ABOUT THE AUTHOR
POET/DJ AND PUBLISHED AUTHOR, WORD LIFE PRODUCTIONS. THE LOVE OF 80'S /90'S HIP-HOP, SOULFUL R & B SONGWRITERS SUCH AS MARVIN GAYE AND STEVIE WONDER. TO POWERFUL POETIC FIGURES FROM NIKKI GIOVANNI TO THE WATTS PROPHETS WHOS WORDS SHAPED TODAY'S SOCIAL PLATFORMS. JAMES BALDWIN, MAYA ANGELOU AND MANY OTHERS HELPED SHAPED MARKELL'S LOVE FOR POETRY AND SPOKEN-WORD. MARKELL WORKS AS A TEACHER FOR THE CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND TAUGHT DRAMA & POETRY WRITING WITH THE CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT. MARKELL'S POETRY HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR IT'S APPEAL TO THE SENSES AND THE IMAGINATION. HIS BOOK TITLED "WORDS OF LIFE" FOCUSES ON LOVE, PAIN, RELATIONSHIPS AND SOCIAL ISSUES. MARKELL HAS BEEN THE HOST AND FOUNDER OF "POETRY ON THE PATIO", OUTDOOR VENUE ON THE WESTSIDE OF CHICAGO, IL SINCE 2003. MARKELL HAS ALSO BEEN A LOCAL PROMOTER IN VARIOUS CULTURAL AND CHARITY EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE CHICAGOLAND AREA. MARKELL'S PASSION AND PURPOSE IS TO BRING HEALING TO PEOPLE USING REAL LIFE EXPERIENCES THROUGH THE ART OF POETRY AND SPOKEN-WORD.
Experience & Publications
(2001-2016) POETRY/DRAMA INSTRUCTOR FOR THE CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT, CHICAGO, IL
(2003-PRESENT)
FOUNDER OF "POETRY ON THE PATIO" - OUTDOOR SPOKEN-WORD SHOWCASE
(SUMMER 2009)
"NUTHIN' BUT PEACE CONCERT", STOP THE VIOLENCE CONCERT FOR TEEN GUN VIOLENCE. HANSON STADIUM, CHICAGO, IL
(DECEMBER 2014)
POETRY SLAM & TOY GIVEAWAY"TOYS FOR TOTS", SPOKWNWORD LOUNGE, CHICAGO, IL
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