June 2023 One Poem, One Chicago, an opportunity to engage Chicagoans in poetry and foster a sense of community through reading, will launch with a reissue of Gwendolyn Brooks’s landmark poetry collection Blacks, which will be available via CPL and public programming. To complement Chicago’s collective reading of Blacks, there will be several free events…
Let the 50th Celebrations Begin: Guild Books Remembered, Lit Forward We are kicking off the 50th anniversary celebrations of Guild Books’s beginning. When, you ask? Sunday, May 21, 2017! 2 to 4 pm! Come, celebrate the vitality of independent literature and appraise how literature continues to contribute to social transformation at a time so different from…
Join the Guild Literary Complex Wednesday, April 12th for Palabra Pura 7:30-9:30 PM La Bruquena 2726 West Division Street, Humboldt Park, Chicago, 60622 ~ FOR A SPECIAL EVENT~ Of the Cuban Diaspora: Venturous Journeys among gluttOny and sniFFs Jesús J. Barquet and om ulloa, both poets of the Cuban diaspora, will present new works where…
On December 8th, 2016, 6:00-9:00 PM we hope you will join us for a Thank you to You Party~ Uptown Lounge is helping the Guild throw a party to celebrate all things Guild, all things literary, all things Chicago, friendships, and most importantly you! The Guild Literary Complex wants to end the year with all…
Check out June’s events below, or visit our Calendar…
Did you miss our March “Applied Words/Social Activism” with Michelle Boyd, Sage Xaxua Morgan-Hubbard and Brenda Parker at the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum? Well you can see it re-aired on community station cable channel CAN TV21 (or CAN TV19) in Chicago on the following dates: Monday, June 11th, 8:00 AM, Channel 19 Friday, June 15th,…
**THE WILDCARD VOTE IS NOW CLOSED – stay tuned for the June 5 announcement of the wildcard winner and other semifinalists who will compete in the final event June 18th!** Below are the 19 poems entered in the anonymous Facebook Wildcard Vote for this year’s Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Award. Listen and choose your favorite…
Thanks to all of you who applied – we’ll be notifying each of you of your status by the end of May.
Thanks to all of you who applied – we’ll be notifying each of you of your status by the end of May.
We’re introducing a new series devoted to writers who teach. Learn more about the launch event here.
This month’s events…
Check out the Guild’s ALL NEW YouTube Channel! Now you can re-experience all your favorite Guild events right from home, check TheGuildLITChannel or our Video Archives on our website.
Please consider giving. Below are some of the ways your donations help us. Thanks! **honoraria for featured writers and performers **monetary prizes for our annual Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic and Prose awards **rented rehearsal and performance space for the Poetry Performance Incubator as well as other series events **flights and hotels for visiting Palabra Pura…
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