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We’re Hiring: Teaching Artists

14 Sep 2018

HIRING CALL: POET TEACHING ARTISTS Hands On Stanzas Program, Chicago Poetry Center Position: Poet In Residence with the Chicago Poetry Center Deadline: Rolling applications until roster is full, apply soon! Check out: this brief […]

Because My Cat Found A Unicorn & Other Reasons Why @ Manley High School

22 Jul 2015

Last Thursday, Mr. Peterson and Ms. O’Neal’s classes read and discussed an English translation of the poem “Because” by Greek poet, Yannis Ritsos. The poem offers ten lines of explanation, each depicting a new […]

I Remember Eating a Whole Stick of Butter & Other Memories @ Manley High School

22 Jul 2015

Last week Mr. Peterson and Ms. O’Neal’s classes reviewed and discussed an excerpt of Joe Brainard’s autobiographical long poem, “I Remember.” Brainard’s litany of memories investigate his childhood, his neighborhood, his family, their holiday […]

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