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- EventsPoetry FoundationA reading celebrating Chicago Poet Laureate Mayda del Valle and Illinois Poet Laureate Mark Turcotte.
- EventsPoetry FoundationJoin us for the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame’s Fuller Award ceremony, honoring Ed Roberson.
- EventsPoetry FoundationA poetry reading celebrating new books by Patricia Smith, Ashley M. Jones, Donika Kelly, and Aimee Nezhukumatathil.
- EventsPoetry FoundationAn Affrilachian poetry reading celebrating the Frank X Walker folio in Poetry magazine.
- EventsPoetry FoundationA reading celebrating new book releases by Poetry Foundation staff and friends.
- Events-In PersonPatti Smith, in an evening of songs and stories with band members Tony Shanahan and Jackson Smith, and a conversation with Jeff Tweedy.
- EventsPoetry FoundationA reading featuring Aishvarya Arora, Olga Maslova, Imogen Osborne, Charlene Pierce, Jezmina Von Thiele, and Hannah V Warren.
- Events-In PersonJoin DCASE, Chicago Public Library and the Poetry Foundation as we celebrate Chicago’s new Poet Laureate.
- Events-HybridA hybrid poetry reading featuring community participants from the Poetry Foundation’s Forms & Features workshop series.
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Ask Asklepius
By Eleni Sikelianos & Courtney StephensAsklepius: the god of medicine.
Asklepius had a daughter who was the goddess of universal remedy: Panacea.... - Events-In PersonAward-winning authors and illustrators join forces to inspire young minds at the Ashley Bryan Art Series —a celebration of art and literature for youth featuring Young…
- Events-In PersonThe Conference will provide professional development, research and innovation in children’s literature and support networking, collaboration and contribute to a national…
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-In PersonPoets Pádraig Ó Tuama and E. Ethelbert Miller join the Fulcrum Point New Music Project for their 27th annual Peace Concert at Fourth Presbyterian Church.
- Events-Poetry FoundationJoin us for the last ever live taping of the VS podcast featuring poets Cornelius Eady and Major Jackson!
- Events-Poetry FoundationA Rapbrary-curated evening of poetry and music performances by Wallace, J Bambii, Darius Caffey, and Mason Pippenger.
- Events-Poetry FoundationA presentation of avery r. young’s Chicago Poet Laureate project, Chicago Soul Poem: A City That Writes Together.
- Events-VirtualAn online poetry reading featuring Meg Eden Kuyatt, Leonora Simonovis, Noa Josef Sperber, Ide Amari Thompson, Hannah Treasure, and Laura Wetherington
- Events-In PersonJoin us for a multidisciplinary celebration of the 75th anniversary of Gwendolyn Brooks’ Pulitzer Prize-winning Annie Allen!
