{"id":1304,"date":"2015-12-16T11:24:28","date_gmt":"2015-12-16T17:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.lib.luc.edu\/friends\/?p=1304"},"modified":"2026-01-12T15:34:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:34:16","slug":"singing-so-proud-a-centennial-celebration-of-carl-sandburgs-chicago-poems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/friends\/2015\/12\/16\/singing-so-proud-a-centennial-celebration-of-carl-sandburgs-chicago-poems\/","title":{"rendered":"April 9, 2016: “Singing So Proud”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Friends of the Loyola University Chicago Libraries present an evening to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Carl Sandburg\u2019s Chicago Poems<\/em>. Join us for cocktails, dinner, poetry, and more to honor a Chicago masterpiece and to support the Loyola University Chicago Libraries.<\/p>\n

\u201cSINGING SO PROUD\u201d
\nA Centennial Celebration of Carl Sandburg\u2019s Chicago Poems<\/strong><\/p>\n

Saturday, April 9, 2016
\n6 p.m. cocktails and hors d\u2019oeuvres
\n7 p.m. dinner,\u2028 poetry, and more
\nKlarchek Information Commons, Fourth Floor
\nLake Shore Campus \u2022 Loyola University Chicago<\/p>\n

Cocktail attire<\/p>\n

Complimentary parking is available in the main garage, accessible via the campus entrance at 1032 W. Sheridan Road.<\/p>\n

FEATURED SPEAKER:
\nKevin Stein, PhD<\/strong>, Illinois Poet Laureate, Bradley University
\n\u201cSandburg\u2019s Chicago Poems: The Poetics of Populism\u201d

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\"Kevin<\/a>Kevin Stein has published six full-length poetry collections, two poetry chapbooks, three scholarly books, two poetry anthologies, and numerous poems and essays published in journals as well as anthologies. His recent publications include the collection Wrestling Li Po for the Remote<\/em> (Fifth Star Press, 2013) and Poetry\u2019s Afterlife: Verse in the Digital Age <\/em>(University of Michigan Press, 2010). His work has been recognized by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities as well as by the Frederick Bock Prize awarded by Poetry<\/em>, the Fifth Wednesday Journal Editor\u2019s Prize<\/em>, and the Indiana Review<\/em> Poetry Prize. In addition, his collections have garnered the Devins Award for Poetry and the Society of Midland Authors Poetry Award. A former Bradley University Faculty Member of the year, Stein serves as Caterpillar Professor of English at the university. In December 2003, the Governor of Illinois named Stein the state\u2019s fourth Poet Laureate.<\/h5>\n

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POETRY READINGS BY:
\nSister Rosemary Connelly, RSM<\/strong>, Executive Director, Misericordia Heart of Mercy<\/p>\n

Father Michael J. Garanzini, S.J.\u2028<\/strong>, Chancellor, Loyola University Chicago<\/p>\n

Honorable Toni Preckwinkle<\/strong>, President, Cook County Board of Commissioners<\/p>\n

Nike Whitcomb\u2028<\/strong>, Executive Director, American Writers Museum<\/p>\n

Honorable Jesse White<\/strong>, Illinois Secretary of State<\/p>\n

…and other luminaries<\/p>\n

Please visit LUC.edu\/sandburg<\/a><\/strong> for more information.<\/p>\n

The words \u201csinging so proud\u201d come from Carl Sandburg\u2019s iconic poem \u201cChicago,\u201d found in his book Chicago Poems, published in 1916.<\/em> Artwork (detail) by Abigail Garten, Loyola University Chicago class of 2019. The text in this image is taken from Carl Sandburg\u2019s poem \u201cSkyscraper,\u201d also found in Chicago Poems<\/em> (1916).<\/span><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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