{"product_id":"ground-zero-9780810143081","title":"Ground Zero","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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, \u003cem\u003eGround Zero\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Listen up: Marc Smith’s poems are performances, fast paced and quick talking, beep beepin' and zoom zoomin,’ urban and hard-charging, jazzy and impudent, utterly authentic, full Chicago. They are filled with life.” —Edward Hirsch, author of \u003ci\u003eGabriel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“What Marc Smith invented when he created the poetry slam was so deeply, intuitively perfect . . .” —Ira Glass, host of \u003ci\u003eThis American Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Harriet Monroe birthed the Chicago poetry scene at the start of the 20th century. Then Marc Smith came along at the end and gave it new life: straddling its fading body, pressing the heels of both hands down, hard, on its chest and hissing, 'BREATHE, damn you!' His words squeal and crackle, squish and gasp, always reflecting the city of his birth, a city forever in decline, yet forever struggling to rise again. Read them with joy and sorrow.\" —Neil Steinberg, co-author \u003ci\u003eOut of the Wreck I Rise: A Literary Companion to Recovery\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUptown Monologue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e No Exit Sunday\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Nobody’s Here\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Ground Zero\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Man on his Cell Phone Shouting\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Winter Café\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Face on the Floor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Sign Rattled\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Pyromaniac\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Ball Park Poem\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Conga Beat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Bradley\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Cockren\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e My Father’s Coat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Corners\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chips\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Breakfast\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Rush Street Shuffle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Stuttering Light\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Rosie\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Moon Moan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Impudence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Arnold the Jazz Prophet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Turning Ten\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Small Talk\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Ameritech\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Deep Dish Chicago\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e IT the Problem\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e IT the Solution\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Something\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Northwestern University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038272029015,"sku":"9780810143081","price":17.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780810143081.jpg?v=1750939728","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ground-zero-9780810143081","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}