Articles

Embracing ambiguity in names and naming.

Laura Gilpin is best remembered as the author of “The Two-headed Calf.” Who was she, and why was her poetry career cut short?

Young Chicago Authors helps young people discover the power of their voices through writing, performance, and publication.

Yannis Ritsos was one of the greatest Greek poets of the 20th century. A new translation reveals his powers didn't fade after a period of brutal incarceration.

This pond is inside me: as summer, as stillness, as childhood—as peace.

An Introduction to the folio.

On memory, oral history, and honoring elders.

On translating oral history into poetry.

Those who survived are trying to speak out now.

On the perennial return to narrative.

A quietly radiant and neglected figure in early modern Korean poetry.

She sought to elevate unheard voices and expand the reach of art and of poetry.

Yuki Tanaka draws on the tradition of Japanese surrealism in Chronicle of Drifting.

The Design Museum of Chicago provides a platform for rich collections and design histories from the community, especially artists from underrepresented backgrounds. 

Foundation aligns organizational values with new investment strategy

Where Sonnet and Visual Poem Meet

Using new sounds to root a poem in a partially shared soil of linguistic meaning.

You’d think that something called “careening” would be able to roll with whatever comes along.

When I stop outside the fringes of the huge canopy, I let the tree know about my presence before making contact by closing my eyes and whispering words—hola, ¿puedo acercarme? hello, can I approach? 

Ted Joans fused jazz and Surrealism in poems of revolutionary fervor.