![]() ![]() ![]() In this debut, the poems move desperately, feverishly attempting to make sense of all the madness in this world. ![]() He received his MFA from the University of Michigan. Marshall’s poetry has won numerous accolades, including the Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize. Additionally, Marshall is the founder of the Lost Count Scholarship Fund, which focuses on youth violence prevention in Chicago. He even has his own rap group, Daily Lyrical Product. The wonderful musicality in Marshall’s verse owes its success, in part, to his serious engagement with the world of hip-hop. Despite all our shame and all our hypocrisy, Marshall reminds us that our story is also one of incredible love.Īs many will note, Marshall grew up on the South Side of Chicago and later was featured in the 2010 documentary Louder Than a Bomb. By telling this story, our story, the dizzying array of poems he creates help explain our self-induced amnesia. He speaks of the few and the many, the rich and the poor, the wild and the chained. Simultaneously, he gives life to those who are invisible in our age of nonstop television and lightning-quick advertisements. ![]() In brilliant flashes, Marshall shows us how the lightest shades of color can transform into age-old scars. He shows us the deeply embedded systems of control and oppression in our places of leisure and work. He shows us high school dropouts and troubled towns with troubled teens. In these poems, Marshall presents us with a host of difficult subject matter. Nate Marshall’s Wild Hundreds is a story about amnesia and national shame. ![]()
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