Mile High Poetry Slam Podcast

Episode 17 - Kate Makkai

07.28.2017 - By Mile High Poetry Slam PodcastPlay

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This week, we review the open mic and slam that took place at the Mercury Cafe the past week, and we interview co-founder of the Denver poetry slam, Kate Makkai! Topics include: The early years of Denver poetry slam, 2000-2002 National Poetry Slam, competativeness among poets and what it can do, strategy and momentum within an individual slam, reading poems for scores vs. reading for yourself, and what it took to get Denver to be the perennial powerhouse that it has become.

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