Louder Than a Bomb
Young Chicago Authors in collaboration with Columbia College Chicago, WBEZ 91.5 and Vocalo 89.5, proudly presents to you Louder Than A Bomb 2013 “Return To The Craft.”
“As the specter of violence in Chicago creeps into national headlines, Louder Than A Bomb: The Chicago Youth Poetry Festival offers a counter-narrative from the perspectives of the young people most affected by the violence. During the course of the festival we will certainly hear the horrors of what it’s like to be a young person in a moment when the city feels, for some, like a warzone, and we will also be privy to the hopes and dreams and blueprints out of such predicaments. In the most segregated and most violent city in America, these are the stories that go unheard and unreported. Louder Than a Bomb is the platform and forum where they can be listened to, one young person at time, from every neighborhood in Chicago, gathered together to listen to and speak with one another, alive & direct.” – Kevin Coval Artistic Director (YCA)