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Upcoming Poetry Foundation events in Chicago
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  • Kids & YA
    Wednesday, December 4th, 10:00 AM
    Wednesday, December 11th, 10:00 AM
    Wednesday, December 18th, 10:00 AM

    Children ages two to five are welcome to a weekly story time that introduces poetry through fun, interactive readings and crafts. Join us in the Library every Wednesday morning!

  • Readings & Lectures
    Wednesday, December 11th, 7:00 PM

    Join us for a reading with poet Willie Perdomo. Perdomo is the author of Where a Nickel Costs a Dime (1996), a finalist for the Poetry Society of America Norma...

    Willie Perdomo, Davon Clark, Sara Salgado, Kyla Pereles, and The Third
  • Workshops & Discussions
    Friday, December 13th, 12:30 PM–1:30 PM

    All are welcome to a monthly book group moderated by library staff. In December, we read and discuss In Her Feminine Sign by Dunya Mikhail. Space is limited to 15 participants....

  • Workshops & Discussions
    Monday, December 16th, 6:00 PM–8:00 PM

    All are welcome to a discussion and creative writing workshop led by Maggie Queeney.  In December, we explore syntax, the structure poet Ellen Bryant Voigt argues is “the essential drama...

  • Workshops & Discussions
    Tuesday, December 17th, 12:00 PM–1:00 PM

    Read, discuss, and write poems with Maggie Queeney of the Poetry Foundation and the Jesse Brown VA Palliative Care Team. Monthly meetings are held on the fourth Tuesday of every...

  • Extended Hours
    Tuesday, December 17th, 4:00 PM–7:00 PM

    The Poetry Foundation Library is open to the public prior to our December Open Door Reading. Browse our collection of more than 30,000 books of poetry, including 2,500 chapbooks, and a...

  • Readings & Lectures
    Tuesday, December 17th, 7:00 PM

    The Open Door series presents work from Chicago’s new and emerging poets and highlights the area’s outstanding writing programs. Each hour-long event features readings by two Chicagoland writing program instructors...

    Chris Glomski, Simone Muench, Sheila Phedra Kelly, & Zakiya M. Cowan
  • Readings & Lectures
    Thursday, December 19th, 7:00 PM

    Join us for a reading and conversation about poetry, film and art between Stéphane Bouquet and Valérie Mrejen. They will be joined by translators Lindsay Turner and Katie Shireen Assef. Stéphane Bouquet is...

  • Kids & YA
    Wednesday, January 8th, 10:00 AM
    Wednesday, January 15th, 10:00 AM
    Wednesday, January 22nd, 10:00 AM
    Wednesday, January 29th, 10:00 AM

    Children ages two to five are welcome to a weekly story time that introduces poetry through fun, interactive readings and crafts. Join us in the Library every Wednesday morning!

  • Celebrations
    Thursday, January 9th, 7:00 PM

    Celebrate the opening of A.R. Ammons: Watercolors with a presentation by Ammons scholar Elizabeth Mills who will discuss the works in the exhibition, relating them to Ammons’s poetic strategies.   

    Untitled by A.R. Ammons
Please Note

Building Closures:

We will be closed on Tuesday, December 10 at 2PM and Wednesday, December 11. 

We will still have Poemtime on Wednesday, December 11. 

Hours

Monday–Friday
11AM – 4PM
Extended Hours
Tuesday, December 17, 4PM-7PM