Poetry Reading by Chicago poet laureate avery r. young

avery r. young, Chicago’s inaugural poet laureate, is a writer, performer, educator, composer, producer, visual artist & activist.  

avery r. young is an interdisciplinary artist and educator.  He is a poetry editor for Bridge, and a recipient of the 3Arts Award (2012), Chicago’s Inaugural Poet Laureate 2023-2025), American Poet Laureate Fellow (2024), and Walder’s Foundation Platform (2024) awardee.  His art practice spans, curation, written, and performance works including visual text and sound design featured nationally and internationally.  He is currently performing at the Chicago Lyric Opera House with an Afro-surrealist tale told in blues, funk, gospel and soul.

Join us for a reading followed by a Q&A with audience members.