Category Archives: Writing

Marc Kelly Smith: Slams and Old Coats

Marc Kelly Smith was born and raised on the Southeast Side of Chicago, near the South Chicago Steel Works, which employed both his grandfather and, briefly, his father.  Smith attended (but didn’t finish) college, married, had three children, and worked … Continue reading

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Marc Smith’s American Eagles

The VIDEO below captures Marc Kelly Smith performing “American Eagles,” one of seven poems he did in a series on tattoo artists. Marc Smith is founder and promoter par excellance of the Slam Poetry Movement, what several critics have dubbed … Continue reading

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Clarence Page: America’s “Anxious Class”

“For better or worse,” writes Clarence Page, “effective politics is often nothing more than an effective appeal to the resentments of those who vote in large numbers, directed against a target group that doesn’t.”  This comes from his essay “Politics: … Continue reading

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