Marc Kelly Smith Press ...So What!

NO ITS NOT ALL OF THEM! ... 1986-2000

  • Chicago's Daily Herald | "Get Me High The Lounge is back and better than ever with a casual cool that's comfortably chic" | Barbara Vitello | 8/8/00
  • Copley News | "Word Up" | Annie Alleman | 5/26/00
  • USA Today | "For better or verse, poets embrace Net Both rhyme and reason are behind popularity of posting" | Karen S. Peterson | 2/10/00
  • Chicago Tribune | "A digest of coming events" | Mary Agnes Lang | 9/26/99
  • Chicago Tribune | "Motion in Poetry: Raucous and Ragtag, The National Slam Championships revels in the spoken word, and ends in a dramatic fourish" | Sid Smith | 8/16/99
  • La Times : The Arts Cultural Desk | "Part Art, Part Hip-Hop And Part Circus; Slammers Shake Up an Interest in Poetry" | Bruce Weber | 8/16/99
  • Chicago Tribune | "GRAND SLAM: As the National Poetry contest descends on Chicago, Marc Smith wonders if he has created a monster" | Rick Kogan | 8/8/99
  • Chicago Tribune | "Poetry Slam more an epic now than a Haiku" | Achy Obejas | 8/6/99
  • Chicago's Daily Herald | "All out slam That's what poets from around the globe will be doing at the National Poetry Slam Championship" | Barbara Vitello | 8/6/99
  • The New York Times | "Part Art, Part Hip-Hop And Part Circus; Slammers Shake Up an Interest in Poetry" | Bruce Weber | 4/16/99
  • Biblio | "Slam-Bang Poetry" | John K. Waters | 4/99 | Number 4/Volume 4
  • The Carthage Press | "Slam Man" | Ron Graber | 2/20/99
  • National Desk | "Of Rhymed Couplets, and Raunchy, Too" | William H. Honan | 12/16/98
  • The Reader’s Guide Datebook |"All Hail the Great Slampapi" | 12/11/98
  • The Sentinel-Record |"Slampapi’ conducts poetry workshop" | 11/6/98
  • Literatur in Hamburg | 11/98
  • Chicago Tribune | "`SLAMNATION,' `Slam' Probe Poetry Scene" | Teresa Wiltz | 10/23/98
  • Boston Globe | "Heat, Humor of Poetry in 'Slamnation'" | Cate McQuaid |10/5/98
  • Chicago Tribune | "For 45 teams of poets, event was a Grand Slam" | Hillel Italie | 9/14/98
  • LA Times | "They're Poets and They Know It at the National Slam Face-Off" | HILLEL ITALIE | 9/13/98
  • Timelines | "Slammin Words" | Hillel Italie | 9/8/98
  • Chicago Tribune | "A hybrid art form heaps images on tp of imagery" | Teresa Wiltz | 6/15/98
  • Chicago Sun-Times | "Slam!" | Celeste Busk | 4/30/98
  • Chicago Tribune | "It's a slamjam, man'am, and that should be poetry, hear?" | James Warren | 4/26/98
  • Chicago's Daily Herald | "Blissful, bad or blown off, prom memory will go on" | Burt Constable | 4/23/98
  • Chicago's Daily Herald | "Lisle library brings muse to the masses with a poetry slam" | Kevin Barrett | 4/24/98
  • Chicago Tribune | "Director Zemeckis in a class by himself at NIU" | Hevrdejs & Conklin INC | 4/19/98
  • Chicago's Daily Herald | "Writer's Week at Fremd to have big names as guests" | Diana Wallace | 4/17/98
  • Chicago Tribune | "Hoots and Hollers rate Words' Worth" | S.R. Carroll | 4/15/98
  • Kane County Chronicle | "Slam-dunk poetry" | Eric Schelkope | 4/3/98
  • Chicago Tribune | "Bittersweet Reunion Recalls Reasons for Breakup" | Achy Obejas | 4/2/98
