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Celebrating Poetry in Chicago

04/05/2013 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

Chicago is a literary town.  This month the focus is on poetry--there's so much to do and see and hear. Sunday, April  7  at 1:30 pm is the 16th Annual Women’s International Open reading at Woman Made Gallery, 685 N. Milwaukee. Hosted by Nina Corwin, the event will feature Xanath Caraza, Kelly Davio, Marty McConnell, Simone Muench, Amy Newman and Rita Mae Reese. Marcia Pradzinski will be reading her poetry on Tuesday, April 9 at 7:00 pm at THE NEW STUDIO located at … [Read more...]

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Poetry on Sunday afternoon

08/22/2012 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

Poetry on Sunday afternoon

On July 22, a Sunday afternoon, Woman Made Gallery (and Nina Corwin) hosted a poetry reading by “Poets who Open Doors.”  Featured readers were Kristy Bowen (dancing girl press), Shanny Jean Maney (The Encyclopedia Show), Jennifer Karmin (Red Rover Series), Emily Rose Kahn–Sheahan (Mental Graffiti, Real Talk Live), Johanny Vazquez Paz (Palabra Pura, Guild Complex) and Susan Yount (Arsenic Lobster, Chicago Poetry Bordello). It was a lively and lovely event. Jennifer Karmin … [Read more...]

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Gratitude, part 2

04/04/2011 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

I guess the most logical way for me to lay out my series of thank-yous is go about it chronologically. If I start at the very beginning I must start by thanking Fran Podulka, my neighbor and mentor.   Soon after I moved in, I was going through a Reynolds Price phase. While searching the library stacks for his works, I came across Fran's novel The Wonder Jungle (Putnam, 1973).  I read it, called her, told her I was a writer myself, and we have been friends since.  Fran … [Read more...]

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