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Marc Smith (poet)
American poet (born 1949) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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Born | 1949 (age 74–75) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Occupation | Poet |
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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.