  • The Viking Logue (Fremd High School) | "Writers Week 1998 expected to be better than ever" | Andrea Knoll | 2/6/98
  • Well Versed | "Four teams mix it up at ECC poetry slam" | Dave Gathman | 4/2/98
  • Chicago Tribune | "Rhyme Time" | Achy Obejas | 1/23/98
  • Chicago Tribune | "The Uptown Poetry Slam still not skipping a beat" | Justin Hayford | 1/16/98
  • Chicago Tribune | "In the war  between performers and scholars, forces are working behind enemy lines" | Rohan B. Preston | 9/8/97
  • Chicago's New City | "The Lit 50" | Sam Jemielity | 5/28/97
  • Hansestadt Hamburg | "Als Mark Smith die Lyrik entdeckte" | 12/3/97
  • The Rock River Times | "Founder of SLAM poetry at Lundeen Gallery" | Frank Schier | 12/26/97
  • The Viking Logue (Fremd High School) | "Writers Week captures talent and inspiration" | Ben Branham and Amy Walter | 4/25/97
  • Chicago's Daily Herald | "Word Power" | Larry Smith | 4/23/97
  • Chicago's Daily Herald | "'Poetry slam' inventor loves to share his gift" | Lori Mieling | 4/17/97
  • Des Plaines Journal | "Poetry at the Des Plaines Library" | Mark Dillman | 4/17/97
  • Chicago's Daily Herald | "Slam on: Poets converge on Chicago for annual rendezvous of the masters" | Barbara Vitello | 4/4/97
  • The Smithsonian Associate | "Slammin at the Smithsonian" | 3/97
  • The Birthday Daily | "Marc Smith pays tribute to Carl Sandburg" | 1/6/97
  • The Three Arts Club of Chicago | "The Three Arts Club's Third Annual All-Star Poetry Slam" | Abigail Crampton and Amy McClellan | Winter-Spring 1996 | Volume 8, Number 2
  • Fayetteville Free Weekly | "Poetry Of and For the People/Chicago's Marc Smith, Father of the Poetry Slam OPWC Featured Reader for November" | Ginny Masullo | 11/21/96
  • The Rock River Times Metro | "Marc Smith, the Crowdpleaser | Richard Vargas | 9/4/96
  • Chicago Social | "The 10th Anniversary Poetry Slam" | 9/96
  • The Rock River Times | "Father of Slam Poetry to read here" | Richard Vargas | 8/21/96
  • Chicago Tribune | "What, Me Publish? | Achy Obejas | 6/14/96
  • Chicago's New City | "The Lit 50" | Sam Jemielity | 5/13/96
  • Chicago Sun-Times | "What, me publish?" | Achy Obejas | 5/14/96
  • Chicago Sun-Times | "Slam!" | Celeste Busk | 4/30/96
  • The Torch (The Roosevelt University Student Newspaper) | "Poetry slam inventor, Marc Smith brings artistic bliss to RU" | Arnette DeAngelis | 3/4/96
  • Common Boundry | "Poetry: Giving Voice To What Matters" | 1/9
  • Times Union | "Poetry slam pits rhyme vs. reason" | Paul Grondahl | 10/30/95
  • Chicago's Metroland | "Say Anything" | Jo Page | 10/26/95
  • Chicago Sun-Times | "Slam at Pretenders" | Lynn Voedisch | 10/1/95
  • Chicago's Daily Herald | "Poetry slams are no place for wimps - or long prose, for that matter" | Rackl & Hart | 10/20/95
  • Chicago Tribune | "Meter Readers" | Jeff Lyon | 9/17/95
  • City Life | "From Page to Stage" | Mark Lawton | 8/31/95
  • Chicago's Free Press | "Poetry contest will let poets be heard - and judged" | Tina Croley | 8/9/95
  • Chicago Reader | "Lexis Praxis VI: Chicago Writers Taken to Stage" | Jack Helbig | 8/4/95 | Volume 24, Number 44
