About

Before there was writing, there was the human voice that created words… By becoming a partner with the poet, writing the poem yourself, you are given the tools to physicalize that understanding of the poem… A poet is never anyone but her or himself.
- Bob Holman

The Slam Society started at Northwestern University in the Fall of 2009. We follow a “flashmob poetry” philosophy where poets perform wherever an audience can form.

The Slam Society was created with the primary mission to let poets read to audiences. Fostering workshops, holding competitions, and sending a team to Nationals are secondary to giving poets on campus a place and an audience to perform. Our events incorporate any combination of an open mic, a Slam, and a trip to a poetry reading in the Chicagoland area.