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Behind the Scenes at the Chicago Literary Awards

Elysabeth Alfano | Posted 01.01.2012

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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A Peek Inside Famous Writers’ Homes

flavorwire.com | Posted 07.05.2011

Read More: Ernest Hemingway, Brooklyn Heights, John Steinbeck, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Yukio Mishima, Gwendolyn Brooks, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Gertrude Stein, Truman Capote, Famous Writers' Homes, Agatha Christie, Norman Mailer, Books News

Last month, The New York Times ran a slideshow of Norman Mailer's Brooklyn Heights apartment, which will be up for sale shortly. This got us thinking ...

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Chicago Literary Hall of Fame's First Induction Ceremony Honors Our Greatest Writers

Donald G. Evans | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Saul Bellow, Writers, Art Shay, Gwendolyn Brooks, Studs Terkel, Rick Kogan, Chicago Literary Hall of Fame, Chicago, Lorraine Hansberry, Don Evans, Valya Dudycz Lupescu, Marc Smith, Richard Wright, Slidepollajax, Chicago News
Donald G. Evans

It was like any party, I guess, except this was a party for dead people. Six dead people. Six dead writers.

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Great Poems for Black History Month

Travis Nichols | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Langston Hughes, Black History Month, Elizabeth Alexander, Nikki Giovanni, Kevin Young, Gwendolyn Brooks, Lucille Clifton, Nathaniel Mackey, Douglas Kearney, Maya Angelou, Poems for Black History Month, Books News
Travis Nichols

I humbly offer a brief selection of classic and contemporary poems that explore and celebrate the rich tradition of African-American poetry.

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Three Poems For Martin Luther King Day

John Lundberg | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Langston Hughes, Martin Luther King Day, Martin Luther King, Nikki Giovanni, Gwendolyn Brooks, Poetry, Healthy Living News
John Lundberg

The nation remembers Martin Luther King on Monday, so let's take a look at three poems that highlight different aspects of the civil rights movement.

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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Relate: A Post-Earth Day Manifesto

Simran Sethi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Simran Sethi, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, Environmental Justice, Oprah, The Good Fight, Earth Day, Gwendolyn Brooks, Cfl, Heather Mueller, Green Living, Green News
Simran Sethi

Ultimately, we can't shop our way to sustainability. Reduce is the first edict of environmentalism, with Re-use and Recycle following close behind.

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