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Speak with authority - Taylor Mali

submitted by eric3579

1 decade 7 years 10 months 2 weeks ago

Taylor Mali is an American slam poet and high school teacher. His most popular poems include "What Teachers Make", "Like Lily Like Wilson" and "The the Impotence of Proofreading". Mali has appeared in the documentaries SlamNation and Slam Planet, and on HBO's Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry. Mali has won the National Poetry Slam Championships a record four times and won the Jury Prize for Best Solo Performance at the 2001 U.S. Comedy Arts Festival for his one-man show "Teacher! Teacher!" Many of his poems are in praise of teaching. -Wikipedia

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Another great one, thanks chief

keep it comin' ... keep it comin'!!

great vid!

I love this guy.

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DOH! Wrong vote.

Tags changed from "teachers, speak" to "teachers, speak, slam, poem, declarative" by gold star member rembar.

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This is great?

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Taylor Mali is amazing. I showed this to my English class a while back, they loved it.

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