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Kevin Stein has a daunting task: following two Pulitzer Prize winners as the poet laureate of Illinois. Ten years into the job, the Bradley University…
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Poet. Publisher. Professor. Editor. Essayist. Activist. All these titles fit HakiMadhubuti, who is about to celebrate his 25th anniversary at Chicago…
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In October, as Illinois’ adopted son Barack Obama rose in the national presidential polls, a group of Chicago poets gathered for an “Obama open mic,” as…
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Poet Sterling Plumpp was born in Clinton, Miss., about 40 miles from what could rightfully be considered a part of the Delta region that produced Chicago…
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Kevin Stein, a professor of American literature at Bradley University, is Illinois’ poet laureate. The position has been vacant since 2000 when Pulitzer…
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What is the future of poetry in the prairie state of Illinois?It would appear to be doing well for now. There was a recent Associated Press story on Lee…