This summer, join us to hear featured poets share their work in this partnership between Chicago Poetry Center and The Green at 320 S. Canal St. (aka The Green at 320). After every reading, stick around for the open mic to share your own poems, stories, songs, and more.
June 22 features Shivani Kumar!
Shivani Kumar is a poet and writer from Worcester, Massachusetts. Her work is guided by return and departure to self and place alike. She is currently working on her first book that holds themes of community, belonging, grief, and identity as a Tamil-American woman. Her work can be found in the Chicago Reader, Sarka, Sixty Inches from Center, Kajal Magazine, and her Substack, come in for tea. She resides in Chicago by the lake.
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The Chicago Poetry Center believes poetry should be enjoyed by all. If you’d like to request an ASL interpreter at Poetry at the Green, please email timothy@poetrycenter.org two weeks before the event date.