Past Events

In partnership with the Court Theatre, the Poetry Foundation presents Chicago native, rapper, and librarian Roy Kinsey

All are welcome to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop led by Maggie Queeney. In this session, we explore tone, a complex of attitudes toward the poem’s subject and...

All are welcome to a monthly book group moderated by library staff. In May, we will read and discuss Building the Barricade by Anna Swir.  Registration is required for this event. Closed...

Join us for a Poetry off the Shelf reading with Maya C. Popa and Richie Hofmann.

All are welcome to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop led by Maggie Queeney. In this session, we explore haiku, a Japanese verse form that in Western practice often...

All are welcome to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop led by Maggie Queeney. In this session, we explore persona, a dramatic, mask-like character the poet creates, assumes, and...

All are welcome to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop led by Maggie Queeney of the Poetry Foundation. Together, we will explore domestic violence through Selva Aparicio’s exhibition, In...

Join us for the May Open Door event with Sol Cabrini + alfonzo kahlil and C. Russell Price + Andrew Sa.

All are welcome to a monthly book group moderated by library staff. In April, we will read and discuss Yaguareté White by Diego Báez.

Join us for a reception and reading with Harryette Mullen celebrating Graywolf Press’s 50th anniversary and the anthology Raised by Wolves.

Únete a nosotros para una conversación entre los poetas del festival internacional de poesía en español, Poesía en Abril.

All are welcome to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop, “Under the Knife: Poetry of Medical Intervention,” created and led by Natalia Conte.

Join us for the book launch for Ulrich Jesse K Baer’s Deer Black Out.

Join us for a free four-week hybrid program exploring visual poetry in partnership with the Hyde Park Art Center’s 65+ Education program. Together, we will read, discuss, and compose visual...

All are welcome to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop led by Maggie Queeney. In this session, we explore the body in poetry and poetic somatic practices.

Join us for the April Open Door reading with Flor Flores + Maricela Guerrero Reyes and Érika Ordos + Jules Zinn.

All are welcome to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop led by Maggie Queeney. In this session, we will explore the relationship of image and text in the current...

All are welcome to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop led by Maggie Queeney. In this session, we explore personification, the device that transforms the non-human (the animal, the...

Join us for a panel on Afro-Latinx Poetry Now with Dr. Grisel Y. Acosta, Diannely Antigua, Jasminne Mendez, and Yesenia Montilla as part of the 20th Anniversary Celebration of Letras...

Join us for a reading with Dr. Grisel Y. Acosta, Diannely Antigua, Jasminne Mendez, and Yesenia Montilla as part of the 20th Anniversary Celebration of Letras Latinas.