  • Chicago's New City | "The Lit 50" | Marc Spiegler | 6/7/95
  • This Month ON STAGE | "Pong Jam" | Mary Shen Barnidge | 5/95
  • Chicago's Daily Herald | "Jazzzzzy" | Barbara Vitello | 4/95
  • Living | "Poetry in Motion" | Dan Pearson | 4/14/95
  • The Torch (Valparaiso Univeristy) | "Jazz Festival features poetry slam, high school bands, alumni band for anniversary" | Stephanie Catlin | 4/13/95 | Volume, Issue 24
  • Chicago's Daily Herald | "Combining poetry and song into pong" | Barbara Vitello | 3/3/95
  • The Viking Logue (Fremd High School) | "Wordsmiths to share their craft with students" | Jennifer D'Alexander | 3/1/95
  • The Viking Logue (Fremd High School) | "Not the usual Burt tome, just an ode to 'the poem" | Burt Constable | 2/28/95
  • Chicago Tribune | "Step up to the mike: Wannabe Performers find a Stage - and an Outlet" | Jeff Favre | 2/17/95
  • The Three Arts Club of Chicago | "The Art of the Word Second to None" | 12/94 | Volume 7 Num 2 
  • Art & Performance Magazine (Northwester Univeristy) | "Slam ... let poets be poets" | Jacob Mayfield | 11/18/94
  • The Harbinger (William Rainey Harper College) | "Poetry slamming on campus again" | Kenneth Dillard | 10/7/94 | Volume XXVII Number 4
  • Chicago Daily Southtown | "Poetry in motion" | 1/28/94
  • Bolingbrook Sun | "Poetry slam at Lewis U." | 1/26/94
  • Mace & Crown | "Slam!" | Lessa Sherman | 12/193 | Volume 32, Number 12 
  • Chicago's Daily Southtown | "Poetry Power" | 12/26/93
  • The Virgina-Pilot and The Ledger-Star | "Poet Smith makes you listen to the words" | Rickey Wright | 12/18/93
  • Roanoke Times & World-News | "In praise of poetry slams" | Mark Morrison | 11/16/93
  • The Virgina-Pilot and The Ledger-Star | "Marc Smtih will discuss poetry slams" | Rickey Wright | 12/14/93
  • Illinois's Wauconda Lead | "Slam is back" | Pat Weiss | 10/1/93 | Volume 105, Number 40
  • Chicago's Daily Herald | "Poetry Slam seeks well-versed writers" | Marcie Dosemagen | 5/14/93
  • Lakeland Newspaper | "Faces of poets" | Heather McDonald | 4/16/93
  • Chicago's Daily Herald | "Poetry slam clicks at Lakeside Inn" | Sandra Del Re | 3/28/93
  • Lakeland Newspaper | "Poetry slams become a permanent fixture in town | Heather McDonald | 3/26/93
  • Lake Zurich Courier | "Iambic pentameter meets barroom critics" | Joanne Leis | 3/18/93
  • Lakeland Newspaper | "Poetry slams into town" | 3/5/93
  • Chicago Tribune | "Good ode days - Wham, bam, poetry slam. Yes, this is Wauconda" | David Divlerman | 3/5/93
  • Chicago's Daily Herald | "Poets to slam their stuff at Wauconda area library" | Sandra Del Re | 3/3/93
  • USA Today | "The beatniks of the '90s: Poetry slammers'" | 2/19/93
  • The Flyer (Lewis University) | "Smith "Slams" Lewis Mark Eleveld | 2/10/93 | Volume 18, Number 12
  • Chicago Tribune | "Beat goes on" | Hugh Hart | 1/25/93
  • USA Today | "The new rage: Poetry slams" | Craig Wilson | 1/19/93
  • Chicago's Pioneer Press | "Poems made by fools like me" | Martin A. Bartels | 1/93
  • Chicago's Pioneer Press | "Poetry slam" | 1/93
