Events
Poetry Off the Shelf: David Baker
Open Books
213 West Institute Place
Free admission
Few poets writing today are so closely identified with a place as is David Baker, who makes his particular locale—the Midwest—into a mirror for the human experience on a universal level. Baker currently holds the Thomas B. Fordham Chair of Creative Writing at Denison University in Granville, Ohio, where he is a professor of English. He also serves as poetry editor of the Kenyon Review and teaches regularly in the MFA program for writers at Warren Wilson College. His most recent book is Never-Ending Birds (W.W. Norton, 2009).
Poetry Off the Shelf: Derek Walcott
Fullerton Hall
Art Institute of Chicago
111 South Michigan Avenue
Free admission
Derek Walcott won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1992, with the Nobel committee citing his work as “a poetic oeuvre of great luminosity, sustained by a historical vision, the outcome of a multicultural commitment.” Since the 1950s Walcott has divided his time between Boston, New York, and his native Saint Lucia. His work resonates with Western canon and island influences, sometimes even shifting between Caribbean patois and English, and often addressing his English and West Indian ancestry. He has published 10 books of poetry, including The Prodigal, The Bounty, and Omeros. His forthcoming collection is White Egrets.
Co-sponsored with the Art Institute of Chicago
Poetry Off the Shelf: Cave Canem Fellows Indigo Moor, Roger Bonair-Agard, and Kelly Norman Ellis
Jazz Showcase
806 South Plymouth Court
Dearborn Station
Free admission
Indigo Moor’s second collection, Through the Stonecutter’s Window, is the inaugural winner of the Cave Canem–Northwestern University Press Poetry Prize. It is a sustained and impressive dialogue with the visual arts, history, the natural world, and the poet’s dreams and nightmares. Always in motion, Moor’s polyrhythmic lines are choreographed to make sense of all that is most elusive in meaning: music, violence, love, anger, and desire. His first book of poetry, Tap-Root, was published in 2006 as part of the Main Street Rags Editors Select Poetry Series. He is a Cave Canem fellow and a graduate member of the Artists Residency Institute for Teaching Artists.
Roger Bonair-Agard, a native of Trinidad and Tobago, is a Cave Canem fellow and the co-founder and artistic director of the LouderARTS Project. His most recent collection of poetry is GULLY (Cypher Books/Peepal Tree Press, 2010).
Kelly Norman Ellis is an associate professor of English at Chicago State University. A recipient of a Kentucky Foundation for Women writer’s grant, she is a Cave Canem fellow and a founding member of the Affrilachian Poets.
Co-sponsored with Cave Canem and Northwestern University Press
Chicago Poetry Symposium 2010
Special Collections Research Center
The Joseph Regenstein Library
University of Chicago
1100 East 57th Street
Free admission
Now in its third year, the Chicago Poetry Symposium is an annual conversation on the history of Chicago poetry. The event highlights the Special Collection Research Center’s strong archival and book holdings in the history of Chicago poetry, including the papers of Harriet Monroe, founder of Poetry magazine, as well as of Paul Carroll, Ralph J. Mills Jr., and Michael Anania, and works published by the Chicago Review and Flood Editions, among others. Featured speakers include Stephanie Anderson, Garin Cycholl, Al Filreis, Phil Jenks, Nancy Kuhl, and Don Share. The symposium will discuss such figures as Alice Notley, Sterling Plumpp, Henry Rago, and Margaret Anderson.
This event is supported in part by the William Martin Card Trust.
The Practice of Poetry: An Intimate Discussion/Workshop with Sam Hamill
Unity Temple
875 Lake Street
Oak Park, Illinois
Tickets $20
Sam Hamill is the author of more than 40 books, including 15 volumes of original poetry, most recently Measured by Stone and Almost Paradise: New & Selected Poems & Translations; four collections of literary essays, including A Poet’s Work and Avocations: On Poetry & Poets; and some of the most distinguished translations of ancient Chinese and Japanese classics of the last half-century. He co-founded, and for 32 years was editor, at Copper Canyon Press. Hamill also taught in prisons for 14 years and has worked extensively with battered women and children.
This event is funded in part by Poets & Writers, Inc. and the Social Mission Committee of Unity Temple Unitarian Universalist Congregation.
