Featuring Bucky Halker, Wobblies, and Studs Terkel, this segment explores the dynamic poetry and songs reflecting Chicago’s industrial labor movements.
Need a transcript of this episode? <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/transcript-request">Request a transcript here</a>.

Featuring Bucky Halker, Wobblies, and Studs Terkel, this segment explores the dynamic poetry and songs reflecting Chicago’s industrial labor movements. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.

Featuring Bucky Halker, Wobblies, and Studs Terkel, this segment explores the dynamic poetry and songs reflecting Chicago’s industrial labor movements.
Need a transcript of this episode? <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/transcript-request" rel="noopener noreferrer">Request a transcript here</a>.

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From the neighborhood library of Gwendolyn Brooks, to the Union Stock Yards, where Chicago became Carl Sandburg’s “Hog Butcher for the World,” to the birthplace of slam poetry, the Chicago Poetry Tour explores the city’s history through its dynamic poets and poetry.

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