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2017 Author’s Challenge Grant is here!
Dear Friends of the Guild, The 2017 Author’s Challenge Grant is here! For us, our camaraderie with authors here in Chicago is one of the brightest and most powerful reasons for our ongoing work, and we are so grateful to be able to continue sharing new voices with each and every one of you. As…
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Transnational Poetics, Reading and Conversation | Chopin Theatre | Nov. 5, 2017 | 6:00 PM
THE GUILD PRESENTS A CONVERSATION ON TRANSNATIONAL POETICS Sunday November 5th 2017, 6:00 PM- 7:30 PM Chopin Theatre, 1543 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60642 STUART COOKE | NATANIA ROSENFELD | TONI NEALIE Please join the Guild LIterary Complex in a conversation with authors and poets Stuart Cooke, Natania Rosenfeld, and Toni Nealie as we journey…
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CHICAGO CITY OF REFUGE INITIATIVE Readings and Remembrance, Oct 15th
CHICAGO CITY OF REFUGE INITIATIVE Readings and Remembrance: Writing and Witness with WENDY PEARLMAN | LUCINA KATHMANN interviewed by Unoma Azuah and Riad Ismat Please join the Chicago City of Refuge Initiative as we discuss writing as an act of witness as Chicago City of Refuge writers Unoma Azuah and Riad Ismat interview scholar Wendy…
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Community in Place – Audrey Petty & Vida Cross, Sunday Sept 17th
Sunday Sept 17th, 6:30 PM- 8:00 PM Volumes Bookscafe | 1474 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60622 Join The Guild Literary Complex and Partner Volumes Bookcafe during Wicker Park Lit Fest weekend for a reading/conversation about Community of Place with the amazing Audrey Petty and Vida Cross. Vida Cross is a blues poet. Her work…
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GBOMA Submissions are OPEN! Deadline extended to Sept 10th –get moving folks
Exciting Announcement 24th Annual Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Awards 2017 SUBMISSIONS Extended to Sunday, September 10th at 11:59 PM! The Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Award competition is open to Illinois residents aged 18 and older. This annual event is always a crown pleaser with past winners including the esteemed poets Sename Amagashie, Lucy Anderton, Tara Betts, C.C….
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Lisa Wagner talks with Dipika Mukherjee, Sonal Shukla, and Samantha Hoffman at the American Writers Museum, August 1 2017 | 5:00-7:00 PM
Tuesday, August 1st, 2017 | 5:00-7:00 PM at the American Writers Museum Join us for a reading and signing with Dipika Mukherjee (Shambala Junction), winner of the Virginia Prize for Fiction winner, Aurora Metro Books’ biennial prize to encourage and promote new writing by women. Mukherjee’s debut novel was long-listed for the Man Asian Literary Prize (2011)…
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July 20th, Making the West Side: Community Conversations on Neighborhood Change
‘The Collection is dedicated to the indomitable spirit of the people of the West Side of Chicago” – Guildworks: Writings by the West Side Writers Guild, 1996 Join The Guild, OMB 100 and Jane Addams Hull-House Museum as we reunite–for the first time in two decades–the founding members of the West Side Writers Guild (WSWG), an organization…
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BrooksDay@Nite Photos are here. Check them out!
BrooksDay@Nite was a spectacular event held on June 7th celebrating the centennial Birthday of Gwendolyn Brooks on her actually 100th birthday, with one hundred one-minute performances, reception, and more. Presenters for BrooksDay@Nite included: Tyehimba Jess, Angela Jackson, Haki Madhubuti, Nate Marshall, Kevin Coval, Marcus Dunlevy, Runako Jahi, Cheryl Lynn Bruce, Patricia Smith ,Tara Betts, C. Russell Price,…
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Applied Words: Gender and the Arts | June 22 5:30-7:30 PM
Join us as C. Russell Price leads a panel that will start to tackle questions about gender and the arts like, “How does an increasingly gender inclusive society affect the way younger artists represent themselves in their life and in their work? What advantages and challenges will present themselves [in the art world] as a…
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BrooksDay@Nite Presenters — What an amazing lineup! Join us June 7th for THE Official Centennial Gwendolyn Brooks Birthday Party
BrooksDay@Nite: Praise & Jubilation BrooksDay is a celebration of Gwendolyn Brooks that takes place on the anniversary of her birth, June 7th. Each year you can join us for BrooksDay, celebrating the works of Gwendolyn Brooks on her birthday! Each year we honor her legacy as an artist and an iconic figure of generosity and civic conscience…
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Let the 50th Celebrations Begin: Guild Books Remembered, Lit Forward
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…
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Miss Chicago, Lady Midwest: Fanny Butcher’s Induction to the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame, Co-Sponsored by Newberry Library, Guild Literary Complex and more
Guild Literary Complex joins The Chicago Literary Hall of Fame in celebrating Fanny Butcher Miss Chicago, Lady Midwest: Fanny Butcher’s Induction to CLHOF May 11, 2017 5 p.m. Reception and Special Exhibit Viewing 6-7:15 p.m. Ceremony Ruggles Hall at Newberry Library 60 West Walton Street, Chicago, Illinois 60610 Longtime Tribune Literary Critic Fanny Butcher to…
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April Applied Words: Class and Opportunity, April 27th, 7:00-9:30 PM
Applied Words: Class and Opportunity, Hosted by the Guild Literary Complex Thursday, April 27th, 2017 7:00-9:30 PM filmfront, 1740 W 18th St, Pilsen, Chicago, Illinois, 60608 April’s Applied Words event, hosted by the Guild Literary Complex, combines a performance and a panel looking at access and the arts. This month’s performance includes multimedia pieces curated by…
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Voices of Protest: On Syria, a Chicago City of Refuge Event, April 9th
