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Home » American Writers Museum

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Posted inNews & Politics

Writers on the wall

by Debbie-Marie Brown September 29, 2022September 29, 2022

A new exhibit at the American Writers Museum featres prominent and lesser-known Black authors, poets, and journalists.

Brett Gadsden, a Black man in a dark blue suit, stands left next to Geoffrey R. Stone, an older white man in a gray suit. They are are in front of banners for PEN America and above their heads is a sign at the American Writers Museum reading "Mind of a Writer." of a
Posted inOn Culture

Flashpoints, free speech, and the law

by Deanna Isaacs May 25, 2022May 24, 2022

Last week, amid the usual tsunami of grim news about inflation, mass shootings, pandemic, and war, came word that the New York Court of Appeals is considering whether the Bronx Zoo is violating the rights of Happy, an Asian elephant who’s lived there for more than four decades, by confining her to a portion of […]

Posted inArts & Culture

The American Writers Museum creates a digital experience during COVID-19

by Arionne Nettles June 30, 2020August 18, 2021

The museum quickly adapted to pandemic pressures with rich online content and virtual events.

Posted inBlogs

Academy Awards Nominations Panel at Siskel Film Center, and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week

by Steve Heisler January 22, 2018August 18, 2021

Daisies hosts a fermentation dinner, Eve L. Ewing at Read/Write Library, and more goings-on January 22-25

Posted inBlogs

The Chicago Air and Water Show, the inaugural Tacos y Tamales Festival, and more of the best things to do in Chicago this weekend

by Emily Wasielewski August 18, 2017August 18, 2021

The Annoyance Theatre’s Sad Clown, Chicago Literary Hall of Fame Induction of Roger Ebert, After Dark at the Art Institute of Chicago, and more to do the weekend of 8/18-8/20.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

American Writers Museum is just a dead writers’ society

by Deanna Isaacs May 23, 2017August 18, 2021

A new “national” institution presents a touch-screen literary history.

Posted inBlogs

Alderman Ameya Pawar promises to run on a progressive platform in 2018 Illinois gubernatorial race, and other news

by Kate Shepherd January 4, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, 15 percent of Eli’s Cheesecake employees are war refugees.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Does the American Writers Museum plan need an edit?

by Deanna Isaacs November 4, 2015August 18, 2021

Will visitors to the proposed Michigan Avenue space pay money for info that’s a tap away on their phones?

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