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The first book-length study specifically devoted to Nuyorican poetry, In Visible Movement is unique in its historical and formal breadth, ranging from the foundational poets of the 1960s and 1970s to a variety of contemporary poets emerging in and around the Nuyorican Poets Cafe "slam" scene of the 1990s and early 2000s. It also unearths a largely unknown corpus of poetry performances.

Offers the first sustained study of the poetry reading in its most formative period: the 1960s. Raphael Allison closely examines a vast archive of audio recordings of several key post-war American poets to explore the social and literary context of the sixties poetry reading, which is characterized by contrasting differing styles of performance: the humanist style and the sceptical strain.

Drawing on correspondences and personal interviews with key figures in the innovative poetry and film communities, this title provides a fresh look at avant-garde poetry and film and also encourages readers to rethink the artistic scenes of the 1960s. It can reframe the very way we talk about how film influences poetry.