Chicago Poetry Tour Podcast

Harold Washington Library

Episode Summary

Harold Washington was elected as Chicago’s first African American mayor in 1983. Gwendolyn Brooks, Edward Hirsch, and Albert Goldbarth read an array of poems celebrating progress and the pleasures of reading. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.

Episode Notes

Harold Washington was elected as Chicago’s first African American mayor in 1983. Gwendolyn Brooks, Edward Hirsch, and Albert Goldbarth read an array of poems celebrating progress and the pleasures of reading.

Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.