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Chicago Poetry Tour Podcast

From the neighborhood library of Gwendolyn Brooks, to the Union Stock Yards, where Chicago became Carl Sandburg’s “Hog Butcher for the World,” to the birthplace of slam poetry, the Chicago Poetry Tour... Read more

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South Side Community Arts Center

South Side Community Arts Center

Established in 1940 by the WPA's Federal Art Project, the South Side Community Art Center has provided a second home for... Read more

19 Oct 2010

9mins

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Hall Library

Hall Library

One of the 20th century's most significant poets, Gwendolyn Brooks wrote about race in America, often from the perspecti... Read more

5 Oct 2010

24mins

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Bronzeville

Bronzeville

Margaret Walker's signature poem "For My People" encompasses the strengths and struggles of Blacks not only in Chicago b... Read more

21 Sep 2010

8mins

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DuSable Museum

DuSable Museum

The DuSable Museum is one of the nation's premier institutions dedicated to the history, art, and culture of the African... Read more

7 Sep 2010

8mins

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Pilsen was a diverse neighborhood in Chicago long before anybody used the word “diversity.” Stuart Dybek and Ana Castill... Read more

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The Green Mill

The Green Mill

Marc Smith conceived the worldwide phenomenon of slam poetry at the Green Mill in the 1980s. Audience participation enco... Read more

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27 Jul 2010

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The Newberry Library

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New Chinatown

Li-Young Lee grew up in this immigrant neighborhood, and his poem "The Cleaving" depicts his struggles with identity, vi... Read more

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Graceland Cemetery

Graceland Cemetery

This tour stop includes poetry addressed to graves in Chicago's ritzy Graceland Cemetery. Carl Sandburg, Vachel Lindsay,... Read more

15 Jun 2010

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