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An introduction to the Poetry Foundation’s latest exhibition.
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InterviewBy James D. Sullivan
A conversation with B. Metzger Sampson, executive director of the Chicago Poetry Center.
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EssayBy James D. Sullivan
An introduction to the Poetry Foundation’s latest exhibition.
Poem Guides
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Poem GuideBy Julie IrigarayA hymn to female independence in the form of a withering critique of marriage
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Poem GuideBy Tyler Malone
Who are all these people? Where is this waste land they inhabit? What is this chaos of impressions we are privy to? Wherefore such madness?
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Poem GuideBy CM Burroughs
There is lightness within these downtrodden lives!
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Join us in celebrating Poetry Month this April with free access to Poetry magazine, events, and so much more!
Free Poetry for Everyone
This Poetry Month, we’re thrilled to offer a FREE download of the April 2024 issue of Poetry for you...
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June 25, 2024
The Guild Literary Complex (Guild Complex) was established in 1989 as a community bookstore, which soon became a nonprofit organization providing poetry programming to communities in Chicago that did not...
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June 10, 2024
While living in New York City, poet, songwriter, and freelance writer Keren Taylor helped lead poetry writing workshops for girls. She noticed the workshops’ transformative impact and wanted to continue...
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May 27, 2024
Candace G. Wiley and Monifa Lemons Jackson attended Cave Canem South Workshops in Columbia, South Carolina, in 2010 and 2011. Their experience as Cave Canem fellows inspired them to recreate...
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May 13, 2024
826CHI opened its doors in Chicago in 2005 as part of the 826 National network, which was founded by author Dave Eggers and educator Nínive Calegari in 2002 and now...
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Learning PromptBy Alecia Beymer July 16, 2024
Inspired by Georges Perec’s An Attempt at Exhausting a Place in Paris, this prompt invites thinking about the various ways we might attend to the ordinary around us through creative...
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InterviewBy James D. Sullivan
A conversation with B. Metzger Sampson, executive director of the Chicago Poetry Center.
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EssayBy James D. Sullivan
An introduction to the Poetry Foundation’s latest exhibition.
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