Mark Magoon
@markmagoon.bsky.social
Poet & Writer | Educator | Pro-Union | Proud Chicagoan | He/Him
My personal website: markmagoon.com
My dog’s personal website: @genehackman_thebulldog
My personal website: markmagoon.com
My dog’s personal website: @genehackman_thebulldog
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To begin her order, Ellis read Carl Sandberg’s famed poem, "Chicago," in full. That poem dubbed Chicago the "City of Big Shoulders."
"And having answered so I turn once more to those who sneer at this my city, and I give them back the sneer," Ellis read...
"And having answered so I turn once more to those who sneer at this my city, and I give them back the sneer," Ellis read...
November 6, 2025 at 8:34 PM
To begin her order, Ellis read Carl Sandberg’s famed poem, "Chicago," in full. That poem dubbed Chicago the "City of Big Shoulders."
"And having answered so I turn once more to those who sneer at this my city, and I give them back the sneer," Ellis read...
"And having answered so I turn once more to those who sneer at this my city, and I give them back the sneer," Ellis read...
Please pass along if you know folks that are in need. #Chicago #FreeMeals
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These Chicago restaurants are offering free meals to SNAP recipients
Here's where you can find free food in Chicago right now.
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November 5, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Please pass along if you know folks that are in need. #Chicago #FreeMeals
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“This is not a political choice, this is a moral imperative.”
#NoKings #Chicago #ThisIsWhatDemocracyLooksLike #HandsOffChicago #PeacefulProtest #ChicagoOverEverything #NotAWarZone
#NoKings #Chicago #ThisIsWhatDemocracyLooksLike #HandsOffChicago #PeacefulProtest #ChicagoOverEverything #NotAWarZone
October 18, 2025 at 10:49 PM
“This is not a political choice, this is a moral imperative.”
#NoKings #Chicago #ThisIsWhatDemocracyLooksLike #HandsOffChicago #PeacefulProtest #ChicagoOverEverything #NotAWarZone
#NoKings #Chicago #ThisIsWhatDemocracyLooksLike #HandsOffChicago #PeacefulProtest #ChicagoOverEverything #NotAWarZone
This Saturday (10/18) we peacefully take to the streets in protest--lest we lose that right--to stand up for our community, for Democracy, to shout: HANDS OFF CHICAGO!
12pm, NOON, Grant Park.
#NoKings #NoKingsInAmerica #ChicagoNoKings #October18 #ChicagoProtest #NoThrones #NoCrowns #Resist
12pm, NOON, Grant Park.
#NoKings #NoKingsInAmerica #ChicagoNoKings #October18 #ChicagoProtest #NoThrones #NoCrowns #Resist
October 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This Saturday (10/18) we peacefully take to the streets in protest--lest we lose that right--to stand up for our community, for Democracy, to shout: HANDS OFF CHICAGO!
12pm, NOON, Grant Park.
#NoKings #NoKingsInAmerica #ChicagoNoKings #October18 #ChicagoProtest #NoThrones #NoCrowns #Resist
12pm, NOON, Grant Park.
#NoKings #NoKingsInAmerica #ChicagoNoKings #October18 #ChicagoProtest #NoThrones #NoCrowns #Resist
Reposted by Mark Magoon
Reverend David Black, other faith leaders, journalists, and protestors have joined a class action lawsuit alleging ICE violated their First Amendment rights during protests outside a detention center.
The brutality of this regime is on full display.
The brutality of this regime is on full display.
October 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Reverend David Black, other faith leaders, journalists, and protestors have joined a class action lawsuit alleging ICE violated their First Amendment rights during protests outside a detention center.
The brutality of this regime is on full display.
The brutality of this regime is on full display.
The University of Illinois Chicago is hiring an Assistant Professor in Creative Writing (Department of English).
To apply, submit an online application including cover letter, CV, letters of recommendation and a 20-page writing sample by November 1, 2025.
To apply, submit an online application including cover letter, CV, letters of recommendation and a 20-page writing sample by November 1, 2025.
