Poetry : Page 8
Video: William Shunn undertakes a sacred task
At our March Tuesday Funk reading, co-host William Shunn continued his theoretically infinite series of poems with this offering, "La Sagrada Tarea," inspired by the work of Robert A. Caro... And if you enjoyed that, you'll get another new Poem...
read
Tuesday Funk #44: April 3rd
Our next event will take place Tuesday, April 3, 2012, and will include readings from Mary Anne Mohanraj, J.H. Palmer, Charlotte Hart, Mare Swallow, and Richard Chwedyk.
read
Video: Emile Ferris's mother is 1968 Chicago
This past December 6th, Emile Ferris kicked off Tuesday Funk in a big way with her poem "My Mother Is 1968 Chicago." We wish technical difficulties didn't prevent us from showing you the full work, but check out this powerful,...
read
Video: William Shunn reads a poem for 9/11
At this week's Tuesday Funk, co-host William Shunn read “You Are Here,” a poem he composed for the tenth anniversary of the September 11th terror attacks. (He lived in Queens near the East River at the time.) Here's the brief...
read
Tuesday Funk #38: October 4th
Our next event will take place on Tuesday, October 4, 2011, and will include readings from William Shunn, C.P. Chang, Erin J. Shea, Matt Darst, and Liz Baudler.
read
Tuesday Funk #37: September 6th
Our next event will take place on Tuesday, September 6, 2011, and will include readings from Edison Blake, Carissa DiGiovanni, AD Jameson, Noreen Natale, and Naomi Buck Palagi.
read
Video: William Shunn probes the lunar night
Next up in our July videofest is this short poem from Funk co-host William Shunn, "The Lunar Night, Chicago"... And be sure to join us on Tuesday, August 2, 7:30 pm upstairs at Hopleaf, for six more great readers, including...
read
Video: Infidel dog
A monthly feature of our Tuesday Funk readings is the Poem By Bill, which will be back on June 21st as part of our special "Science Fiction Sextuple Feature" edition. Fear not, thoughthe poem this time will be much shorter...
read
January debriefing
We're slobberingly grateful to everyone who helped make January's episode of Tuesday Funk such a rousing successreaders and audience alike. Another attentive, engaged, standing-room-only crowd turned out to be entertained and mesmerized by our savory six. If you were among...
read
Special Event! K. Silem Mohammad and Nick Demske
Presented by the Gothic Funk Nation and BONK! in collaboration with Series A. Please join us for our Special Event that will take place at The Uncommon Ground 3800 N. Clark St. Friday, October 16th at 9 PM. NICK DEMSKE...
read