Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Arts and Humanities Commons™

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Creative Writing

Book Gallery

Poetry

DePaul University

Articles 1 - 1 of 1

Full-Text Articles in Arts and Humanities

American Gun: A Poem By 100 Chicagoans, Chris Green Jan 2020

American Gun: A Poem By 100 Chicagoans, Chris Green

Big Shoulders Books

American Gun: A Poem by 100 Chicagoans is a collective response to the individual suffering behind the statistics. Big Shoulders Books editor Chris Green asked one-hundred poets from across the city to take turns writing a communal poem about Chicago’s gun violence. The poets range in age, gender, race, ethnicity, and poetic experience. Such well-known poets as Ed Hirsch, Haki Madhubuti, Ed Roberson, Marc Smith, Ana Castillo, and Kevin Coval write with teen poets from the South and West sides . . . many from the group Young Chicago Authors, but also young poets from Chicago’s alternative high schools, where …

Go to article