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A competitive poetry performance in which selected audience members score performers, and winners are determined by total points. Slam is a composite genre that combines...
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Federico García Lorca’s “Dreamwalking Ballad”

By Sarah Arvio
Metaphor in Lorca is a form of gorgeous shorthand.
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