Unwashed, festering, and still poignant poetry in “Ground Zero” – Chicago Review of Books

Unwashed, festering, and still poignant poetry in “Ground Zero” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] Marc Kelly Smith, nicknamed “Slam Papi,” founded international slam poetry in the 1980s when he started the monumental Uptown Poetry Slam series at the Green Mill. Each Sunday night, he attracted misfits and poets from across Chicago and its suburbs to exchange words, including the likes of Gwendolyn Brooks and Patricia Smith, who provides … Read more