| Bill Abbott
slamguy@woh.rr.com
Born in Nashville and living the first 29 years of his life (and 3 years more, later) in Tennessee or Virginia, Bill Abbott was an active participant, either as competitor or organizer, for the Southern Fried Regional Poetry Slam Festival from 1993 until 1999. Slam organizer for Johnson City, TN for several years, he hosted the 1997 Southern Fried there, and created and hosted the Rust Belt Regional Poetry Festival in 2000 and 2001 in Dayton, OH. He has self-published seven books of poetry.
Mr. Abbott lives with his wife and daughter in Dayton, OH.
http://www.southernfriedhistory.com
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