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Louder Than a Bomb - 2008
Presented annually by
Young Chicago Authors
, Chicago Public Radio was honored to host all six indy Finalists at our studios, along with teams WordPlay, Northside College Prep, Kuumba Lynx and Chicago 7. We hope you enjoy listening to, and downloading, the work of these talented poets! Congratulations to all 400+ young writers who participated in this year's competition.
Special Broadcast - July 4 and 20:
Kevin Coval hosts this special radio broadcast of 2008's Louder Than A Bomb teen poetry festival. In addition to festival highlights, Kevin sat down with poet Nate Marshall, and coaches Joe Cytrynbaum, Jacinda Bullie and Jaquanda Villegas to let them each weigh in on what Louder Than a Bomb has created and why they have participated throughout the Festival's history.
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Participants - 2008
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Bruised Knights
WordPlay
Posted on 3.3.2008
The Pink Triangle
Poet: Tim "Toaster" Henderson
Posted on 3.3.2008
The Line
Poet: Ona Wang
Posted on 3.3.2008
Hell on Earth
Poet: Quenton "Q" Cole
Posted on 3.3.2008
This Sucks: A Love Poem
Poet: Melanie Decelles
2008 Chicago All-Star
Posted on 3.3.2008
A Tree Falls And No One's There...
Northside College Prep HS
Posted on 3.3.2008
Female Creation Services, Inc.
Poet: Natalia Emanuel
Posted on 3.3.2008
Maxwell Street
Poet: Adam Gottlieb
2008 Spirit Award Winner
Posted on 3.3.2008
The Man Inside My Head
Poet: Elisha Miles
Posted on 3.3.2008
Leviticus 20:13
Poet: Jesse Welch
Posted on 3.3.2008
Paradoxical Mess
Kuumba Lynx
2008 Louder Than a Bomb Winners!
Posted on 3.3.2008
We Remain
Poet: Keith Redman
Posted on 3.3.2008
Journal
Poet: "KeeKey" Itson
Posted on 3.3.2008
The Bad Kids
Poet: Marvin Gutierrez
Posted on 3.3.2008
Basick-ness
Poet: Junior White
Posted on 3.3.2008
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