Newspaper Blackout Poems December 6, 2010

When poet Austin Kleon was recently featured on NPR's Morning Edition they described his Newspaper Blackout Poems by saying, “instead of starting with a blank page, poet Austin Kleon grabs a newspaper and a permanent marker and eliminates the words he doesn't need.”

Chicago based music organization Access Contemporary Music is sponsoring a concert of songs set to these Newspaper Blackout Poems. Alternately funny, angry, whimsical and always spare, these poems lend themselves perfectly to musical interpretation.

Reception to follow.

Newspaper Blackout Poems
Monday, December 6 7:30 PM
Roosevelt University, Ganz Hall
430 S. Michigan Ave., 7th floor
$20 door, $12 online, $5 for students and seniors