• Respect the MIC: Celebrating 20 Years of Poetry from a Chicagoland High School

Respect the MIC: Celebrating 20 Years of Poetry from a Chicagoland High School

Publication Date
February 07, 2023
Genre / Grade Band
Non-fiction /  11th − 12th
Language
English
Respect the MIC: Celebrating 20 Years of Poetry from a Chicagoland High School

Description

An expansive, moving poetry anthology, representing 20 years of poetry from students and alumni of Chicago's Oak Park River Forest High School Spoken Word Club -- now in paperback!

"Poets I know sometimes joke that the poetry club at Oak Park River Forest High School is the best MFA program in the Chicagoland area. Like all great jokes, this one is dead serious." -Eve L. Ewing, award-winning poet, playwright, scholar, and sociologist

For Chicago's Oak Park and River Forest High School's Spoken Word Club, there is one phrase that reigns supreme: Respect the Mic. It's been the club's call to arms since its inception in 1999. As its founder Peter Kahn says, "It's a call of pride and history and tradition and hope."

This vivid collection of poetry and prose -- curated by award-winning and bestselling poets Hanif Abdurraqib, Franny Choi, Peter Kahn, and Dan "Sully" Sullivan -- illuminates just that, uplifting the incredible legacy this community has cultivated. Among the dozens of current students and alumni, Respect the Mic features work by NBA champion Iman Shumpert, National Youth Poet Laureate Kara Jackson, National Youth Poet Laureate Kara Jackson, National Student Poet Natalie Richardson, comedian Langston Kerman, and more.

Publication date
February 07, 2023
Genre
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9780593226827
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
BISAC categories
YAN043000 - Young Adult Nonfiction | Poetry
YAN029000 - Young Adult Nonfiction | Inspirational & Personal Growth
YAN030020 - Young Adult Nonfiction | Language Arts | Composition & Creative Writing
Library of Congress categories
United States
American poetry
Poetry
Teenagers
Juvenile works
Youths' writings
Young adult poetry, American
Youths' writings, American
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