September 25, 2025 at 2:08 AM
The University of Illinois Chicago is hiring an Assistant Professor in Creative Writing (Department of English).
To apply, submit an online application including cover letter, CV, letters of recommendation and a 20-page writing sample by November 1, 2025.
To apply, submit an online application including cover letter, CV, letters of recommendation and a 20-page writing sample by November 1, 2025.
Reposted by Mark Magoon
"Spider Season"
a typewriter poem
by yours truly
from the Chicago Botanic Garden!
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a typewriter poem
by yours truly
from the Chicago Botanic Garden!
poemswhileyouwait.tumblr.com/post/7954848...
poemswhileyouwait
"Spider Season" by Kathleen Rooney -- Chicago Botanic Garden, 8.23.25
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September 23, 2025 at 1:22 PM
"Spider Season"
a typewriter poem
by yours truly
from the Chicago Botanic Garden!
poemswhileyouwait.tumblr.com/post/7954848...
a typewriter poem
by yours truly
from the Chicago Botanic Garden!
poemswhileyouwait.tumblr.com/post/7954848...
David Bowie’s Archive www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
What Was Behind David Bowie’s Genius? His Archive Holds the Answers.
The David Bowie Center in London is a new home for the singer’s 90,000-item archive. It holds the key to the pop star’s dramatic reinventions.
www.nytimes.com
September 22, 2025 at 12:03 AM
David Bowie’s Archive www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
From the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
September 21, 2025 at 4:35 AM
From the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
"The sestina is the Bobby Knight of poetic forms: a tight sweater shoving words into predetermined zones." -- Terrance Hayes
Teaching the sestina next week!
#PoetryMatters #UICENGL #sestina
Teaching the sestina next week!
#PoetryMatters #UICENGL #sestina
September 19, 2025 at 8:39 PM
"The sestina is the Bobby Knight of poetic forms: a tight sweater shoving words into predetermined zones." -- Terrance Hayes
Teaching the sestina next week!
#PoetryMatters #UICENGL #sestina
Teaching the sestina next week!
#PoetryMatters #UICENGL #sestina
Thursday’s are for workshop. #PoetryMatters
September 18, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Thursday’s are for workshop. #PoetryMatters
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A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
September 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
According to our own Department of Justice:
“Militant, nationalistic, white supremacist violent extremism has increased in the United States. In fact, the number of far-right attacks continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism."
“Militant, nationalistic, white supremacist violent extremism has increased in the United States. In fact, the number of far-right attacks continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism."
September 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
According to our own Department of Justice:
“Militant, nationalistic, white supremacist violent extremism has increased in the United States. In fact, the number of far-right attacks continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism."
“Militant, nationalistic, white supremacist violent extremism has increased in the United States. In fact, the number of far-right attacks continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism."
From The Economist.
September 17, 2025 at 3:03 PM
From The Economist.
Reposted by Mark Magoon
Sze is a poet with a lot of acclaim — he's won the National Book Award, was a Guggenheim fellow and was a finalist for the Pulitzer. He aims to promote interest in translated poetry in his new role.
Arthur Sze named 25th U.S. poet laureate
Sze is a poet with a lot of acclaim — he's won the National Book Award, was a Guggenheim fellow and was a finalist for the Pulitzer. He aims to promote interest in translated poetry in his new role.
n.pr
September 15, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Sze is a poet with a lot of acclaim — he's won the National Book Award, was a Guggenheim fellow and was a finalist for the Pulitzer. He aims to promote interest in translated poetry in his new role.
No need for the Presidential Medal of Freedom—a needless political shrug that would do no tangible good. Instead, honor Kirk by naming an assault weapons ban after him—let his name start the nation towards gun control and saftey for all Americans from senseless violence. #EndGunViolence
September 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
No need for the Presidential Medal of Freedom—a needless political shrug that would do no tangible good. Instead, honor Kirk by naming an assault weapons ban after him—let his name start the nation towards gun control and saftey for all Americans from senseless violence. #EndGunViolence