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Readings & Lectures

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A multilingual celebration of European Day of Languages and a new Black British Poetry folio in Poetry magazine. 
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Current Exhibition

Escaramuza, the Poetics of Home

Poetry and portraiture provide a rare view into contemporary Mexican American women’s equestrian performance in this exhibition.

Upcoming Events

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    A generative poetry workshop on punctuation
  • Hannah V Warren, a white woman with red hair, smiles in front of a brick wall.
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    A generative writing workshop, “Writing the Grotesque,” created and led by Hannah V Warren
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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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    A discussion of Hope and the Sea by Magda Portal
  • Charlene Pierce
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    A generative writing workshop, “The Space Between: Psychic Distance in Poetry,” created and led by Charlene Pierce
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    A generative poetry workshop on the ballad
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    A multilingual celebration of European Day of Languages and a new Black British Poetry folio in Poetry magazine. 
  • Taylor Byas, a Black woman with black braids, wears a black, sleeveless shirt and gold necklace, stands in front of a grey background.
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    A poetry reading with Taylor Byas, Bryan Byrdlong, jason crawford, Shaneika McIntosh, and Keith S. Wilson.
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    All are welcome to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop led by Maggie Queeney. In this session, we explore ars poetica, a poem that takes the art of poetry…
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    A Rapbrary-curated evening of poetry and music performances by Wallace, J Bambii, Darius Caffey, and Mason Pippenger.
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    A poetry reading featuring Martín Espada alongside Carlos Cumpián, Faylita Hicks, and Allison Joseph. 
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    A poetry reading on Trans Day of Remembrance with Temperance Aghamohammadi, River Coello, jzl jmz, féi iká shumarí, and Rose Zinnia.
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    A presentation of avery r. young’s Chicago Poet Laureate project, Chicago Soul Poem: A City That Writes Together.
  • Photo of poet Pádraig Ó Tuama, wearing a grey shirt and a multicoloured woolen scarf.
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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.
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A discussion of Hope and the Sea by Magda Portal
Hannah V Warren, a white woman with red hair, smiles in front of a brick wall.
Workshops & Discussions
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A generative writing workshop, “Writing the Grotesque,” created and led by Hannah V Warren
Performances
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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.
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A generative poetry workshop on the ballad

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Wednesday - Saturday: 11 AM - 5 PM
Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday: Closed

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