Slam ô Féminin’s Collective Relationship to Print, the Spoken Word, and Marginalia

This article looks at the relationship between print and spoken poetry in the writing philosophy and written contributions made by the slam poetry association Slam ô féminin in its 2009 anthology. Part of Slam ô féminin’s philosophy derives from making use of the miscellaneous tidbits of our everyday life and engaging with them in a process called marginalia. For this reason, the journalistic fait divers serves as a productive symbol of their writing philosophy. The engagement between textuality and orality provides a collective agency that counteracts a feeling of marginalization.