December 7, 2003 - THE
BOSTON GLOBE
Hearing New Voices: `Def Poetry Jam'
Creator Russell Simmons Keeps His Ear to the Street - December 5, 2003 - THE
BOSTON HERALD
The Bushnell Goes Hip-Hop - December 3, 2003 - THE HARTFORD COURANT
Bustin' A Rhyme
- November 24, 2003 - THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Lemon To Make Triumphant Return to
Ohio
- November 24, 2003 - THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Simmons touts America's 'greatest
poets' - November 21, 2003 - THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER
From Bankhead to Broadway
- November 16, 2003 - THE ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION
Rhyme time: 'Def Poetry' comes to Butler
- November 7, 2003 - THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR
The Word On The Street - October 22, 2003 - LA TIMES
The Word According to Simmons -
October 16, 2003 - PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS
REVIEWS
The Def Poets' Society - May 3, 2004 - THE
WASHINGTON POST
Beat stays cool, so the words heat up on their
own - April 4, 2004 - THE BALTIMORE SUN
Def Poetry Jam mixes fun, reality and a
hip-hop beat - April 8, 2004 - PITTSBURGH POST GAZETTE
Review: 'Def Poetry Jam' Boils Down To
Emotion-Filled Rhymes - February 11, 2004 - DALLAS MORNING NEWS
Def Poetry Jam, Metro Theatre - January
13, 2004 - SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
Passionate Poets Pack Powerful Punch in
Wham-Bam Jam - December 11, 2003 - THE BOSTON HERALD
Young Urban Poets Take Dead Aim -
November 16, 2003 - THE ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION
The Rhythm of Their Words Results in
Powerful Works - October 25, 2003 - LA TIMES
Simmons' Def Poetry Jam Gets a
Reviewer Rappin' - October 18, 2003 - PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
