February Library Book Club: Paul Celan’s Breathturn into Timestead

CONVERSATION Library Book Club Friday, February 20 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM Poetry Foundation 61 West Superior Street Free Admission All experience levels are welcome to a monthly book group moderated by library staff. n February, the book club discusses Paul Celan’s Breathturn into Timestead: The Collected Later Poetry, translated by Pierre Joris. Please register in advance by emailing library@poetryfoundation.org.   SPECIAL LIBRARY COLLECTION Trevor Winkfield’s Pageant Reading Room January 6 – March 13 Monday – Friday 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM Poetry Foundation 61 West Superior Street Free Admission The library hosts a special reading room curated as a companion to the gallery exhibit Trevor Winkfield’s Pageant. The collection includes Winkfield’s creative and critical writing, collaborations with New York School poets, and influences ranging from fine art monographs and volumes on Anglo-Saxon and Medieval art to works by Surrealist and Oulipo writers. WINTER CHICAGO EVENTS SCHEDULE

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