Wherever I'm At

The Chicago

Literary Hall of Fame has partnered with Chicago publishers After Hours Press

and Third World Press to produce a definitive collection of poetry by living

Chicago poets. Wherever I'm At: An Anthology of Chicago Poetry features

the work of a widely diverse list of over 160 poets and artists all with strong

ties to Chicagoland. With a Foreword by noted scholar Carlo Rotello, the

new anthology is edited by Donald G. Evans (executive director of the Chicago

Literary Hall of Fame) who completed the project begun by the late

poet-editor-teacher Robin Metz formerly of Knox College.



A dazzling

array of voices representing many generations of Chicagoans grace the pages

of Wherever I'm At including essential poets such as Li-Young

Lee, Elizabeth Alexander, Stuart Dybek, Angela Jackson, Tyehimba Jess, Sandra

Cisneros, Campbell McGrath, Ana Castillo, Maxine Chernoff, Patricia Smith,

Edward Hirsch, Kathleen Rooney, Luis Alberto Urrea, Emily Jungmin Yoon, Luis J.

Rodriguez, Elise Paschen, Sterling Plumpp, Marianne Boruch, Haki Madhubuti,

Rachel DeWoskin, Ed Roberson, Tara Betts, and Reginald Gibbons, to name a

few. The list is exhaustive in its diversity and according to editor Don

Evans, deliberately so. This anthology also showcases the incredible

visuals of an equally talented group of Chicago artists whose work amplifies

the poetic musings throughout.