Francis W. Parker School
330 West Webster Avenue
Chicago, IL 60614
United States
Free and open to the public. Registration is appretiated.
Francis W. Parker School is thrilled to welcome back to campus five outstanding alumni poets for an evening event. Each with a unique perspective, yet sharing a foundational educational experience, the poets cover the spectrum from up-and-coming to well-established in the field. The program includes a reading and a student-moderated discussion on “What it means to be a poet in 2019,” followed by a book signing. We hope to see you there!
Grady Chambers
Grady Chambers was born and raised in Chicago. He was a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University, attended the MFA program at Syracuse University, and has received fellowships from the Norman Mailer Center and the New York State Summer Writers Institute.
The winner of the inaugural Max Ritvo Poetry Prize is an assured debut collection about grace—the places we search for it, and the disjunction between what we seek and where we arrive.