Episode 1 - 'All performance poetry is doggerel'

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Word Travels Fast

Arts


In a guesthouse in Byron Bay, the crew overhear an interstate festival director declaring Slam poets aren’t real writers… and that their work is “shit”. It’s the first day of the Slam heats and questions around the legitimacy of their art hang heavy over the poets’ heads. Credits: Episode Compiler: Tegan Nicholls Songs: ABC – Jackson 5, Criminal – Fiona Apple, If only out of vanity – Staceyann Chin Word Travels Fast is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW.