Poetry off the Shelf: Rodrigo Toscano

Join us for a reading with environmental poet, playwright, and labor activist Rodrigo Toscano. Author of six books of poetry, including Explosion Rocks Springfield and Deck of Deeds, Toscano works for the Labor Institute, the United Steelworkers, the National Institute for Environmental Health Science, and National Day Laborers Organizing Network to facilitate educational projects that involve environmental labor issues, health and safety culture, and immigrant workers’ rights.

Presented in partnership with the Writing Program, School of the Art Institute of Chicago