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Heart of Chicago Reading

Heart of Chicago Reading

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Winners of the Heart of Chicago Writing Contest read from their submissions in the lobby of the Smart Museum.

Poetry
1st Prize (tie)
Alexandra Geffen, Class of 2011, “Cyclists Pursue the Horizon”
Sol Lee, Class of 2011, When Harold’s” and “When I think of Chicago I think”
Runner-Up
Matthew Lemoyne, Class of 2010, “Night Move (Chicago Song)”

Prose
1st Prize
Michael Carwile, Class of 2011, “The Second Windy City of Big Shoulders that Works in a Garden”
Runner-Up
James Santel, Class of 2012, “North to Chicago”

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Recorded Thursday, January 14, 2010 at Smart Museum of Art - University of Chicago.

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