  • Chicago Tribune | "Music and Fighting Word Chicago's High Priestess of Dub Poetry 'Speaks The Truth'" | Rohan B. Preston | 10/26/92
  • In These Times | "Marc Smith: people's poet" | Maggie Garb | 9/92
  • Smithsonian | "'Please, audience, do not applaud a mediocre poem'" | Richard Conniff | 9/29/92
  • Chicago Sun-Times | "Poetry: Marc Smith slices, dices" | P.J. Bednarski | 5/25/92
  • Chicago Sun-Times | "Poet taps into sentiment on Old Comiskey" | Dave Hoekstra | 3/27/92
  • Boston Globe | "Poetry Pops Out of its Cage Reading, Writing and Razzmatazz: '90s Poets Thrive on Open Mikes, Competition | Patricia Smith | 3/1/92
  • The New York Times | "The Word's Turn: Urban Poets Re-emerge" | Eve M. Kahn | 1/31/92
  • Berwyn Life | "Poetry Slam draws writers to Berwyn" | Karen Dalton | 1/24/92
  • Chicago Tribune | "West Side poets forgo lilied language, find audience for bar banter" | Jessica Seigel" | 1/9/92
  • Chicago Tribune | "Rhyme and Reason" | Sunday Magazine | 12/1/91 
  • Poetry Flash | "Blow by Blow : The National Poetry Slam 1991" | Michael Warr | 11/91
  • Chicago Sun-Times | "Slam poet gets the boot again" | 10/8/91
  • Chicago Sun-Times | "Wordsmiths will duke it out at poetry slam | Ernest Tucker | 10/4/91
  • Chicago's Wednesday Journal | "Chicago Slam competition is pure poetry" | Robin Zimmerman | 9/25/91
  • Chicago Tribune | "Poetry, Straight Up Sounds Great? Less Filling? Performance Poets are Reviving Interest in an Art Form: Part 1" | Connie Lauerman | 9/20/91
  • Chicago Tribune | "Poetry, Straight Up Sounds Great? Less Filling? Performance Poets are Reviving Interest in an Art Form: Part 2" | Connie Lauerman | 9/20/91
  • Chicago Tribune | "Poetry, Straight Up Sounds Great? Less Filling? Performance Poets are Reviving Interest in an Art Form: Part 3" | Connie Lauerman | 9/20/91
  • In These Times - Cover Story | 5/12/91 | Volume 15, Number 26
  • Poetry Ex | "Poetry on Stage" | 4/91 | #62
  • Chicago's Southtown Economist | "Battle of the Bards: Gladiators wrestle with rhyme at West Side Poetry Slam" | Scott Hersey | 3/19/91
  • Chicago Tribune | "Lines Form for ....Poetry" | Charlene Baumbich | 1/27/91
  • Chicago Tribune | "A Spicier Mix for the Poetry Scene Hispanic Bards take their Works to the Pubs and Theaters to Tell of Bicultural Struggles" | Constanza Montana | 1/9/91
  • Playboy | "Playboy After Hours: Slamming" | 11/90
  • Howl | "Poetry SLAM! Comes to San Francisco William Perkins | 9/21/90 | Volume 1, Number 2
  • North Beach Now | "Poetry in Motion" | Joan Dahigren | 9/90
  • Student Traveler | "Poetry in the Raw" | Mark Jannot | Fall 1990
  • Diversions | "Poetry Slam brings art form down to earth" | Renee Enna  | 8/22/90
  • Chicago Tribune | "At the Age of 68, The 'Poet Laureate of Gary, IN.' finally gets Published" | Marla Donato 4/4/90
  • Chicago Tribune | "Hinsdale poet spellbinds audience with a tale of her uncle's breakfast" | Laurie Goering | 3/16/90
  • Poets & Writers | "Poetry Slamming in Chicago" | Luis J. Rodriguez | 3/90
  • The Michigan Daily | "Meet the man behind the Slam" | Jay Pinka | 2/6/90
  • Chicago Tribune | "The Saloon Poets Visceral Poetics Reach Feverish Pace In Matches Known As Slams" | David Levinsky | 1/21/90 
