Young Chicago Authors

Young Chicago Authors transforms the lives of young people by cultivating their voices through writing, publication, and performance education. They have performances and you can book a poet to perform at events, too. Louder Than A Bomb is the poetry slam event held in Chicago between young slam poetry teams throughout the midwest. I went last year and was completely blown away by the talent and stories that students performed. It takes place in the spring and I highly recommend going. Also, there is a documentary film about it they made last year, and the Flaxman Library has it! One of the Masters in Art History/Arts Admin students from last year did her thesis with YCA and helped design curriculum to accompany the viewing of Louder Than A Bomb in schools. Also it is pretty sweet that this is the largest slam poetry competition in the nation, right here in Chicago!