In the Loop

Morning Shift talks with the editor of Poetry Magazine, Don Share about how to get over your fear of poetry, and how to engage with an art that so many find opaque.

Morning Shift talks with the editor of Poetry Magazine, Don Share about how to get over your fear of poetry, and how to engage with an art that so many find opaque.

Whether your ancestors came to America on the Mayflower or on a Boeing 747, chances are you come from a family of immigrants. A person’s story of coming to America is often long and complex, but author Larry Smith wants you to encapsulate your untold memoir in just six words. A part of the Six-Word Memoir Project, Smith’s new book Six Words Fresh Off The Boat: Stories of Immigration, Identity and Coming to America is a collection of short-form stories of immigration from celebrities, politicians, writers and everyday people. Morning Shift talks to Smith about his new book and learns his six-word story. We also open up the phones to hear listeners take a crack at making their own six-word memoir. 

Whether your ancestors came to America on the Mayflower or on a Boeing 747, chances are you come from a family of immigrants. A person’s story of coming to America is often long and complex, but author Larry Smith wants you to encapsulate your untold memoir in just six words. A part of the Six-Word Memoir Project, Smith’s new book Six Words Fresh Off The Boat: Stories of Immigration, Identity and Coming to America is a collection of short-form stories of immigration from celebrities, politicians, writers and everyday people. Morning Shift talks to Smith about his new book and learns his six-word story. We also open up the phones to hear listeners take a crack at making their own six-word memoir. 

Morning Shift talks to lawmakers and students about President Trump's decision to rescind the Obama-era program.

Morning Shift talks to lawmakers and students about President Trump's decision to rescind the Obama-era program.

More than 20 years after the fact, photographer Jeffrey Wolin revisited the place and the subjects of a major photography project he took on beginning in the late 1980s. The result is a new book and exhibition Pigeon Hill: Then and Now, where Wolin explores issues of poverty, addiction, and incarceration through the faces and stories of people living in public housing projects in Bloomington, Indiana. The exhibition is at Loyola University Museum of Art through October 21. 

More than 20 years after the fact, photographer Jeffrey Wolin revisited the place and the subjects of a major photography project he took on beginning in the late 1980s. The result is a new book and exhibition Pigeon Hill: Then and Now, where Wolin explores issues of poverty, addiction, and incarceration through the faces and stories of people living in public housing projects in Bloomington, Indiana. The exhibition is at Loyola University Museum of Art through October 21. 

Chicago Public Schools students head back Tuesday. But one part of the city’s population will be less visible in the halls. An analysis from Chicago Metropolitan Planning Council shows that enrollment of African-American students is at an all time low since 1998. We talk to MPC’s Alden Loury who breaks down the numbers and explains some of the reasons for the drop. 

Chicago Public Schools students head back Tuesday. But one part of the city’s population will be less visible in the halls. An analysis from Chicago Metropolitan Planning Council shows that enrollment of African-American students is at an all time low since 1998. We talk to MPC’s Alden Loury who breaks down the numbers and explains some of the reasons for the drop.