Voices of Protest: On Syria A CHICAGO CITY OF REFUGE Event April 9, 2017, 1:00-3:00 PM GANNON CENTER · PIPER HALL 970 West Sheridan Road Chicago, Illinois 60660 In collaboration with International Cities of Refuge Network (ICORN) and PEN International, the Chicago Network for Justice and Peace, the Guild Literary Complex returns with a second…
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A Poet, A Novelist and an Essayist Walk Into a Bar…
You Haven’t Heard This One Before … Dear friends of the Guild Literary Complex, A Poet, A Novelist and an Essayist Walk Into a Bar… No, really, you haven’t heard this one before! Why? Because it’s the theme for the Guild Literary Complex’s annual benefit, “A Poet, A Novelist and an Essayist Walk Into a…
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Palabra Pura: Of the Cuban Diaspora: Venturous Journeys among gluttOny and sniFFs
Join the Guild Literary Complex For our April Palabra Pura Of the Cuban Diaspora: Venturous Journeys among gluttOny and sniFFs April 12, 7:30 – 9:30 PM La Bruquena Restaurant 2726 West Division Street, Chicago, Illinois 60622 Of the Cuban Diaspora: Venturous Journeys among gluttOny and sniFFs Jesús J. Barquet and om ulloa, both poets of the Cuban…
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Applied Words is Back, Tonight at Chopin Theatre with a conversation around Segregation and Education in Chicago, and the impact of the Arts
Applied Words is back! Language is adhesive. By connecting artists and experts in various fields of study, Applied Words uses language as a platform for conversations about contemporary social issues at the local, national, and international level. Language takes on many forms such as words, dance, and visual art and in showcasing these languages alongside…
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Palabra Pura is Back with our 12th Season! Kicking off February 15, 2017, Love and Cólera/Rage with special performance by Marcus Dunleavy
Wednesday February 15, 2017 ~ 7:30-9:30 PM La Bruquena, 2726 West Division Street, Humboldt Park, Chicago, Illinois 60622 Each year the Guild Literary Complex opens the Palabra Program with readings by some of our wonderful Palabra Pura alumni. This year, on Wednesday, February 15, we’re kicking off SEASON 12 of Palabra Pura, the bilingual reading series…
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Guild Literary Complex Names Andrea Change As President
CHICAGO – The Guild Literary Complex, one of Chicago’s oldest literary organization, is pleased to announce that Andrea Change is the non-profit’s new president. Change is poet, writer and a long-time friend of the Guild Literary Complex and until recently served on the executive board as secretary. She has been instrumental in many of the…
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February 9th, Washington DC: Brooks Books at AWP with Guild Complex, Brooks Permissions, and The Golden Shovel Anthology
Join Guild Literary Complex, 826DC, University of Arkansas Press, The editors of the Golden Shovel Anthology: Peter Kahn, Ravi Shankar, Patricia Smith, Curbside Splendor Publishing, & Brooks Permissions To celebrate the launch of THREE brand new anthologies Honoring the work and legacy of the legendary Gwendolyn Brooks. Featuring performances by Terrance Hayes, Dottie Lasky, Kwame…
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Leon Forrest Prose Awards Finalists Are …
For Non-Fiction: “Ruminants” Brianne LaPelusa is a writer and artist living in Chicago. The current focus of her work involves the relationships between human and nonhuman animals, environments, bodies, technology, industry, mental illness, and witness. She is currently working on her thesis as an M.F.A. candidate in Nonfiction Writing at Columbia College. …
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Writers Resist with the Guild Literary Complex on January 15, 2017
Come out January 15, 2017, to join the Guild Literary Complex for a night of poetry that speaks to resistance and the need for social change. The Guild Literary Complex, one of Chicago’s oldest literary organizations, is proud to take part in Chicago #WRITERS RESIST, a day of readings and community events taking place across…
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You are invited to a Thank You to YOU Party
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…
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Annual Authors Challenge Grant is Issued
An appeal from the Board President Dear friends, As we witness the disturbing intolerance toward people and ideas that diverge from the mainstream, the work of the Guild Literary Complex has never been more important than it is right now. For the past 27 years the marginalized voices of women, people of color, people of different…
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Palabra Pura with David Rade, Noche de Poesía y Amistad Lectura y Conversación
Join us for the last Palabra Pura of the year hosted by the Guild Literary Complex and curated by David Rade of Swan Isle Press, Noche de Poesía y Amistad Lectura y Conversación ~ An Evening of Poetry and Friendship, Reading & Conversation November’s Palabra Pura will feature readings by Reginald Gibbons, Juana Goergen, Mary Hawley, and Olivia Maciel. Our…
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The Guild Hosts a Special Palabra Pura with Guest Martín Espada
Palabra Pura with Martín Espada Friday, October 28th, 2016 7:00 – 9:00 PM Urban Theater Company 2620 West Division Street, Humboldt Park, Chicago $5.00 suggested donation. Books will be available for purchase. After eight long years away from Chicago, on Friday October 28, 2016, award winning and beloved poet Martín Espada will be hosted by the…
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23rd Annual Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Awards, Finalists Announced
23rd Annual Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Awards Winner is … Nicole Bond! Congratulations to Nicole and all of our Semi-Finalists. Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Awards were held on Tuesday September 27th, 2016 7:30 – 9:30 PM Chopin Theatre, 1543 West Division, Chicago, IL 60642 Finalists for the 23rd Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Awards announced! In Alphabetical…
