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by Ex Libris on March 29, 2018

Lifting as They Climbed: Mapping a History of Black Women as Chicago’s South Side: A Self-Guided Tour

Lifting as They Climbed: Mapping a History of Black Women as Chicago’s South Side: A Self-Guided Tour. with authors Mariame Kaba and Essence McDowell   Tuesday, April 10 5:00-7:00 pm Arts and Letters 103 Refreshments provided   Lifting as They Climbed is a guide/tour book that features Black women who contributed to the development of Chicago from the mid-19th century to today. This publication tells a story of some Chicago Black women who have shaped the city’s history, including Marjorie Stewart Joyner, Mary Richardson Jones, Ida B Wells-Barnett, Margaret Burroughs, Alice C Browning, Gwendolyn Brooks, Elder… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on March 29, 2018

Call for Collaborators: “78” Anthology

This anthology seeks to bring together the magic of the Tarot, photography and poetry. They are looking for 78 poets to create original poems in response to a Tarot card they are assigned. If you decide to participate in the project, you will be assigned a Tarot card, and you will craft a poem in response to this card: however you’d like to interpret it, or your relationship with it. The only restriction on your poem is that it must be no longer than 20 lines. After all poems are submitted, our collaborating photographer, Katrin Albert … Read Article →

by Ex Libris on March 28, 2018

2018 Langston Hughes Society Luncheon

The Langston Hughes Society will be holding a special roundtable on the poetry of social justice as well as their annual luncheon at the College Language Association Convention in Chicago next month. The luncheon is a highly anticipated event, this year featuring award-winning poet, Nikky Finney.   Electronic registration is open on their website at http://www.langstonhughessociety.org/.

by Ex Libris on March 26, 2018

The Southeast Review Call for Submissions

In each biannual issue, SER publishes poetry, literary fiction, creative nonfiction, book reviews, interviews, and art. They aim to present emerging writers on the same stage as established authors—they seek quality work for their quality publication. The best way to determine what they looking for is to read what they’ve been publishing.General submission guidelines follow; further instructions pertinent to each genre can be found by following the links below. SER is currently accepting fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and book review submissions. They try to respond to submissions within 2-4 months, but due to our production schedule a response may take up to 6… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on March 8, 2018

Sonora Review Call for Submissions

 2018 Contest: The Future Each year, three prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Sonora Review are awarded to a short story, an essay, and a poem or group of poems. Submit to the contest/Issue 74: The Future. You may submit up to 6,000 words of fiction, an essay of up to 5,000 words, or four to eight pages of poetry, with a $15 entry fee through Submittable. Multiple submissions are allowed. The contest will be open for submission from January 16th to March 15th. All entries are considered for publication in our themed issue, The… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on March 6, 2018

Antioch Writers’ Workshop Summer Program Scholarships

 The Antioch Writers’ Workshop at University of Dayton is presenting the Richard M. Sirota Prize and Scholarship. It consists of full tuition to the Antioch Writers’ Workshop, which will be held July 14-20, a stipend for lodging, and publication of a short story in a forthcoming issue of the AWW Collection. The deadline to submit is April 15, 2018 and winners will be announced on May 15, 2018. Submission guidelines for the scholarship as well as a few other scholarships they offer can be found here.

by Ex Libris on March 5, 2018

Plato’s Nightmare: The Real, the Fake, and the World of Art

Monday, March 5, 2018 DePaul Student Center, Room 120 2250 N Sheffield Avenue, Chicago 5:30 – 7:00 p.m.    Screening of F for Fake (dir. Orson Welles, 1974), and pre-show gallery of original artwork by such artists as “Cézanne.” 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.    Lectures and Performances The standard reading of Plato is that a physical pipe is a shadow, a poor imitation of the more real Pipe—the perfect abstract Form.  A painting of a pipe is thus twice removed from perfection: a shadow of a shadow. For this reason, artists were to be banned from… Read Article →

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