Session Details

Thursday, 28 December

107. The Rap on Poetic Form: Hip-Hop and Contemporary Poetry

8:30–9:45 a.m., 402–403, Philadelphia Marriott

A special session

Presiding: Benjamin F. Lee, Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville

1. “Rhyme’s Challenge,” David Caplan, Ohio Wesleyan Univ.

2. “Beyond Bling Bling: Slant Rhyme and Accentual Syllabics in Hip-Hop Poetics,” Meta DuEwa Jones, Univ. of Texas, Austin

3. “Spoken Word, Written Word, Word Up,” Tyrone Williams, Xavier Univ., OH

For copies of abstracts, write to blee15@utk.net.

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