{"product_id":"ground-zero-marc-kelly-smith-9780810143081","title":"Ground Zero: A Collection of Chicago Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eInception and implosion, Chicago's grit and grandiosity all come together in the finite poetic power of the original Slam igniter, renowned poet Marc Kelly Smith and his retrospect denotation, \u003ci\u003eGround Zero\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A cultural, community, and adversarial figure, Smith has challenged the status quo and raised new questions about an environment in a state of continuous calamity. Smith's power and influence have inspired celebrated figures who cut their teeth on both the stage and the page under his watchful eye--always speaking in the traditions of Carl Sandburg and Gwendolyn Brooks. \u003ci\u003eGround Zero\u003c\/i\u003e challenges but pays homage to the thousand underbellies of Chicago with Smith's wicked, cigarette-in-the-beer language: \"I ain't diggin' no concrete coffin, \/ No backyard mausoleum \/ To keep me a pickle sweet aplenty \/ Plied with sardines and pork sausage wieners \/ Livin' out the chance that some bubble-flesh victim \/ Will come puckered up and scabby lipped \/ To kiss me in the name of a new mankind.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eGround Zero \u003c\/i\u003eleaves no doubt. The Slampapi \/ instigator \/ visionary \/ you-may-love-me-or-hate-me-but-my-history-will-always-be-chiseled-in-everything-the-poetry-world-does-next collects a survey of his land and his experience, no matter how beautiful or flawed. This book lets the landmines of imagery and Chicago's slow and uneasy drawl showcase one of our most original voices.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marc Kelly Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0810143089\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780810143081\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Triquarterly Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.10w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/04\/2020","brand":"Marc Kelly Smith","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43982843314431,"sku":"9780810143081","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5198f7fc-521b-4909-a029-b24ed171be8b.jpg?v=1683263312","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ground-zero-marc-kelly-smith-9780810143081","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}