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Meatless Monday: Meat Free Since '83, Chicago Diner Turns 30

Ellen Kanner | Posted 04.13.2013 | Green
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Ellen Kanner

The large and varied menu has something for everyone, from the soul bowl for true veggie lovers to the vegan wingz for people who prefer meat alternatives that taste like meat. What Chicago Diner serves up "has a lot to do with the food we want to eat."

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An Inauguration Week Poem That Deserves More Attention

John Lundberg | Posted 03.29.2013 | Arts
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John Lundberg

Here's hoping Sandburg's poem can inspire some sensible debate about addressing gun violence. At least, in a week of new beginnings, it's a good place to start.

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Previously Unknown Sandburg Poem Surfaces In U Of I Archives

AP | Posted 03.22.2013 | Chicago
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A poem by the late writer Carl Sandburg that appears to have been previously unknown has turned up in the archives of the Univ...

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The Poetry Of Travel

Peter Mandel | Posted 01.28.2013 | Travel
Read More: Literature, Rhyme, Planets, Chicago, Armadillos, Poets, Rudyard Kipling, Mars, Guidebooks, Brazil, Poetry, London, Stars, Travelogues, Venus, Robert Frost, Rupert Brooke, Sonnets, William Wordsworth, Elizabeth Bishop, Trains, Travel Writing, India, River Thames, Meter, Carl Sandburg, England's Lake District, New England, Travel News
Peter Mandel

Poetry. Poetry and travel. Do they go together? Are they secret lovers -- or at least good pals?

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Who Wins Wars?

David Sable | Posted 01.26.2013 | Media
Read More: David Sable, Bertrand Russell, Mouse-That-Roared, Neil Gaiman, Modern Warfare, War, Vietnam, Carl Sandburg, Lawrence Keeley, Ben Franklin, Video, Media News
David Sable

Who wins wars? More importantly -- can a war, today, really be won? In the "old days," war was simple... populations were smaller, weapons were less...

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How Sure Are You?

David Sable | Posted 01.19.2013 | Media
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David Sable

Look -- having opinions is critical -- no one likes a waffling whinge. Having a POV at least gives you a place to begin a discussion and makes conversation interesting. But again -- how sure are you?

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Four Poems for Autumn

John Lundberg | Posted 11.23.2012 | Arts
Read More: Robert Frost, William Shakespeare, Autumn, Fall, Shakespeare, Carl Sandburg, William Blake, Poetry, Arts News
John Lundberg

Here are poems by William Shakespeare, Robert Frost, William Blake and Carl Sandburg that explore what the fall can teach us about our humanity.

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Three Poems for Memorial Day

John Lundberg | Posted 05.27.2012 | Home
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John Lundberg

In honor of Memorial Day, I've selected two poems from the past and one from the present to help remember the sacrifices of our soldiers.

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Carl Sandburg and Senior Reflections

The Crimson White | Posted 07.08.2012 | College
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The Crimson White

I've been thinking about this column from the moment I submitted my first back in October of 2010. Then, and even as recently as a few months ago, I envisioned a giant, 800-word middle finger to the system as my final parting gift.

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Interview with Poet Ryan G. Van Cleave: A New Anthology of Chicago Poetry

Anis Shivani | Posted 05.01.2012 | Books
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Anis Shivani

I was really excited recently to get a copy of Ryan G. Van Cleave's City of the Big Shoulders: An Anthology of Chicago Poetry, one of the most dynamic and cohesive anthologies to come to my attention recently.

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Big Shoulders in Chicago and Kabul

Kathy Kelly | Posted 02.18.2012 | World
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Kathy Kelly

NATO/G8 meetings are scheduled to take place from May 19-21 next year in Chicago. Plans are ramping up everywhere.

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Behind the Scenes at the Chicago Literary Awards

Elysabeth Alfano | Posted 01.01.2012 | Chicago
Read More: Literature, Nelson Algren, Writers, Gwendolyn Brooks, Cyrus Colter, Author, Chicago Literary Awards, Books, Writer, Art Shay, Don Evans, Carl Sandburg, Saul Bellow, Theodore Dreiser, Sara Paretsky, Studs Terkel, Mike Royko, Authors, Rick Kogan, Fear No Art, Chicago Literary Hall of Fame, Chicago, Richard Wright, Ida B. Wells, Book, Lorraine Hansberry, Harriet Monroe, Chicago News
Elysabeth Alfano

It is wonderful to live in a city so rich of history, so rich of character, so rich of talent and art. But do we celebrate it enough?

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Meatless Monday: Food Festival

Ellen Kanner | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
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Ellen Kanner

Until that magical day when plant-based food and poetry bump out pork and parties, meatless meals that preserve the planet and inspire art are still worth celebrating.

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Carl Sandburg And The 'Rootabaga Stories': When Nonsense Prevails

The Poetry Foundation | Ross Simonini | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
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Ross Simonini The Poetry Foundation Nonsense is for everyone. It falls off the tongues of all speakers of all languages everywhere, from Hugo Ball in...

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A Lesson for Those Who Would Lead America's Cities: Michael Scott Did Not Die in Vain

Rebecca Sive | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Birmingham, New Orleans, Urban Policy, Washington, Detroit, Los Angeles, Michael Scott, Eugene Sawyer, Carl Sandburg, Richard Daley, Miami, Harold Washington, Chicago News
Rebecca Sive

In this week of Harold Washington's death, 22 years ago, I can't help but think of Harold and Michael -- together. In this time of thanksgiving, what can we learn from two lives cut too short?

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Eff-Rod: 'You Got a Nice Park There. Shame if Anything Happened to It'

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
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Karen Dalton-Beninato

The governor may be able to de-Grinchify on the way out the door with a gesture for everyone who loves history, poetry, architecture and trees - rescind the Illinois public lands closings.

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Obama and "The Chicago Way"

Martin Nolan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
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Martin Nolan

How does Barack Obama fit into political Chicago? I found out at another convention, Boston's in 2004.

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