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Public Library Unveils Cubist-Inspired Obama Portrait

Posted 01.15.2013 | Chicago
Read More: Steven Musgrave Barack Obama Portrait, Steven Musgrave Artist, Gwendolyn Brooks, Chicago Around Town, Barack Obama Library Portrait, Chicago Public Library Barack Obama, Nelson Algren, Steven Musgrave Portrait, Steven Musgrave Barack Obama, Chicago Authors, Chicago News

For some celebrated Chicago authors like Nelson Algren or poet Gwendolyn Brooks, their books are more widely-recognized than their portraits. Mean...

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The Chicago Literary Hall of Fame Honors Our Literary Giants

Elysabeth Alfano | Posted 01.29.2013 | Chicago
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Elysabeth Alfano

Have you heard about the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame? It's a little well-kept secret that is starting to get out.

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Poems About (Skipping) School

John Lundberg | Posted 09.09.2012 | Arts
Read More: Mary Ruefle, Cutting-Class, Skipping School, William Blake, Gwendolyn Brooks, Shel Silverstein, Arts News
John Lundberg

The end of summer in America brings with it two absolutes: 1) school is back in session, and 2) kids are already practicing their small deceptions to get out of it.

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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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A Peek Inside Famous Writers’ Homes

flavorwire.com | Posted 07.05.2011 | Books
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 | Chicago
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 | Books
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 | Healthy Living
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 | Green
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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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