Word Gourmet

Nina Corwin hosts another season of the infamous Word Gourmet. This installment features performance poet Joel Chmara. Joel is a Professor of Speech Communication at Illinois State University and a member of Uptown Poetry Slam Troupe (a traveling poetry group created by Marc Smith), member of The Bullhorn Collective (a poetry group that features at universities across the country), and a member of the Wicker Park Traveling Poetry Squad.

He performed comedy for The Noble Fool Theater Company in “The Fool’s Court”, wrote and perforfmed poetry and comedy for “The Danny Bonaduce Show” on the Loop (97.9 FM), and has participated in numerous National Poetry Slams as an individual, part of a team and as a coach. His poetry is infused with humor and promises to entertain.