Poetry

A showcase and gallery for the voices and visions of Chicago poets, fiction writers, artists, and photographers

" The drawing featured in this volume were chosen from approxiamateley 350 pen and ink renderings of objects from the collections of artist Ellen Lanyon thst she completed between 2001 and 2003. in visits to New York between 2003 and 2005, Lynne Warren had the pleasure of viewing the collections and objects within them and responded with eleven verses. Thus Ballary Marvels came about. Ellen Lanyon is a distinguished painter and graphic artist with deep roots in both New York and Chicago. Lynne Warren is a long-time curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago."

A poem about the soldiers killed in the Iraq. Performed October 28, 2012 at 6018NORTH.

TRANSECTs is a collection of typographic poems and photographs.

"In her fourth book of poems, Mexican-born Olivia Maciel lyrically evokes another America. She writes with the critical and contemplative eye of a poet, revealing mystery and beauty in places dark and light, near and far." *

A series of poems telling the story of Shirley.

This book collects short, generally four to five lines of cryptic poetic prose per page.

Book of poetry, monologues, prose poetry, and a short story describing an unnamed character who grabbles with life a fictional neighborhood, Hardscrabble. Also described as the South Side of Chicago.

"Chicago Pulp" is a compilation of Chicago-area poetry and short fiction.

"Lab Rat, issue 1: Happiness is a Virtue That I Can't Afford" is a compilation of poetry, art, short prose by various authors.