Websites
WriteNet -- www.writenet.org
Poetry Slam, Inc. -- www.poetryslam.com
The Academy of American Poets -- www.poets.org
http://www.communitywordproject.org/
http://www.youngwriterssociety.com/
http://www.debbieohi.com/young/
Organizations
Blackout Arts Collective is a grassroots coalition of artists, activists and educators working to empower communities of color through the arts. We use the tools of culture and education to raise awareness and catalyze action around the critical issues that impact our communities. We believe in the power of the creative process to transform lives, mobilize communities, and build a more just society. http://www.blackoutartscollective.com
Urban Word ignited to youth spoken word and poetry scene in New York City when it was established in partnership with Teachers & Writers Collaborative in 1999. Since then, Urban Word NYC has provided thousands of New York City teenagers with free, safe, ongoing, and uncensored writing and performance opportunities including hip-hop poetry workshops, journalism opportunities, and an annual teen poetry slam. http://www.urbanwordnyc.org/
Books/Magazines, and Zines
Hip-Hop Poetry and the Classics for the Classroom by Alan Sitomer and Michael Cirelli
This book provides a curriculum for teaching the elements of poetry by using hip-hop lyrics as well as classic poems. It features the poetry of lyricists like Tupac Shakur, Public Enemy, Mos Def, Nas, Eminem, Talib Kweli, KRS-One, Notorious B.I.G., and more. The book is comprehensive enough that it meets 34 State Language Arts Standards, while still having enough style to satisfy any hip-hop head. There should be a book that speaks to youth the way this one does in every subject. Like an art history book that that talks about revolutionary art through the ages, from medieval engravings to punk rock posters, and focuses on art either by or for youth from ancient initiation rites to graffiti and comic books. That would be cool, right? Hmmm, somebody should make a book like that . . .
Making a Zine: A Guide to Self-Publishing Disguised as a Book on how to Produce a Zine by Bill Brent
This book is packed with advice and hints on self-publishing – whether it’s a zine, book, chapbook, or newsletter. It talks about everything from layout to binding to libel, and plenty more.