Thursday, April 16, 2015

POETRY EVENTS - CHICAGO


 
READING

The Open Door Readings: April

Tuesday, Apr 21, 7:00PM
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. April's reading presents Northwestern University's Averill Curdy and her student Lauren Schlesinger along with Concordia University’s Peter Kahn and his student Asia Calcagno.
 
READING

Fifth Wednesday Journal: African American Poets in Review

Thursday, April 23, 6:30PM
Poetry Foundation
61 West Superior Street
Free Admission
Haki Madhubuti will introduce a reading by Kelly Norman Ellis, Calvin Forbes, Angela Jackson, and Roger Reeves. The event, which will include music and a reception, is co-presented by the independent literary magazine Fifth Wednesday Journal.
 
READING

Poetry off the Shelf: Dana Gioia

Saturday, April 25, 2:00PM
Cindy Pritzker Auditorium
Harold Washington Library Center
400 South State Street
Free admission
Dana Gioia is an internationally acclaimed poet, critic, and librettist. The former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, Gioia has published four full-length collections of poetry, most recently Pity the Beautiful.

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