Button Poetry

Button Poetry
Founded 2011
Country of origin USA
Headquarters location Minneapolis, Minnesota
Fiction genres Poetry
Imprints Exploding Pinecone Press
Official website buttonpoetry.com

Button Poetry is a Minneapolis-based poetry company and independent publisher of performance poetry. They are known for their viral videos of slam poetry performances, including a performance of "OCD" by Neil Hilborn that the Knight Foundation called "the most-viewed slam performance in history."[1]

History

Button Poetry was founded in 2011 by Sam Cook and Sierra DeMulder to share poetry performances on social media.[2][3] As of 2017 they had over 774,000 YouTube subscribers, over 163 million YouTube video views, and over 1.2 million Facebook followers.[4] In 2013 they began publishing poetry chapbooks.[4]

Button Poetry has recorded performances by Brittney Black Rose Kapri,[5] Elliot Darrow,[6] Neil Hilborn,[7] Denice Frohman,[8] Rudy Francisco, [9] Danez Smith,[10] Melissa Lozada-Oliva,[11] Emi Mahmoud,[12] Aja Monet,[13] Imani Cezanne,[14] Javon Johnson,[15] Desireé Dallagiacomo,[16] Yesika Salgado,[17] and Hanif Abdurraqib.[7]

Criticism

Viral poetry publishers, including Button Poetry, have received backlash from critics who suggest that the works make "a mockery of the whole canon."[18][19] Viral poets have been labeled "Instapoets" due to their specific style and creation for a more broad audience and their placement in visual/social media platforms.[20] At the same time, sales of poetry books and viewing of poetry online have increased.[21] However, poets and linguists have criticized the effects of viral poetry on poetry writing, noting potential homogenization of writing styles among newer poets.[22][23]

Chapbook publications

  • 2013, Aziza Barnes's me aunt jemima and the nailgun, ISBN 9780989641500[24]
  • 2014, Sam Sax's A Guide To Undressing Your Monsters, ISBN 9780989641548[25]
  • 2014, J. Scott Brownlee's Highway or Belief, ISBN 9780989641531
  • 2014, Nate Marshall's Blood Percussion, ISBN 9780989641555[26]
  • 2015, Danez Smith, black movie
  • 2016, Aaron Coleman's St. Trigger, ISBN 9781943735068
  • 2016, Hanif Abdurraqib's The Crown Ain't Worth Much
  • 2017, Sabrina Benaim's Depression & Other Magic Tricks.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Schouweiler, Susannah (April 21, 2014). "Button Poetry is taking poems online to reach young audiences – and they're going viral". Knight Foundation. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
  2. ↑ "History - Button Poetry". Button Poetry. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  3. ↑ Brewer, Robert Lee (2017-07-06). "Button Poetry: Poetry Spotlight". Writers Digest. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  4. 1 2 3 Boog, Jason. "Is Poetry the New Adult Coloring Book?". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  5. ↑ Dixon, Danielle (2017-01-17). "Gun Violence, Police Brutality and the Black Man". Soul Reflectionz. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  6. ↑ Dias, Elizabeth. "The College Student Behind Viral 'God is Gay' Poem". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  7. 1 2 Salonek, Lauren (2017-04-18). "5 Of Button Poetry's Must-See Spoken-Word Performances". The Odyssey Online. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  8. ↑ "Denice Frohman". Poetry Foundation. Poetry Foundation. 2018-08-15. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  9. ↑ "Remember, tragedy and silence have the same address: A poem for complainers". The Indian Express. 2017-10-14. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  10. ↑ Blay, Zeba (2016-08-11). "Breathtaking Poem Imagines An 'Alternate Heaven For Black Boys'". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  11. ↑ Vagianos, Alanna (2015-08-20). "One Woman's Reaction To Every 'White Man's Sentence'". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  12. ↑ Weiss, Suzannah (2016-06-18). "This Poem Reveals What Child Brides Go Through". Bustle. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  13. ↑ Segal, Corinne (2015-09-07). "When the people meant to protect us become our enemy". PBS NewsHour. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  14. ↑ Saul, Isaac (2014-05-09). "Spoken-Word Poet Spears 'Hunger Games' With Her Own Story". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  15. ↑ Barksdale, Aaron; Jeong, Ji Sub (2015-11-13). "Black Poet Explains Painful Reality Of Police Violence To His 4-Year-Old Nephew". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  16. ↑ Hatch, Jenavieve (2016-03-02). "15 Witty Comebacks To Every Sleazy Pickup Line". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  17. ↑ Salgado, Yesika (2015-01-13). "How Not to Make Love to a Fat Girl". Everyday Feminism. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  18. ↑ Ramanathan, Lavanya (2018-05-06). "From Instapoets to the bards of YouTube, poetry is going viral. And some poets hate that". Washington Post. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  19. ↑ Chakraborty, Shamvabee (2014-02-24). "Unbuttoning 'Button Poetry': A Poetry Movement That Is Gaining Mass Popularity". Youth Ki Awaaz. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  20. ↑ Alter, Alexandra (2015-11-07). "Web Poets' Society: New Breed Succeeds in Taking Verse Viral". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  21. ↑ Vanry, Nikki (2017-04-20). "10 Poets For People Who Think They Don't Like Poetry". BOOK RIOT. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  22. ↑ Bartley, Savon. "Blavity talks performance poetry, going viral and HBO Def Jam with Button Poetry". Blavity. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  23. ↑ Donaldson, Jesse (2017-02-05). "This Is Why You Probably Hate Slam Poetry, According to a Linguistic Scholar". Vice. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  24. ↑ "Aziza Barnes". Poetry Foundation. Poetry Foundation. 2018-08-14. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  25. ↑ Luo, Yanyi (2015-04-23). "[REVIEW] A Guide to Undressing Your Monsters, by Sam Sax - [PANK]". [PANK]. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  26. ↑ Margolin, Christopher (2015-06-15). "REVIEW: BLOOD PERCUSSION – Nate Marshall (Button Poetry / Exploding Pinecone Press)". The Poetry Question. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
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