Performing at the 2017 Get Lit Classic Slam.
“America, didn’t you teach me to be myself and then make fun of me for being different?”
Don’t miss this tremendous poem from John Choe, performing during the finals of the 2017 Get Lit Words Ignite Classic Slam, the largest youth poetry tournament in Southern California. Order Get Lit Rising today at simonandschuster.com, and join the #LiteraryRiot at getlit.org.
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