Poetry Day: Ruth Lilly & Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellows
Harold Washington Library Center
400 South State Street
Free admission, register in advance here
At 30 minutes before event start, guests with Eventbrite tickets will have priority entry to the performance space on a first-come, first-served basis. At 15 minutes prior to event start, the performance space is open to all guests. Seating capacity is limited. Eventbrite reservations do not guarantee entry or reserved seating.
Celebrate Poetry Day and the 30th anniversary of the Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Fellowship with a reading by some of the 2019 Fellows: Franny Choi, Jane Huffman, Justin Phillip Reed, and Michael Wasson. The fellowships are among the largest and most prestigious awards for young poets. Past Fellows include Fatimah Asghar, Ocean Vuong, and Danez Smith. Hear from today’s rising poets on Poetry Day, inaugurated by Robert Frost in 1955 and now one of the most distinguished poetry reading series in the country. There will be an ASL interpreter at this event.
Cosponsored by the Chicago Public Library