An Evening of Poetry with Sam Hamill
Unity Temple
875 Lake Street
Oak Park, Illinois
Tickets $9
This is a unique opportunity to spend an evening with one of the major poets and cultural forces of our time. First Lady Laura Bush invited Sam Hamill to the White House in 2003 for an evening celebrating American poetry on the eve of the invasion of Iraq, the president having just outlined his plans for shock and awe. Hamill declined the invitation and extended his own invitation to fellow poets to speak for the conscience of our country. The result was Poets Against War and the compilation of over 20,000 poems in opposition to war. Hamill has been awarded fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Guggenheim Foundation, the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, and the Mellon Fund, and has won the Stanley Lindberg Lifetime Achievement Award for Editing and the Washington Poets Association Lifetime Achievement Award.
This event is funded in part by Poets & Writers, Inc. and the Social Mission Committee of Unity Temple Unitarian Universalist Congregation.
Poetry Off the Shelf: Cornelius Eady
Cindy Pritzker Auditorium
Harold Washington Library Center
400 South State Street
Free admission
Many of Cornelius Eady’s poems contain a musical quality drawn from blues and jazz, and allude to traditional African American hymns as well as to the compositions of modern musicians such as Thelonious Monk and Miles Davis. His published works include Victims of the Latest Dance Craze (1985), winner of the Lamont Poetry Prize from the Academy of American Poets; The Gathering of My Name (1991), nominated for a Pulitzer Prize; and Brutal Imagination (2001), a National Book Award finalist. Hardheaded Weather: New and Selected Poems appeared in 2008 and was nominated for a NAACP Image Award. In 1996 Eady and poet Toi Derricotte founded Cave Canem, a nonprofit organization that supports emerging African American poets. At present he is an associate professor of English and director of the Creative Writing Program at the University of Notre Dame.
Co-sponsored with the Chicago Public Library
Disturb the Universe: American Moderns Abroad and at Home
Fullerton Hall
Art Institute of Chicago
111 South Michigan Avenue
Free admission
American artists such as Marsden Hartley and Georgia O’Keeffe echoed writers who were responding to European innovations by crafting their own landmark contributions to Modernism. This reading, presented by Goodman Theatre actors, features works by T.S. Eliot, Mina Loy, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, E. E. Cummings, William Carlos Williams, and Langston Hughes.
Co-sponsored with the Art Institute of Chicago
Monday, May 24, 7:30 PM
Poetry on Stage: The Cure at Troy by Seamus Heaney
Victory Gardens Studio
2433 North Lincoln Avenue
(773) 871-3000
Tickets $20; $10 for students
The personal and the political collide in Sophocles’ play when the Greeks abandon their wounded comrade, Philoctetes, only to find that they need his bow to bring their long war with the Trojans to an end. Seamus Heaney’s powerful 1991 translation weighs the value of personal integrity against loyalty to one’s community and highlights this ancient tragedy’s provocative resonances with the troubles in Northern Ireland and our own conflict in Iraq. Bernard Sahlins directs a cast of Chicago’s finest actors in a staged reading.
Past Events
03.06.10: Third Coast Filmless Festival
02.22.10: Poetry on Stage: Lysistrata
02.21.10: Poetry on Stage: Lysistrata
02.04.10: Disturb the Universe: The Avant Garde and Modernism
02.04.10: Poetry Off the Shelf: Rae Armantrout
12.03.09: Poetry Off the Shelf: Reginald Gibbons
Oidipous Tyrannos: Oedipus the King
11.15.09: Poetry Off the Shelf: Billy Collins & Kay Ryan
11.08.09: Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant: A Family Festival Concert
11.05.09: Disturb the Universe: Modernism across Europe
10.26.09: Five Muslim American Poets
10.22.09: Poetry Off the Shelf: Helen Vendler on Robert Lowell and the Modern Legacy
10.15.09: 55th Annual Poetry Day: C.D. Wright
10.11.09: The White City: Burnham’s Dream
10.07.09: The White City: Burnham’s Dream
10.07.09: The Chicago Reading: Mary Ann Hoberman, Children’s Poet Laureate
09.24.09: Disturb the Universe: In Search of Modern
09.16.09: Poetry Off the Shelf: Juan Felipe Herrera
07.31.09: Fifth Annual Printers’ Ball
07.12.09: “Collaboration”:
An Official Printers’ Ball Lead-up Event!
07.10.09: The Science of Obscurity:
An Official Printers’ Ball Lead-up Event!
