Marc Kelly Smith | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Marc_Smith_-_Slam_%C3%A0_La_Zone_de_Liege_-_19_mars_2009.jpg) Smith in 2012 | |
| Born | 1949 (age 74–75) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Occupation | Poet |
Marc Kelly Smith (born 1949) is an American poet and founder of the poetry slam movement, for which he received the nickname Slam Papi.[1]
Smith was born in 1949 and grew up on the southeast side of Chicago. He attended/graduated Charles P. Caldwell Elementary School and James H. Bowen High School. Smith spent most of his young life as a construction worker, but has written poetry since he was 19.
- ^ "In Defense of SLAM! Nation". Black Issue Book Review. March 1, 2001.