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Poetry Foundation

#11 - The Chicago 77

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The Chicago 77 Mar 20, 2015 – May 29, 2015 Commissioned by the Poetry Foundation, The Chicago 77 is a 77-line poem comprised of found text and objects from each of Chicago’s 77 community areas. The piece was created by poets and artists...
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Poetry Foundation

#7 - The Chicago 77

6th - 11th
The Chicago 77 Mar 20, 2015 – May 29, 2015 Commissioned by the Poetry Foundation, The Chicago 77 is a 77-line poem comprised of found text and objects from each of Chicago’s 77 community areas. The piece was created by poets and artists...
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Poetry Foundation

#13 - The Chicago 77

6th - 11th
The Chicago 77 Mar 20, 2015 – May 29, 2015 Commissioned by the Poetry Foundation, The Chicago 77 is a 77-line poem comprised of found text and objects from each of Chicago’s 77 community areas. The piece was created by poets and artists...
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Poetry Foundation

#9 - The Chicago 77

6th - 11th
The Chicago 77 Mar 20, 2015 – May 29, 2015 Commissioned by the Poetry Foundation, The Chicago 77 is a 77-line poem comprised of found text and objects from each of Chicago’s 77 community areas. The piece was created by poets and artists...
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Poetry Foundation

VOLATILE! A POETRY AND SCENT EXHIBITION

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Volatile! Featuring the curator Debra Riley Parr, the perfumer David Moltz, and visitors to the scent exhibition that closes on Friday, Feb 19 2016
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Poetry Foundation

Perfumer David Moltz of D. S. & Durga

6th - 11th
An interview with David Moltz of the Brooklyn-based perfume house D.S. & Durga. Moltz has created a scent narrative for the exhibition Volatile! A Poetry and Scent Exhibition. Exhibition runs from December 11 to February 19 at the Poetry...
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Poetry Foundation

"Poetry as Self Defense," by Cheryl Pope

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The View From Here: Episode 1 Video by Hannah Welever or Shot & Edited by Hannah Welever "The View from Here" is an occasional feature in which people from various fields comment on their experience of poetry. This is the first...
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Poetry Foundation

"The Unputdownable," by Lise Haller Baggesen

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The View From Here: Episode 2 Video by Hannah Welever or Shot & Edited by Hannah Welever "The View from Here" is an occasional feature in which people from various fields comment on their experience of poetry. This is the second...
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Poetry Foundation

Brian Babylon

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"The View from Here" is an occasional feature in which people from various fields comment on their experience of poetry. This is the first installment of a new video series to supplement the print edition of Poetry magazine.
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Poetry Foundation

Learning to Love America

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"Learning to love America" by Shirley Geok-lin Lim from What the Fortune Teller Didn’t Say. Copyright 1998 by Shirley Geok-lin Lim. Reprinted with the permission of The Permissions Company, Inc., on behalf of West End Press, Albuquerque,...
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Poetry Foundation

What Is Poetry For?

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The Point Magazine and Poetry Foundation panel discussion, “What Is Poetry for,” featuring POETRY editor Don Share, poet and UChicago writing professor Srikanth Reddy, spoken word poet and performer Lamar Jorden, poet, womanist, and...
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Poetry Foundation

Monsters

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Dorothea Lasky, "Monsters" from Awe. Copyright © 2007 by Dorothea Lasky. Reprinted by permission of Wave Books. Produced by Method.
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Poetry Foundation

There Are Birds Here

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Jamaal May, "There Are Birds Here" from The Big Book of Exit Strategies. Copyright © 2016 by Jamaal May. Reprinted by permission of Alice James Books. Produced by USC Film School.
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Poetry Foundation

Poorly Dressed

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“Poorly Dressed.” © 1996 by Bruce Lansky. Reprinted from My Dog Ate My Homework! (© 1996, 2000 by Meadowbrook Creations) with permission from Meadowbrook Press.
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Poetry Foundation

Negative

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Kevin Young, “Negative” from Most Way Home. Copyright © 2001 by Kevin Young. Reprinted by permission of Steerforth Press. Produced by USC Film School.
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Poetry Foundation

To Catch a Fish

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“To Catch a Fish” by Eloise Greenfield from Under the Sunday Tree. Copyright © 1988 by Eloise Greenfield, used by permission of Scott Treimel NY.
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Poetry Foundation

Famous

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Naomi Shihab Nye, "Famous" from Words Under the Words: Selected Poems. Copyright © 1995 by Naomi Shihab Nye. Used with permission of Far Corner Books.
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Poetry Foundation

Weighing In

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Rhina Espaillat, "Weighing In" from Where Horizons Go. Copyright © 1998 by Rhina Espaillat. Reprinted by permission of Truman State University Press. Produced by Moving Picture Company.
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Poetry Foundation

Summer Poetry Teachers Institute

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The Institute encourages conversations among English teachers about past successes, challenges, and insights in bringing poetry to students in their various communities. The Institute offers participants a fresh, energizing approach to...
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Poetry Foundation

Choices

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Tess Gallagher, “Choices” from Midnight Lantern: New and Selected Poems. Copyright 2006 by Tess Gallagher. Used by permission of The Permissions Company, Inc. on behalf of Graywolf Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota, www.graywolfpress.org....