June Jordan's Poetry for the People: a revolutionary blueprint

1. Personal and Political Power in Poetry. Poetry for The People: A Course Description. Claiming and Proclaiming Our Voices

2. Building a Community of Trust Within a Poetry Workshop. Guidelines For Critiquing A Poem: The Poetry Distiller. The Guidelines in Action. The Workshop Puzzle: Putting It Together

3. Reflections on Teaching. Power Tripping, Responsibility, and Authority. Why Teach Poetry? (What's Power Got To Do With It?). Some Tips for Leading Poetry Workshops. Navigating the Highs and Lows of Teaching

4. Rescuing the Canon: Reinventing and Making It Relevant Again. Contemporary Poets Talk About the Canon: Adrienne Rich, Joy Harjo, Cornelius Eady, Marilyn Chin, Ntozake Shange, Dan Bellm, Alfred Arteaga Janice Gould. Creating Our Own Canon: In-Your-Face-America Bibliographies

5. Alliterative Squat Thrusts. A Syllabus and Some Exercises for Writing Poetry. A Sample Syllabus. Modeling Poetic Forms. Developing Cultural Literacies

6. Word of Mouth. Staging a Revolutionary Reading. Getting Our Voices Out There. Preparing for the Big Events. Hot Shot Poet Readings. Chillin' After (or Before) the Readings

7. Publicity and Media. Let Them Drink Nectar. Getting the Word Out

8. Reaching Inward and Outward Through Poetry. Writing Poetry with Children. Community Workshops, Performances, and Other Types of Outreach

9. Throwing It Down (On Paper, in a Book). Publishing Our Poetry. Why Publish? From a Stack of Papers to a Book: A Timeline.