GUEST OVERVIEW: Mark Eleveld is the editor of the best-selling THE SPOKEN WORD REVOLUTION series. He is a publisher at EM Press. Also a teacher, Eleveld was Inspirational Teacher of the Year awarded by the University of Chicago, was in the selection committee for the Illinois Poet Laureate in 2020, produced the Poetry Jam with President Obama at the White House, and was a field producer on CNNs Chicagoland.