[7] Well-known poets who have been on NYC-Urbana Poetry Slam teams including Taylor Mali, Beau Sia, Anis Mojgani and Sarah Kay, among others.

[8] Aptowicz is the author of seven books of poetry, including the recently released, How to Love the Empty Air (Write Bloody Publishing, 2018).

[11] Aptowicz's other books of poetry are: Dear Future Boyfriend (2000), Hot Teen Slut (2001), Working Class Represent (2003) and Oh, Terrible Youth (2007) and Everything is Everything (2010), which are all available via Write Bloody Publishing.

[12] Aptowicz appeared in the concert film Taylor Mali & Friends Live at the Bowery Poetry Club and in the documentary; Slam Planet (2006).

[24] In 2008, Soft Skull Press published Aptowicz's first book of nonfiction, Words In Your Face: A Guided Tour Through Twenty Years of the New York City Poetry Slam.

[27] Aptowicz spent 4 years writing the book, which "explores the birth, growing pains and continuing development of the Poetry Slam.

"[25] The book features interviews with Saul Williams, Maggie Estep, Bob Holman and Slamnation director Paul Devlin, among others.

The announcement describes the book as "a tale of surprising abolitionist collaboration between Philadelphia's wealthy free Black elite, rural white Quaker farmers, and the self-emancipated families who worked in both worlds, culminating in the Christiana Resistance, a bloody clash between enslavers and the formerly enslaved, and the ensuing 'trial of the century,' publicly challenging the Fugitive Slave Act and turning the nation's mood from compromise to war, revealing the power of ordinary people standing together against injustice.