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Meet Chicago’s First-Ever Poet Laureate

Meet Chicago’s First-Ever Poet Laureate

City Cast Chicago

September 6, 202322m 7s

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Show Notes

Tomorrow the Poetry Foundation is starting its Fall season with a celebration at the Harold Washington Library featuring Chicago’s first-ever poet laureate avery r. young. young was raised in the Austin neighborhood, and has built a career as a writer, educator, activist, and visual artist. Host Jacoby Cochran sat down with the new poet laureate earlier this summer to learn about Chicago’s poetry scene. Plus, we hear young’s recent Juneteenth poem and get some tips for crafting our own poems! 


See avery r. young perform with other poet laureates, including E’mon Lauren (Chicago Youth Poet Laureate), Angela Jackson (Illinois), Nandi Comer (Michigan), Airea D. Matthews (Philadelphia), and Amanda Johnston (Texas).


This episode originally aired Tuesday, June 20.


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