  • The North Loop News | "Chicago Poetry Slam: throwing the muses | Anne Brennan | 11/2/89
  • Hollywood Midwest | "Pong Power" | Peter F. Szujewski | 10/89
  • Voice Literary Supplement | "Grand Slam: Chicago Poets Pack'em In" | 10/89
  • Oak Leaves | "Out & About" | Mike Molloy | 9/20/89
  • Chicago's Wednesday Journal | "Poetry mixing well with area bars" | Ray Carlin | 9/4/89
  • Chicago Sun-Times | "Chicago Poetry: It Ain't for Sissies" | Patricia Smith | 8/20/89
  • Chicago Tribune | "Grand Slam of Chicago Poetry swats out a master" | Maria Donato | 8/18/89
  • Chicago Tribune | "Letter EX  Marks The Spots For Chicago's New Breed Of Poetry Fans" | Marla Donato" 5/10/89
  • People's Daily World - Arts and Entertainment | "Patronize your local poet - there's one nearby | Pat Hickerson 4/25/89
  • Birmingham News | "'Uptown Poetry Slam' rules in Al Capone's old hangout" | Wayne Hearn | 4/25/89
  • The Times | "More U.S. poets find Chicago is their kind of town" | Wayne Hearn | 4/24/89
  • Crain's Chicago Business | "Uptown's bards: Wham, bam, poetry slam" | Majorie Halperin | 4/20/89
  • IE - Illinios Entertainment | "Marc K. Smith: Full Contact Wordsmith" | Kevin Toelle | 3/89
  • Chicago Sun-Times | "Acclaim can beat fame at Uptown Poetry Slam" | Patricia Smith | 10/788
  • Chicago Sun-Times | "Iamb what iamb: Poets put their egos on the line and talent to the test at the Slam" | Drew Wilson | 5/7/88
  • Star Tribune | "Poets now gather in Capone's joint for a Saturday night slam" | Wayne Hearn | 5/24/88
  • Jackson Citizen Patriot | "Tough Chicago catering to poets" | Wayne Hearn | 4/28/88
  • New York Times National News | "It's Pure Poetry, for Cheers or Jeers" | Dirk Johnson | 3/3/88
  • The Wall Street Journal | "The Boozer as Critic: Poetry is Brutal Sport In a Chicago Barroom" | Alex Kotlowitz| 8/24/87
  • Reader | "Poetry Slam" | Achy Obejas | 7/31/87
  • Chicago Tribune | "A poet beats pentameters off her rivals" | Barbara Brotman | 7/30/87
  • Jam Sessions | "Uptown Poetry Slam" | 7/87 | Volume 1, Number 12
  • Inside Chicago | "Poetry in Commotion" | Richard Lallch | 5/87
  • The Milwaukee Journal | "Poetic License: Saloon bards bring art to the masses" | Larry Green | 1/6/87
  • Los Angeles Times | "Performance Poets Liven an Old Art" | Larry Green | 11/25/86
  • Loyola Phoenix (Loyola University of Chicago) | "Poetry Slamming -- art without pretension" | Howard Larkin | 10/3/86
  • Chicago Tribune | "Poetry in Chicago: The new wave" | June Sawyers | 8/29/86
  • Chicago Sun-Times | "Poetry Slam packs a punch to heart" | Ernest Tucker | 8/4/86
  • Chicago Sun-Times | "Poetry boosters slam snob image" | Lynn Voedisch | 8/25/86
  • Stagebill | "And the beat goes on" | Mary Shen Barnidge | 8/86
  • Reader | "Tattoo Taboo" | Mary Shen Barnidge | 5/20/86
  • Reader | "Chicago Fun Times: poetry as a spectator sport" | Mary Shen Barnidge | 8/29/86
  • Chicago Tribune | "'Tattoo, Taboo' show uncovers an image of obsession" | Abigail Foerstner | 6/6/86

 
 

 

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