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Calling All Chicago Poets – Saturday, July 10th: Poetry Brothel Coming to “That Toddlin’ Town”
The Poetry Brothel is coming to the Windy City and looking for cast of poets to fill the dark corners of the House of Blues with sweet whispers of verse. Wanna play? Contact [email protected] Haven't…
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Julie Sheehan, Constituent Bartender
Here’s a bumper sticker concept for you: Free the Pour! Surely the Founding Fathers made room for free pours somewhere in their intentions, right? After all, we're talking about freedom, and freedom is exactly what…
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Julie Sheehan, Guest Blogger June 13 – 19
This week we welcome Julie Sheehan as our guest blogger. Julie is a 2008 recipient of a Whiting Writers’ Award and author of three poetry collections, most recently Bar Book: Poems & Otherwise (Norton,…
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Reb Livingston Presents a Poem by Rauan Klassnik
That Morning Normally you’d gather your things and leave in a shy panic, but this morning you slept in with me and we made love again. In town, by the old stone fountain, there’s…
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times have changed and we’ve often rewound the clock since the Puritans got a shock when they landed on Plymouth rock
Man in drugstore loudly proclaims he wants a three-pack of Trojans then lowers his voice, "and a carton of Marlboros." "Do cigarettes in movies mean sex?" "Why do you bring that up?" she said…
