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The Unoffical Soup Kitchen WWW Poetry Stage Check out the work of featured poets from the Chicago poetry scene and from around the world... ...and tell them what you think in The Unofficial Peanut Gallery. Up Next The Chicago Poetry Scene Calendar of Events Find out what's happening this month in the Chicago poetry scene with detailed listings of Chicago's weekly open mic poetry venues and this month's scheduled featured events. An Urban Expedition to the 1997 Around the Coyote Arts Exposition Take a photographic and textual tour of Around the Coyote, one of the world's largest arts festivals, featuring over 600 artists and boasting an attendance of over 100,000 strong. Also experience, as we did, poetry around the Coyote. Special Feature Chicago poet Larry Winfield speaks out against making the oral tradition of spoken-word poetry another motherfuckin' commodity. Read what Larry has to say and then join the conversation and we'll kick this thing around a bit. The Unofficial Peanut Gallery You're at a poetry reading, the red light is on, the poets are performing, you're trying hard to stifle your laughter or hold back a hackle... ...don't hold back here. Let your virtual tomatoes fly. Post a poem, meet other poets, talk about poetry - whatever works for YOU. Chicago Poetry Venue Profiles Experience an evening of Chicago poetry at this month's profiled venue. Who's Wired Chicago's On-line Poetry Community See what else is coming out of the Chicago poetry scene and onto the web... USK Home | Community | Poetry | Prose | Visual Arts | No News | Comics | The Times They Are A'Changin' | Stay Tuned Copyright ©1996, 1997 The Unofficial Soup Kitchen