The Newberry Library is an independent research library, and has twice served as the home for Poetry magazine during its prestigious and often surprising past.
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The Newberry Library is an independent research library, and has twice served as the home for Poetry magazine during its prestigious and often surprising past. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.

The Newberry Library is an independent research library, and has twice served as the home for Poetry magazine during its prestigious and often surprising past.
Need a transcript of this episode? <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/transcript-request" rel="noopener noreferrer">Request a transcript here</a>.

The Newberry Library

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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