Poet Kevin Coval to Visit North High School

Renowned Poet Kevin Coval will be at North High School tomorrow to perform and lead workshops for freshmen and sophomore students at North. Coval, who the Boston Globe dubbed as Chicago’s “unofficial poet laureate,” has appeared on HBO’s Def Poetry TV series four times and has written several poetry collections, including Everyday People and Slingshots: A Hip Hop Poetica. He is founder of Chicago’s Louder than a Bomb youth poetry slam and the artistic director of Young Chicago Authors.