The Poetry Center of Chicago

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A friendly reminder that Monday is simply a temporary situation. #handsonstanzas #fridaywillbeheresoon

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Richie Hofmann reading from his debut poetry collection SECOND EMPIRE at the December installment of the Six Points Reading Series #poetry #chicago #poems #chicagopoetry #ruthlilly @poetryfoundation #poetrycenter #reading #sixpoints (at Chicago Cultural Center)

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Erika L Sánchez reading at the December installment of the Six Points Reading Series #poetry #chicago #poems #chicagopoetry #ruthlilly @poetryfoundation #poetrycenter #reading #sixpoints (at Chicago Cultural Center)

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Jennifer Moore reading for our October installment of the Six Points Reading Series #poetry #chicago #jennifermoore #chicagopoetry #poetrycenter #poem #poems #instapoem #culturalcenter (at Chicago Cultural Center)

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Hadara Bar-Nadav reading for our October installment of the Six Points Reading Series #poetry #chicago #hadarabarnadav #chicagopoetry #poetrycenter #poem #poems #instapoem #culturalcenter (at Chicago Cultural Center)

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Our Executive Director, Elizabeth Metzger Sampson, joins Maryrose Carroll in conversation about Chicago's literary history, censorship controversy, and the Beat poets. #beatpoets #chicago #chicagoreview #censorship #poetry #chicagopoetry #poetrycenter (at Chicago Cultural Center)

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Jennifer Moore reading for our October installment of the Six Points Reading Series #poetry #chicago #jennifermoore #chicagopoetry #poetrycenter #poem #poems #instapoem #culturalcenter (at Chicago Cultural Center)

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Hadara Bar-Nadav reading for our October installment of the Six Points Reading Series #poetry #chicago #hadarabarnadav #chicagopoetry #poetrycenter #poem #poems #instapoem #culturalcenter (at Chicago Cultural Center)

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Our Executive Director, Elizabeth Metzger Sampson, joins Maryrose Carroll in conversation about Chicago's literary history, censorship controversy, and the Beat poets. #beatpoets #chicago #chicagoreview #censorship #poetry #chicagopoetry #poetrycenter (at Chicago Cultural Center)

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Maryrose Carroll--artist, writer, and wife of the late poet Paul Carroll (a co-founder of the Poetry Center) reads from her book BEATS ME #beatpoets #paulcarroll #chicago #poetry #chicagopoetry #poetrycenter (at Chicago Cultural Center)

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The Beat Scene #beats #beatscene #beatpoets #bigtable (at Poetry Center of Chicago)

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The first issue of Big Table from 1959, which published work from Beat writers censored by the Chicago Review. In this issue: #Kerouac, #Dahlberg, and #Burroughs #BigTable #Chicago #chicagoreview #poetry #writing #poetrycenter #chicagopoetry (at Poetry Center of Chicago)

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Dolly Lemke reading for the August installment of the Six Points Reading Series #poetry #poetrycenter #poems #poem #dollylemke #reading #chicago #chicagopoetry

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Fred Sasaki reading for the August installment of the Six Points Reading Series #poetry #poetrycenter #poems #poem #fredsasaki #reading #chicago #chicagopoetry

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It's @daniellesusi's one-year anniversary of working with us! Cake and @bette.blurr in the background snapping pics (at Poetry Center of Chicago)

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Maggie Smith reading at the Chicago Cultural Center for the July installment for the Six Points Reading Series #poetry #poetrycenter #sixpoints #poet #poem #maggiesmith #chi #july (at Chicago Cultural Center)

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Anthony Opal reading at the Chicago Cultural Center for the July installment of the Six Points Reading Series #poetry #poet #poem #chicago #chicagopoetry #anthonyopal #chi #july #poetrycenter #sixpoints (at Chicago Cultural Center)