Trial of Eve
By PRESENTED AS PART OF LOUDER THAN A BOMBTrial of Eve
By PRESENTED AS PART OF LOUDER THAN A BOMBPoet Hannah Srajer, 18, is a senior at Oak Park and River Forest High School and participated in Louder Than a Bomb for the second time this year.
Her piece Trial of Eve is a persona piece where five characters, including herself, are witnesses to Eve’s trial, and they speak about what she has done.
The largest of its kind in the world, Louder Than A Bomb (LTAB) is Chicago’s rapidly-growing teen poetry festival, taking place February 16 - March 9, 2013, at various venues around Chicago. Aiming to bring teens together across racial, gang, and socio-economic lines, LTAB is a friendly competition that emphasizes self-expression and community via poetry, oral story-telling, and hip-hop spoken word.
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