A Bigger Table: 50 Years of The Chicago Poetry Center
Selected Audio From The Exhibited Broadsides
Learn about the exhibit here
Explore original audio from archival CPC readings here. Links to available broadsides and other resources are also included.
Helene Achanzar, “Bright Bloom”
Purchase the broadside: TBD
Kristy Bowen, “Hazards”
Purchase the broadside: Hazards
Ana Castillo, “I Ask the Impossible”
Purchase the broadside: I Ask the Impossible
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, “History of the Airplane”
Li-Young Lee, “Every Circle Wider”
Haki R. Madhubuti, “When 21 Is More Than a Number”
Purchase the broadside: When 21 Is More Than A Number
Natalie Merchant, “Motherland”
Purchase the broadside: Motherland
Listen to the song on Youtube: Motherland
Lisel Mueller, “Missing the Dead”
Christina Pugh, “Twenty-Third”
Purchase the broadside: Twenty-Third
Listen to the audio on the State of Illinois Poet Laureate site
*Note: click link, scroll down, and click “Twenty-Third” link at bottom of page.
Kay Ryan, “A Ball Rolls on a Point”
Purchase the broadside: A Ball Rolls on a Point
Listen to the audio on the Poetry Archive website
Franz Wright, “Prescience”
Purchase the broadside: Prescience
Lucinda Williams, “Blue”
Purchase the broadside: Blue
Listen to the song on Youtube: Blue
For the full listing of our broadsides, click here.
Additional Audio & Resources from Poets Featured in the Show
Explore original audio from archival CPC readings here. Links to available broadsides and other resources are also included.
Lucille Clifton
Purchase the broadside: Blood
Listen to Lucille Clifton’s 2004 reading:
*Lucille Clifton begins at 6:10 minutes
Louise Glück
Purchase the broadside: Eros
Listen to Louise Glück’s September 9, 2004 reading:
*Louise Glück begins at 10:49 minutes
Jorie Graham
Purchase the broadside: Evolution
Listen to Jorie Graham’s 2001 reading:
*Jorie Graham begins at 4:55 minutes
Anselm Hollo
Purchase the broadside: Mardi
Listen to Anselm Hollo’s 2004 reading with Ron Padgett
*Anselm Hollo begins at 6:08 minutes
Yusef Komunyakaa
Purchase the broadside: From Love in the Time of War
Listen to Yusef Komunyakaa’s 1996 reading:
*Yusef Komunyakaa begins at 4:53 minutes
Ted Kooser
Purchase the broadside: Walking, Past Midnight
Listen to Ted Kooser’s 2006 reading:
*Ted Kooser begins at 3:25 minutes
Lisel Mueller
Purchase the broadside: Spell for a Traveler
Listen to Lisel Mueller’s 1995 reading:
*Lisel Mueller begins at 7:42 minutes
Ron Padget
Purchase the broadside: Embraceable You
Listen to Ron Padgett’s 2004 reading with Anselm Hollo:
*Ron Padgett begins at 35:15 minutes
Molly Peacock
Listen to Molly Peacock’s 1997 reading:
*Molly Peacock begins at 3:24 minutes
Mark Perlberg
Purchase the broadside: Orchids and Eagles
Listen to Mark Perlberg’s 2002 reading:
*Mark Perlberg begins at 9:14 minutes
Gary Soto
Purchase the broadside: Saturday at the Canal
Listen to Gary Soto’s 2005 reading:
*Gary Soto begins at 6:05 minutes
Carlos Cumpián
Purchase the broadside: The Circus
Listen to Carlos Cumpián’s 2022 reading: https://youtu.be/U0TWRMdsWBQ
*Carlos Cumpián begins at 48:08 minutes.
Simone Muench
Purchase the broadside: Elegy for the Unsaid
Listen to Simone Muench’s 2014 reading:
*Simone Muench begins at 3:25 minutes.
Anne Waldman
Purchase the broadside: She Who Must Explicate
Listen to Anne Waldman’s 2002 reading:
*Anne Waldman begins at 8:01 minutes.
Other Featured Poets & Broadsides
For more information about poets from CPC’s history, browse our archive.
A Formal Feeling Comes- Broadside Series
Purchase the broadside: A Formal Feeling Comes
Check out the “A Formal Feeling Comes” archive page
Jimmy Santiago Baca
Purchase the broadside: Healing Earth
Check out Jimmy Santiago Baca’s archive page
Dan Beachy-Quick
Purchase the broadside: Sonnet
Check out Dan Beachy-Quick’s archive page
Rosellen Brown
Purchase the broadside: In Rooms
Check out Rosellen Brown’s archive page
Billy Corgan
Purchase the broadside: A Twixt The Twine
Check out Billy Corgan’s archive page
Joel Craig
Purchase the broadside: Schema
Check out Joel Craig’s archive page
Diane DiPrima
Purchase the broadside: Fuck You, John Calvin
Check out Diane DiPrima’s archive page
Denise Duhamel
Purchase the broadside: Wish You Were Here
Check out Denise Duhamel’s archive page
Calvin Forbes
Purchase the broadside: Calvin Forbes
Check out Calvin Forbes’ archive page
Ira Glass
Purchase the broadside: Get Over It
Arielle Greenberg
Purchase the broadside: Little Ticket
Check out Arielle Greenberg’s archive page
Aleksander Hemon
Purchase the broadside: The Conductor
Mary Kinzie
Purchase the broadside: Close Path
Check out Mary Kinzie’s archive page
Kristy Odelius
Purchase the broadside: The Virgins of Chicago
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Srikanth Reddy
Purchase the broadside: Voyager (3)
Check out Srikanth Reddy’s archive page
Jill Scott
Purchase the broadside: We the People
Sahara Sunday Spain
Purchase the broadside: Follow Your Dreams
Check out Sahara Sunday Spain’s archive page
Mark Strand
Purchase the broadside: 2032
Check out Mark Strand’s archive page
James Tate
Purchase the broadside: Shiloh
Check out James Tate’s archive page
Christian Wiman
Purchase the broadside: Outer Banks
Check out Christian Wiman’s archive page
Charles Wright
Purchase the broadside: Nostalgia III
Check out Charles Wright’s archive page
Kevin Young
Purchase the broadside: Busking
Check out Kevin Young’s archive page