Riots on the Warpland: The South Side Spoken Word Youth Championships

Riots on the Warpland: The South Side Spoken Word Youth Championships
Joseph Taylor, Curie High School YCA/file
Riots on the Warpland: The South Side Spoken Word Youth Championships
Joseph Taylor, Curie High School YCA/file

Riots on the Warpland: The South Side Spoken Word Youth Championships

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This is a poetry slam between multiple South Side high schools and South Side students. This event is a collaboration between Young Chicago Authors and the poetry coaches at Curie Metro High School and TEAM Englewood High School. This event is a precursor to Louder Than A Bomb, the spoken word festival held every February in Chicago.

Recorded Friday, January 7, 2011 at Curie Metro High School.