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Poetry that incorporates aspects of performance, such as slam poetry, video poems, and staged works.

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    Ask Asklepius

    By Eleni Sikelianos & Courtney Stephens
    Download the descriptive transcript Asklepius: the god of medicine. 
    Asklepius had a daughter who was…
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    Peace Concert

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    Poets Pádraig Ó Tuama and E. Ethelbert Miller join the Fulcrum Point New Music Project for their 27th annual Peace Concert at Fourth Presbyterian Church.
    Photo of poet Pádraig Ó Tuama, wearing a grey shirt and a multicoloured woolen scarf.
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    One for the Books: Rapbrary 1 Year Celebration

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    A Rapbrary-curated evening of poetry and music performances by Wallace, J Bambii, Darius Caffey, and Mason Pippenger.
    Mister Wallace at Arbella Chicago for Legendary
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    VS Live! with Cornelius Eady and Major Jackson

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    Join us for the last ever live taping of the VS podcast featuring poets Cornelius Eady and Major Jackson!
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    Annie Allen: By Any Art Necessary

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    Join us for a multidisciplinary celebration of the 75th anniversary of Gwendolyn Brooks’ Pulitzer Prize-winning Annie Allen!
    Illustration of a window overlooking the Chicago Skyline with text that reads "Annie Allen: By Any Art Necessary" and "75th Anniversary"
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    Escaramuza, the Poetics of Home (Remix)

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    Nick Adam’s team at Span designed a public installation that extends the work of Escaramuza, the Poetics of Home through a satellite exhibition at Navy Pier.
    On the left, an overlapping image of women in identical blue dresses with red trim. One women adjusts the others garments. On the right, a triptych of photographs including, left to right, a woman in white on horseback, three seated women, two in dark green dresses, one in a tan dress, and three seated women, all in red dresses.
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    Antigone Reimagined

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    A listening experience of Danielle Davis and Cage Sebastian Pierre’s original mixtape “Songs from the Poets” from Court Theatre’s production of Antigone.
    Hand-drawn abstract lines and squiggles on a black background.
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    Power Through

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    A poetry reading with Midwest-based authors Oliver Baez Bendorf, Imani Elizabeth Jackson, Nathanael Jones, Vi Khi Nao, and Ruben Quesada.
    Hand-drawn orange and gold arrows push against two vertical blocks, one green and the other purple.
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    Escaramuza, the Poetics of Home Exhibition Opening 

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    Join us for a poetry reading, artist talk, and reception to celebrate the opening of the exhibition Escaramuza, the Poetics of Home. 
    Portrait of three women in pale blue dresses with red trim and wide brimmed hats facing the camera with a horse in the background.
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    Ghost Forest

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    An evening of poetry readings by Ruth Lilly prize winner Kimiko Hahn, Sarah Ghazal Ali, Mónica de la Torre, and Rosalie Moffett.
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    Power Tripping

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    An evening of performances and readings by Karen Finley, Jada Renée Allen, Odette Stout, and Ruby Que with Ále Campos.
    A hand-drawn pink radio tower transmits blue and red sound waves.
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    Archive(s) of Style

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    A poetry reading featuring Cheryl Clarke, Harmony Holiday, Natalia Molebatsi, and Nikki Patin.
    Abstract illustration with hand drawn lines and round shapes on a black background
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    Like a Hammer: Poets on Mass Incarceration

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    A book launch featuring readings by contributors Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Nicole Sealey, John Murillo, Candace Williams, and editor Diana Marie Delgado.
    Hand-drawn abstract lines on a black background.
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