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Poetry Foundation’s Lilly Prizes make for a memorable night: ‘You hear about it, you dream about it,...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFor Haki Madhubuti, winning a Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize from the Poetry Foundation was a total...
Printers Row Lit Fest 2022 to feature Natasha Trethewey, Poetry Foundation and The Onion
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Printers Row Lit Fest has announced some of the authors and presentations that will be at this...
Meet Adrian Matejka, the first Black editor to lead Poetry magazine in its 110-year history
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCHICAGO — Adrian Matejka, Indiana’s poet laureate from 2018-2019, is still trying to figure out Chicago’s bus system. He laughs about missing his bus heading to the Poetry Foundation on Superior ...
Nikki Giovanni and Haki Madhubuti among recipients of the 2022 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEleven poets were celebrated as history-making as they joined the remarkable list of recipients of...
What was it like to dive into the poetry pool? My time as guest editor of Poetry Magazine
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 3 months agoCHICAGO -- What is a poet? This is a question that I have been asking most of my life, since...
Chicago architect wins commission to build memorial to fallen journalists in Washington
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 3 months agoA national memorial to fallen journalists conceived in the wake of the deadly June 2018 mass...
Chicago as a poem: The birthplace of slam poetry finally gets a contemporary anthology of poetry
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSome days the hardest thing in the world is explaining Chicago to someone not from Chicago. Other days, particularly when you already live here, the hardest thing is seeing the city clearly, ...
Where To Have Fun for Free in Chicago
Travel Noire via Yahoo News· 8 months agoWhether you’re on a business trip, visiting a loved one or embarking on a solo adventure, you’ve found yourself with some free time in the “Windy City.”...
Chicago has its first Poet Laureate: avery r. young talks about his plans. ‘Poetry is not just for...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIt’s been weeks since Chicagoans were asked to nominate a poet in either written or spoken traditions for the position as the city’s first Poet Laureate. In January, a call for nominations went ...
John Hallwas: Carl Sandburg’s inspiring empathy for others stands out
McDonough County Voice via Yahoo News· 2 years agoI recently gave a program on the poetry of Carl Sandburg at the Du Page County Museum in the...