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Registration is Now Open for Poetry Out Loud 2026 !!!

The Chicago Poetry Center is pleased to serve in its 9th year as the Chicagoland Regional Host Organization for the Poetry Out…

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Hiring Call for Executive Assistant

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT: CHICAGO POETRY CENTER   Mission & Programs The Chicago Poetry Center’s mission is to connect people with poetry, equitably…

CPC Brings Poetry to Summer Dance

CPC Brings Poetry to Summer Dance The Chicago Poetry Center is partnering with the City of Chicago Department of Cultural…

Hiring Call: Poetry Teaching Artists

HIRING CALL: POETRY TEACHING ARTISTS  In-School and After-School Residencies, Chicago Poetry Center    Position: Poet in Residence with the Chicago…

‘We crawl underneath…’: Table Talk

As we continue distance instruction, students at Taft Freshman Academy continue to generate beautiful poems!  This week’s poems are inspired…

Chicago Poets on Social Justice

Chicago Poets Then & Now: Perspectives on Social Justice Chicago Poetry Center + Chicago History Museum In celebration of National…

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