Tonight: Frank Bidart reads for Poetry Day

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Thursday, October 14, 6:00 PM Poetry Day: Frank Bidart Cindy Pritzker Auditorium Harold Washington Library Center 400 South State Street Free admission Now in its 56th year, Poetry Day is one of the oldest and most distinguished reading series in the country. Inaugurated by Robert Frost, Poetry Day has featured such poets as T.S. Eliot, Marianne Moore, Elizabeth Bishop, W.H. Auden, Seamus Heaney, and Adrienne Rich. In a career spanning 30 years, Frank Bidart has established himself as one of the most original and compelling poets of his generation. Initially influenced by T.S. Eliot and Ezra Pound, and later by his teacher Robert Lowell, Bidart has expanded the possibilities of poetry. He is the author of eight critically acclaimed collections, including Desire, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award, and Star Dust.

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