This installment of the new Guild Complex series Poetry multiplied features some new and familiar faces that will perform with musical accompaniment by members of the band Funkadessi.

Xicanindio elder poet and human rights activst raulsalinas is the Director of Resistencia Bookstore/ Casa de Red Salmon Press, a literary venue and center for aspiring writers in Austin Texas. He is the author of three book of poetry and two spoken word CDs including, East of the Freeway, and Un Trip Through the Minds Jail, plus the forthcoming Indio Trials: AXicano Odyssey through Indian Country (Wings Press). raulsalinas work with various political movements has earned him an international reputation as an eloquent spokesperson for jusitce. He has worked extensivley with the American Indian Movement and is the co-founder of the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee. This reading marks his first appearance in Chicago.

Dennis Sangmin Kim was born in 1978 in Fairfax, VA to immigrant Korean parents. He is currently learning and loving all he can, grieveing for the world and perpetually touring with panAsian spoken word phenomen I Was Born With Two Tounges and the feared and respected hip hop unit Typical Cats. Dennis believes that tweaking attitudes are no substitute for structural change, and that material progress without spiritual awakening is a hollow victory.

Artist and story teller Ayisha Knight recognises her art as not only an act of beauty but also as a political act. As a deaf woman who's primary language is ASL, her vision of the world is unique. Like Ayisha, her subjects are unique and unlimited.

Members of Funkadesi will provide musical accompaniment for the poets. Funkadesi has recieved numerous Chicago Music Awards for their mulit-layered world music sound. This series is supported in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.