Oct 3rd 2019

Choi, Huffman, Reed, & Wasson

@ Harold Washington Library

400 S State St, Chicago, IL 60605

Opening Thursday, October 3rd, from 6PM - 8PM

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.

Free Admission
Cosponsored by the Chicago Public Library
There will be an ASL interpreter at this event.
More information: https://bit.ly/2Lpqys9

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