The 16th annual edition of this festival includes what's being billed as "Chicago's largest poetry reading," sponsored by ChicagoPoetry.com. The free festival runs from 11 AM to 7 PM on Saturday and Sunday, August 25 and 26, at Senior Citizens Memorial Park, Lyndale and Oakley. The schedule for Saturday's readings is as follows (there will also be open-mike poetry readings on Sunday from noon to 7 PM); for more information call 312-409-8305.
Saturday, August 25
1:00 J.J. Jameson
1:10 Jane Ripley
1:20 Vito Carli
1:30 Maureen Connolly
1:40 Andrea Change
1:50 Shelly Nation
2:00 Steve Glabman
2:10 Kate Cullan
2:20 Tara Betts
2:30 Billy Tuggle
2:40 Adam Swinford-Wasem
2:50 Carol Anderson
3:00 Nikki Patin
3:10 Larry O. Dean
3:20 Jose Bono
3:30 Dean Shavit
3:40 Chuck Perkins
3:50 Count Leonard
4:00 Jacqui Wolk
4:10 Robert Klein Engler
4:20 Beatriz Badikian
4:30 Whitney Scott
4:40 Frank Varela
4:50 Maggie Rubin
5:00 J.J. Tindall
5:10 Josephine Lipuma
5:20 Larry Winfield
5:30 Pamela Miller
5:40 Shag
5:50 Lucy Anderton
6:00 Al DeGenova and Charlie Rossiter
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