06.23.09: EVERYDAY PEOPLE: Poems of Kevin Coval and Music of George Gershwin & Charles Ives
06.21.09: Miró Quartet and Matthea Harvey
06.06.09: The Chicago Poetry Tour Premiere
06.06.09: Children's Poet Laureate Mary Ann Hoberman
05.30.09: The Re-Dedication Ceremony of the Lincoln Memorial
05.28.09: Art Beyond Borders: Ilya Kaminsky
05.20.09: The Wind Shifts: New Latino Poetry ON TOUR: Rosa Alcalá, Kevin A. González, Carolina Monsivais, Lidia Torres
04.30.09: Art Beyond Borders: Philip Levine
04.25.09: Poetry Off the Shelf: Rita Dove
04.08.09: Poetry Off the Shelf: Elizabeth Alexander
02.20.09: Museum of Modern Art and Poetry Magazine Present: "Futurism and the New Manifesto" Bernstein, Ellis, Mehigan, and Stallings Contend
02.16.09: My Nose and Me: A TragedyLite or TragiDelight in 33 Scenes
02.14.09: Poetry Off the Shelf: Heather McHugh & August Kleinzahler
02.13.09: Found in Translation: Tomaz Salamun
02.13.09: "What Use Had I For Hands"
02.13.09: Palabura Pura, Special Edition: "One Poem Festival"
02.12.09: "What Use Had I For Hands"
02.12.09: Found in Translation: For Octavio Paz
02.12.09: Not the Usual Suspects: Poets Reading for Poetry Magazine
02.11.09: Found in Translation: For Czeslaw Milosz
02.10.09: Found in Translation: Reflections of the Chinese Poets
02.05.09: Art Beyond Borders: Robert Pinsky
01.15.09: Art Beyond Borders: Eamon Grennan
12.12.08: Poetry Presents a Theatrical Interpretation of Five Poems by Dana Levin
11.20.08: Art Beyond Borders: Paul Muldoon
11.19.08: Poetry and contratiempo Present a Bilingual Reading
11.02.08: Poetry Off the Shelf: Mark Doty & Achy Obejas: Queer Lyrics
11.01.08: Poetry Off the Shelf: Anne Carson: Cassandra Floatcan
11.01.08: Poetry on Stage: Silk Road Theatre Project Presents Gilgamesh
10.21.08: 54th Annual Poetry Day: Louise Glück
10.09.08: Art Beyond Borders: Adam Zagajewski
09.27.08: Art Beyond Borders: C.K. Williams & Marilyn Nelson
09.23.08: Poetry Off the Shelf: Simon Armitage & Robin Robertson
09.22.08: Rise Up and Hear: An Evening of Poetry Honoring Abraham Lincoln's Legacy
09.21.08: Children's Poet Laureate Reading: Jack Prelutsky
09.11.08: Poetry Off the Shelf: Peter Gizzi
07.01.08: Rush Hour Concert Series and the Poetry Foundation Present: Impromptu Interplay: Jazz Improvisations on Poetry
05.29.08: Poetry Magazine Presents: Two NYC Independent Bookstore Readings
05.28.08: Poetry Magazine Presents: Two NYC Independent Bookstore Readings
05.15.08: American Perspectives: Edward Hirsch
05.01.08: American Perspectives: Frank Bidart
04.26.08: Poetry Off the Shelf: Charles Simic
04.24.08: American Perspectives: Four Saints in Three Acts
04.16.08: Poetry Off the Shelf: Lorna Dee Cervantes and Rigoberto González
04.05.08: Chicago KIDS' Poetry Day
04.02.08: Mary Oliver
04.01.08: CONTEMPORARY RUSSIAN POETRY: AN ANTHOLOGY
03.13.08: American Perspectives: Peter Sacks on Edward Hopper
01.24.08: American Perspectives: Four Notable Latino Poets
01.10.08: Poetry Off the Shelf: Kwame Dawes
12.28.07: Poetry Marathon
12.13.07: American Perspectives: Langdon Hammer On Poet Hart Crane
12.06.07: Poetry at the Pulitzer: Water
11.18.07: A theatrical interpretation of Frank Bidart's The Third Hour of the Night
11.17.07: A theatrical interpretation of Frank Bidart's The Third Hour of the Night
11.16.07: A theatrical interpretation of Frank Bidart's The Third Hour of the Night
