• 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 | 6/6/8