The arts nonprofit, which awards dozens of $50,000 fellowships yearly, joins the MacArthur Foundation in what’s becoming a hub of the ‘prestige economy.’
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After 20 years, Neighborhood Writing Alliance signs off
The nonprofit, which encouraged ordinary people to write their own stories, has shut down due to lack of funds.
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A different direction for WBEZ
A different direction for WBEZ: one with more listener-generated content and fewer paid contributors
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The dreams are on them
Highlights of Columbia College’s Story Week Festival of Writers
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Kari Lydersen on Miss Ketty
Kari Lydersen on LGBT nightclub performer Miss Ketty, who died last week at age 64.
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Tag-along Apprentice
Chicago poet David Hernández had a beat and Achy Obejas could dance to it.
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Spring Books: Homages
Five Chicago novelists on the books and writers that inspired them.
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Old Hands, New Cred
The veterans blogging at Vocalo are making WBEZ’s sib a serious read.
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Vocalo Adds Another Blogger of Note: Anne Elizabeth Moore
Anne Elizabeth Moore to do Revision Street: America for Vocalo/WBEZ.
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Joyce Carol Oates to Headline Columbia College’s Story Week Festival of Writers
Joyce Carol Oates at the Harold Washington Library Center for Columbia College’s Story Week Festival of Writers
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Some Michael Jackson readings
A roundup of some of the more compelling tributes and reflections on the King of Pop.
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Orquideas a la Luz de la Luna
Achy Obejas reviews Aguijon II Theatre Company’s 1991 adaptation of Carlos Fuentes’s story “Orquídeas a la Luz de la Luna.”