11.14.07: 53rd Annual Poetry Day: Eavan Boland
11.09.07: American Perspectives: Marjorie Perloff
11.08.07: Make It News: A Symposium on Poetry and Journalism
11.04.07: Poetry On Stage: The Waste Land
11.03.07: Poetry Off the Shelf: Writing Nature Panel
11.03.07: Poetry Off the Shelf: W.S. Merwin
11.03.07: Poetry Off the Shelf: Diane Ackerman
10.24.07: Kwame Dawes, Mary Karr, Yusef Komunyakaa, Patricia Smith, and Rachel Zucker
10.24.07: American Perspectives: A Cave Canem Reading Featuring Frank Walker, Quraysh Ali Lansana, Parneshia Jones, and Kelly Norman Ellis
10.18.07: American Perspectives: Helen Vendler
10.14.07: Poetry Off the Shelf: A.E. Stallings
10.12.07: Poetry Off the Shelf: Reginald Gibbons, Mary Kinzie, and Adam Zagajewski
09.15.07: American Perspectives: Edward Hirsch
07.31.07: Inventions on Inventions
07.20.07: Printers' Ball
06.10.07: Pimone Triplett & Andrew Feld
06.06.07: Donald Hall & Andrew Motion
05.30.07: Robert Bly
05.10.07: Donald Hall and Andrew Motion
05.07.07: Donald Hall and Andrew Motion
04.18.07: Victor Hernández Cruz
04.10.07: Jack Prelutsky
04.04.07: Tony Hoagland and Dean Young
03.15.07: Poetry Off the Shelf: Martín Espada
02.08.07: Kim Addonizio
01.16.07: Kevin Young
11.19.06: Tartuffe
11.18.06: Tartuffe
11.17.06: Tartuffe
11.05.06: Poetry Off the Shelf: Gary Snyder
11.05.06: Poems of Peace & War
11.04.06: Poetry on Stage: Aurea
10.17.06: Poetry Day: Robert Hass
09.29.06: Mark Strand
09.16.06: Patricia Barber
09.07.06: Poetry Off the Shelf: David Lehman
06.12.06: Another Damn Benefit
06.04.06: Poetry, performance, and music by Aurea
05.16.06: Poetry Out Loud National Recitation Contest Finals
04.27.06: Poetry Off the Shelf: Adam Zagajewski and Clare Cavanagh
04.19.06: Poetry Out Loud Illinois State Finals
04.05.06: Poetry Out Loud Springfield Finals
04.04.06: Poetry Out Loud Chicago Finals
11.16.05: Poetry Day: Derek Walcott
11.13.05: John Hollander: What You Mean by Home
11.13.05: Poetry on Stage: 10 Brecht Poems
11.12.05: Poetry on Stage: 10 Brecht Poems
11.11.05: Poetry on Stage: 10 Brecht Poems
11.10.05: Poetry on Stage: 10 Brecht Poems
11.05.05: Panel: A Home for Poetry
11.05.05: Poetry Off the Shelf: Lawrence Joseph & Stuart Dybek
11.05.05: Edward Hirsch: Roots and Wings
11.03.05: Poetry Off the Shelf: Kay Ryan
10.17.05: Poetry Off the Shelf: Billy Collins
09.20.05: Poetry on Stage: The Burial at Thebes
09.19.05: Poetry on Stage: The Burial at Thebes
09.18.05: Poetry on Stage: The Burial at Thebes
04.11.05: National Poetry Recitation Contest Chicago Finals
04.08.05: Poetry on Stage: T.S. Eliot's Murder in the Cathedral
04.07.05: Poetry on Stage: T.S. Eliot's Murder in the Cathedral
04.06.05: Poetry on Stage: T.S. Eliot's Murder in the Cathedral
04.05.05: Poetry on Stage: T.S. Eliot's Murder in the Cathedral
04.04.05: Poetry on Stage: T.S. Eliot's Murder in the Cathedral
04.04.05: Poetry in the Public Forum: Dana Gioia
IN THIS ISSUE: March 2010
A selection of new work from Dorothea Grossman; new poems by Lavinia Greenlaw, David Yezzi, A.E. Stallings, Gerald Stern, and Dan Gerber; translations of Carlo Betocchi, and Mahmoud Darwish; an Editorial on Ruth Lilly; an exchange between Ilya Kaminsky and Adam Kirsch; an essay by Chen Li; and a review by Daisy Fried.
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