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Just WOW.... The event was a perfect balance of 'technical' discussion and artistic celebration. I was grateful for everything and drew lessons from each presentation, but the artistic contributions were tremendous.
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Rae Armantrout discusses her new poetry collection; Amazon’s review policy sparks backlash; the effort to save William Blake’s cottage continues; and other news.
"One night I thought I saw a llama cross the road." James Tate reads "Llamas" at an event with poets Marilyn Hacker and Paul Muldoon for Bryant Park Reading Room's Word for Word Poetry reading series in 2010.
Virginia Woolf said: "Every secret of a writer's soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his mind is written large in his works." Think of one thing you've never told anyone before: something you once did and kept secret, or simply a thought you've had that has never been disclosed. Write an essay about your secret. Explore your reasons behind keeping it hidden and why you feel that it’s time for a confession.
Acclaimed author Stuart Dybek reads from his work during the Chicago Icons segment of Poets & Writers Live.
Jennifer Day, books editor at the Chicago Tribune, introduces novelist Stuart Dybek on June 20, 2015.
Poet Parneshia Jones (left) and essayist Megan Stielstra talk about their work and involvement in Chicago's Live Lit scene.
Writer Ines Bellina leads a discussion about Live Lit storytelling at Poets & Writers Live in Chicago.
Parneshia Jones (left) and Megan Stielstra engage in discussion following their Live Lit performances.
Lindsay Hunter, author of the novel Ugly Girls, performs a Live Lit reading during the Page on Stage segment of Poets & Writers Live.
