Strung Out Episode 192: INTERVIEW WITH CHICAGO POET HOWARD FRIEDMAN

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Chicago has had a poetry scene for decades, going back to the 1980's when such events as the Uptown Poetry Slam began.  Chicago poetry has a unique cadence and flow that today is found almost everywhere.  Poet Howard Friedman has been part of the scene for some time now.   His approach to poetry is akin to the way Jackson Pollock would take on a canvas--stream of consciousness, take-no-prisoners sort of writing that eschews self-editing.  To look at his handwritten prose is to see hastily lettered words, much more akin to a typed page than cursive, writing.  It is that which makes his work so interesting.  The structure and presentation is down to what sort of pen flows easier across the paper.  Add to that the presentation, live on stage and the artistry of Friedman's work is totally revealed.   For the avid poetry lover--here is a slice of that deep-dish poetry that makes Chicago still the epicenter of the written and spoken word. 

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