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  • “When the Night Finds You” by Dwight Okita

    “When The Night Finds You” by Dwight Okita It is Oscar night, and a blue heaven of the miraculous surrounds Dwight Okita as he opens his door to his 29th floor studio condominium, an island in the sky of Chicago, where he writes, works, and dreams.  He offers a chair, the city cloaked in night,…

  • Lynn Fitzgerald: Irish Rebel Poet

    By C. Schandelmeier Poet Lynn Fitzgerald is a modern day outlaw poet, pulling up in a vintage 1997 emerald green convertible Jaguar. The accelerator on the car is so sensitive that before she knows it, she is traveling over the speed limit. Life in the fast lane is no surprise to Fitzgerald, who is a…

  • The History of Hip Hop with Emcee Monte

    Welcome to the first-ever podcast for Poetry in Chicago (<-click here to hear it!) We are looking into the history of hip hop today, with Emcee Monte, who is also known as Monternez Rezell. In “Jammin’ with the Boombox, Volume 2: 50 Years of Hip Hop” he has created a poetic album that is rooted…

  • S@nic Healing at Grapes and Grains with Jahari Stamps

    by C. Schandelmeier On a frigid, windy Saturday night in February, S@n!c Healing, heated up the stylish,  and exquisite venue at Grapes and Grains (also known as G&G) with an exuberant and exhilarating performance to a packed room of delighted guests. The band on the evening of February 17, 2024 was a talented trio consisting…