Past Events

All are welcome to a monthly book group moderated by library staff. In July, we will read and discuss The Invention of the Darling by Li-Young Lee. 

All are welcome to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop led by Maggie Queeney. In celebration of the current exhibition at the Poetry Foundation, A Bigger Table: 50 Years...

All are welcome to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop, “Poetic Cinematography: A Workshop on Image,” with Derek JG Williams.

Celebrate the exhibition opening of A Bigger Table: 50 Years of the Chicago Poetry Center.

Join us for the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame’s Fuller Award ceremony, honoring Patricia Smith.

All are welcome to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop led by Maggie Queeney. In this session, we explore ars poetica, a poem that takes the art of poetry...

Join us for a reading of Sarah Ruhl’s play, Letters from Max, directed by Polly Noonan.

All are welcome to a monthly book group moderated by library staff. In June, we will read and discuss Dictée by Theresa Hak Kyung Cha. 

All are welcome to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop led by Maggie Queeney. In this session, we will explore the epistle, a letter in verse, in conversation with...

All are welcome to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop led by Maggie Queeney. In this session, we explore the epistle, a poem addressed to a specific person and...

In partnership with the Court Theatre, the Poetry Foundation presents Chicago native, rapper, and librarian Roy Kinsey

All are welcome to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop led by Maggie Queeney. In this session, we explore tone, a complex of attitudes toward the poem’s subject and...

All are welcome to a monthly book group moderated by library staff. In May, we will read and discuss Building the Barricade by Anna Swir.  Registration is required for this event. Closed...

Join us for a Poetry off the Shelf reading with Maya C. Popa and Richie Hofmann.

All are welcome to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop led by Maggie Queeney. In this session, we explore haiku, a Japanese verse form that in Western practice often...

All are welcome to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop led by Maggie Queeney. In this session, we explore persona, a dramatic, mask-like character the poet creates, assumes, and...

All are welcome to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop led by Maggie Queeney of the Poetry Foundation. Together, we will explore domestic violence through Selva Aparicio’s exhibition, In...

Join us for the May Open Door event with Sol Cabrini + alfonzo kahlil and C. Russell Price + Andrew Sa.

All are welcome to a monthly book group moderated by library staff. In April, we will read and discuss Yaguareté White by Diego Báez.

Join us for a reception and reading with Harryette Mullen celebrating Graywolf Press’s 50th anniversary and the anthology Raised by Wolves.