The Poetry Center of Chicago

Current Event

The Big Read*: Students Respond to the Work of Robinson Jeffers Wednesday, April 28, 2010 - 6:30pm
SAIC Ballroom: 112 S. Michigan Avenue

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A celebration of the poetry created throughout the academic year by Chicago public schoolchildren, this annual Citywide Reading marks the culmination of the Hands on stanzas academic year and an opportunity for participants' families and Poetry Center friends to experience the work of these unfettered and remarkable voices. Students will read their poetry written in response to the work of Robinson Jeffers

Hands on Stanzas Blogs

Bonus post: Haiku part 2
Submitted by Rachel Javellana on March 11, 2010 - 12:00am.
McPherson Elementary

When I went back to my stack, I felt that there were too many lovely little haiku and almost-haiku to NOT share them, so I am posting a new batch here. One from each student that wasn't featured in my last post. I couldn't resist.

Room 318

Sammy V.

In the empty room
seasons and seasons go by
until the sun goes down

Romeo S.

white snow falling down
my dog laying then dirtying himself
falling asleep in the snow

Enrique V.

The sun was sitting
near the beach where we were
having a barbecue

News & Updates

Paul and Maryrose Carroll Beat Collection

Through his editorship of literary journals, Paul Carroll promoted the development of the 1950s era Beat poets. While serving as the poetry editor of the Chicago Review, Carroll and editor Irving Rosenthal included controversial rising poets William Burroughs, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg, and Jack Kerouac. Although Chicago Review was recognized for avant garde works, University of Chicago's Chancellor Lawrence Kimpton suppressed its Winter 1959 issue leading Carroll and Rosenthal to found a new journal Big Table with increased literary freedom to publish Beat poets.

Li-Young Lee reading on Chicago Amplified

Li-Young Lee's October 20th reading at the Poetry Center of Chicago is featured on WBEZ Chicago Public Radio's Chicago Amplified. To listen to the program just click the link below.

http://www.chicagopublicradio.org/Content.aspx?audioID=29727

Poetry Center to take part in Berlin Film Festival

The Poetry Center's Cinema Poetic program partners with New York based multi-media literary magazine Rattapallax at ZEBRA Film Fest.

As part of its highly anticipated fourth year, the ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival in Berlin is featuring American Perspectives: Rattapallax & The Poetry Center of Chicago. Francesco Levato, Executive Director of the Poetry Center, will attend the festival to present 10 poetry films from the United States. Ram Devineni, founder and editor of Rattapallax will present alongside Levato.