POETRY EVENTS - CHICAGO

READING Robert Adamson Thursday, March 12, 7:00 PM Poetry Foundation 61 West Superior Street Free Admission

Over the past five decades, Robert Adamson has produced 20 books of poetry and three books of prose. Adamson has won all the major Australian poetry awards, including the Christopher Brennan Prize for lifetime achievement, the Patrick White Award, and The Age Book of the Year Award for The Goldfinches of Baghdad. His most recent book isNet Needle (Flood Editions, 2015).
 

PERFORMANCE The Open Door Readings: March Tuesday, March 17 7:00 PM Poetry Foundation 61 West Superior Street Free Admission

The Open Door series presents work from Chicago’s new and emerging poets and highlights the area’s outstanding writing programs. March's Open Door Reading presents University of Illinois at Chicago's Andrea Witzke Slot and her student Eric McClure along with Columbia College's David Trinidad and his student Katherine Goldstein.
 

PERFORMANCE August Wilson: From Poet to Playwright Thursday, March 25 7:00 PM Poetry Foundation 61 West Superior Street Free Admission

Although best known for his “Century Cycle” of plays detailing the African American experience in each decade of the last century, Pulitzer Prize winner August Wilson began his writing career as a poet, creating pieces of uncommon beauty and energy. As part of Goodman Theatre’s six-week celebration of his life and career, the Poetry Foundation is pleased to present a special program of Wilson’s poetic writings.