Bill Abbott is a poet and performer who has been involved in the Poetry Slam since 1992. He documented the Southern Fried Slam scene from 1992 to 2000 (in a book, yo). He is also the “founder” of the Rust Belt Regional Poetry Slam. He hosted Southern Fried 1997, Rust Belt 2000, and Rust Belt 2001. He is also widely published.
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I’ve been teaching for 20 years. The first six were at for-profit colleges, which were problematic. I was a great instructor, and I have numerous students who believe that. Miller-Motte Technical College in Chattanooga, Miami-Jacobs Career College in Dayton, Fortis in Dayton. I got a 7-12 teaching certificate along the way. But working at these…
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