It’s been weeks since Chicagoans were asked to nominate a poet in either written or spoken traditions for the position as the city’s first Poet Laureate. On Monday, the city announced that multidisciplinary artist avery r. young was chosen for the role.
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We talked with young, about his past, present, and his plans for the future as the inaugural poet laureate for the city. The following conversation has been edited for length and clarity., our newest inflatable. Kushala Vora is the lead designer on it. We’re investigating this idea of the ways in which plants are used in good and not so good ways, and the means of recognizing their healing qualities and the means in which people have capitalized off plants that grow out of the ground.
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