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