The Word on Spoken Word

Madison’s spoken word scene has flourished for a number of years now. Back in 2008, the city hosted the National Poetry Slam, putting it in on the poetry slam map  of larger metro areas like Boston, Oakland, and Austin, Texas.  Meanwhile, Madison’s local scene continues to thrive, with the venerable Urban Spoken Word performance every third Saturday at Genna’s Lounge and regular poetry open mikes at the Goodman Center, the Central Library and Mother Fool’s Coffeehouse.  Eight O’Clock Buzz host Brian Standing talks about the local poetry scene with with Urban Spoken Word’s Caitlin McGahan and David Hart and FlowPoetry’s Adam Pergament.  .