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- Workshops & Discussions-VirtualAll 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...
- Workshops & Discussions-Virtual
In celebration of the current exhibition at the Poetry Foundation, A Bigger Table: 50 Years of the Chicago Poetry Center, we will explore the poetry broadside.
- Workshops & Discussions-In PersonAll 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...
- Workshops & Discussions-In PersonAll are welcome to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop led by Maggie Queeney. In celebration of the current exhibition at the Poetry Foundation, A Bigger Table: ...
- Workshops & Discussions-In PersonAll are welcome to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop, “Poetic Cinematography: A Workshop on Image,” with Derek JG Williams. When something is called ...
- Workshops & Discussions-In PersonAll are welcome to a monthly book group moderated by library staff. In July, we will read and discuss The Invention of the Darling by Li-Young Lee. Registration is required for...
- Readings & Lectures-Poetry FoundationJoin us at the Poetry Foundation for the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame’s Fuller Award ceremony honoring Patricia Smith. Co-presented with the Chicago Literary Hall of...
- Readings & Lectures-Poetry Foundation
Join us for a reading of Sarah Ruhl’s play, Letters from Max, directed by Polly Noonan.
- Readings & Lectures-Poetry FoundationJoin us for a reading of Sarah Ruhl’s play, Letters from Max, directed by Polly Noonan, as part of our Poetry On Stage series. An adaptation of Ruhl’s 2018 epistolary book, Letters...
- Workshops & DiscussionsPoetry FoundationAll are welcome to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop led by Maggie Queeney. In this session, we will explore the epistle, a letter in verse, in conversation...
- Readings & Lectures-Poetry Foundation
In partnership with the Court Theatre, the Poetry Foundation presents Chicago native, rapper and librarian, Roy Kinsey.
- Workshops & Discussions
Library Book Club Online: Anna Swir
At Capacity-VirtualAll are welcome to a monthly book group moderated by library staff. In May, we will read and discuss Building the Barricade by Anna Swir.
- Workshops & Discussions-VirtualAll are welcome to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop led by Maggie Queeney. In this session, we explore tone, a complex of attitudes toward the poem’...
- Performances-Poetry FoundationJoin us for the exhibition opening of A Bigger Table: 50 Years of the Chicago Poetry Center. In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Chicago Poetry Center (CPC), this event...
- Workshops & Discussions-In PersonAll are welcome to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop led by Maggie Queeney. In this session, we explore the epistle, a poem addressed to a specific person...
- Workshops & Discussions-Poetry FoundationAll are welcome to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop led by Maggie Queeney. In this session, we will explore the epistle, a letter in verse, in conversation...
- Workshops & Discussions-VirtualAll are welcome to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop led by Maggie Queeney. In this session, we explore tone, a complex of attitudes toward the poem’...
- Workshops & Discussions-VirtualAll are welcome to a monthly book group moderated by library staff. In June, we will read and discuss Dictée by Theresa Hak Kyung Cha. Registration is required for this...
- Workshops & Discussions-VirtualAll are welcome to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop led by Maggie Queeney. In this session, we explore the epistle, a poem addressed to a specific person...
- Readings & Lectures-Poetry FoundationIn partnership with the Court Theatre, the Poetry Foundation presents Chicago native, rapper and librarian, Roy Kinsey. In an intimate presentation at the Poetry Foundation...
- Readings & Lectures-Poetry FoundationPoetry off the Shelf engages writers with recently published books in creative dialogue. Maya C. Popa and Richie Hofmann will read from and discuss their second books...
