Big Week: February 26 – March 4

by February 25, 2020

(Original Caption) A 32-year-old housewife and part time secretary has won the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for "Annie Allen," a ballad of Chicago Negro life. The first woman to capture one of the famed awards, she is the mother of a 9-year-old boy and the wife of Henry Blakely, partner in an auto repair shop.

Tweens: Blackout Poetry

On Thursday, Feb. 27, 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., at the Austin Branch Library, 5615 W. Race St., the library will host Tweens: Blackout Poetry, Langston Hughes. Henry Dumas. African-American history is rich with poets! Learn about these poets and create your own poem. We will create a blackout poem by altering the pages of old magazines.

For more info, contact Kendall Kidder-Goshorn at kgoshorn@chipublib.org or call (312) 746-5038.

CONTACT: michael@austinweeklynews.com

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