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S:2-Ep:6 Tony Trigilio

Chicago poet, Tony Trigilio, reads from his essay collection, Craft: A Memoir. He is a Professor of English and Creative Writing at Columbia College Chicago.


“Poetry forces me to pay attention—and to do so with delight,” Tony says. “I want to read and write poems that teach me to see. ‘The eye altering,’ as William Blake writes, ‘alters all.’”

S:2-Ep:3 Julia Nusbaum

Julia writes fiction and nonfiction pieces that are heavily influenced and inspired by her Midwestern roots. She is interested in the gritty underbelly of lives and relationships, and writes on the raw edges of being human.

S:2-Ep:2: Gina Twardosz

Gina, a Chicago resident, recently earned her MFA in creative nonfiction from Columbia College Chicago. Her literature, twice nominated for the Pushcart prize, is exceedingly personal, often satirical, with an eye cast to the side for the strange and whimsical.

Episode 6: Tony Trigilio

Tony Trigilio’s most recent book of poems is Proof Something Happened. His essay collection, Craft: A Memoir, is forthcoming in September 2023. He is a Professor of English and Creative Writing at Columbia College Chicago.