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| | Willamette Week | Culture | Words |
 | | The performance, style, subject matter and intensity of the poems are as diverse as this country's people, and you can hear a beautifully scripted poem about a runaway slave who kills himself rather than submit right after a poem about sucking someone's...well, you know. |
 | | The alleged gangster-boss mayor of Providence, who was imprisoned for extortion and then reelected from jail, hosted a reception for the poets, and local activists protested with some powerful poetry mixed with politics, setting up a portable generator outside the hall. |
 | | The last two rounds of the evening, every poem was followed by riotous chants of "10, 10, 10," but no one received a perfect score. |
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