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This is a collection of Chicago poems by Marc Kelly Smith, the creator and founder of the slam poetry movement.
About the author
MARC KELLY SMITH is the creator and founder of the international slam poetry movement, for which he received the nickname Slampapi. Smith hosts the legendary Uptown Poetry Slam at Chicago's Green Mill Jazz Lounge and has performed all over the world. Among other achievements, Smith teamed with Mark Eleveld to create
The Spoken Word Revolution: Slam, Hip-Hop, and the Poetry of a New Generation and
The Spoken Word Revolution Redux, two best-selling book/CD anthologies of spoken-word artists and performance poets. He currently guides and directs One Poetic Voice, an innovative translation via performance poetry troupe.
MARK ELEVELD has been reviewing for
Booklist since 2004. He is the editor of
The Spoken Word Revolution and
The Spoken Word Revolution Redux.
Summary
Inception and implosion, Chicago's grit and grandiosity all come together in the finite poetic power of the original Slam igniter, renowned poet Marc Kelly Smith and his retrospect denotation, Ground Zero.
