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May Reading Series Spotlight: Tarnynon Onumonu

Tarnynon Onumonu Tarnynon (Ty-yuh-nuh) Onumonu was born and raised in the Jeffery Manor neighborhood on the southeast side of Chicago, IL and is extremely proud of and humbled by her southside citizenship and West […]

April Reading Series Spotlight: Larry O. Dean

Larry O. Dean Larry O. Dean has been a Chicago Poetry Center teaching artist since 2003, currently at Skinner West Elementary in the West Loop and initially at James Shield Elementary in Brighton Park. […]

March Reading Series Spotlight: Joy Young

Joy Young Joy Young is a Chicago-based poet and educator, who holds a BA in Fiction from Columbia College and MA in Writing and Publishing from DePaul University. Her work has appeared in Poetry […]

Reading Series: February 2020

February 2020 Reading Marty McConnell and Maya Marshall February 20th, 7-8 pm The Martin   Marty McConnell is part of the vanguard of poets fusing and refusing and queering the delineations between literary and […]

Six Points Reading Series: November 2019

November Six Points Reading Meg Day and Jonathan Mendoza November 15th, 7-8 pm Semicolon Bookstore Meg Day is the author of Last Psalm at Sea Level (Barrow Street, 2014), winner of the Barrow Street […]

Raych Jackson and Berry Grass: October 12th at The Whistler

October Six Points Reading Raych Jackson and Berry Grass October 12th 6:00-7:00 pm The Whistler Please join us for the October installment of the Six Points Reading Series featuring Raych Jackson and Berry Grass. […]

Six Points Annual Poetry on a Boat: Tara Betts and avery r. young

August Six Points Reading with Tara Betts and avery r. young August 29th at 6:00pm Chicago Water Taxi   Details: Board: 5:30 – 5:59 at the Michigan Ave Water Taxi stop – located between […]

Poetry Mural Ribbon Cutting in Douglas Park

This weekend the Chicago Poetry Center celebrated the official ribbon cutting of the North Lawndale Word Play Way Poetry Mural. The winning poem by poet Aniyah Orr Howard was selected by community members, from […]

Coming Up: Fall Six Points Preview

Join the Poetry Center throughout this late summer and early fall for readings including Tara Betts, avery r. young, Meg Day, and more! We’ve got a stellar fall lineup which we’ll be previewing here. […]

Rosie Accola and Jessica Mascarenhas: September 20th at Space Oddities

September Six Points Reading with Rosie Accola and Jessica Mascarenhas September 20th 7:00pm Space Oddities Please join us for the September installment of the Six Points Reading Series featuring Rosie Accola and Jessica Mascarenhas. […]

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