Tayari's Blog: Meet Guest Blogger, Tara Betts

Posted by TayariJones on August 30, 2007 07:33 AM
Filed under The Writing Life

You may remember about a year ago when I wrote a post about poet, Tara Betts. I had just heard her at a spoken word event in Washington, DC. The event struck me because Tara, who got her start in slam poetry-- even appearing on HBOs "Def Poetry Jam"-- was completing her MFA from New England College. I watch her her negogiate the scene in that DC coffee shop. At just 32, she was an elder in the crowd. I knew there was a story there. When she was invited to the 2007 National Poetry Slam to participate in "Legends of Slam" I asked her to bring a report back. To be honest, I was anticpating a piece that I could title "Life After Slam," or something like that. But as always, Tara avoids the obvious and the simple. You'll find her post below.

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