The Dispatch / The Rock Island Argus: Free program about poet Carl Sandburg
On Saturday, June 11th, the Bishop Hill Heritage Association is hosting Carl Sandburg: Poet of Community and Human Struggle, a program provided by the Illinois Humanities Road Scholars Speaker Bureau.
The Times of Northwest Indiana: Documents related to poet Carl Sandburg auctioned for $80,000
PHILADELPHIA -- An extensive and previously unknown collection of documents from author and poet Carl Sandburg sold for more than $80,000 on Monday night, auction house officials said. The various ...
MSN: Pulitzer-winning poet Carl Sandburg’s life brought to stage in one-act play
In April, the story of renowned American poet and Pulitzer Prize–winning writer Carl Sandburg will come to life on stage. The historic American figure once lived in Flat Rock at what is now a National ...
The words of author Carl Sandburg, the aroma of freshly brewed coffee and stacks of poetry anthologies transformed a sparsely decorated meeting room at the Cape Girardeau Public Library transforms ...
The Southern Illinoisan: Hear poems, music of Illinois poet Carl Sandburg Saturday in Harrisburg
HARRISBURG -- Award-winning folk singer and songwriter Chris Vallillo will present a program on Illinois poet Carl Sandburg at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, in the Harrisburg District Library. The ...
Chicago Sun-Times: Carl Sandburg’s ‘Chicago’ poem finds fresh relevance in a city occupied by ICE
Carl Sandburg’s ‘Chicago’ poem finds fresh relevance in a city occupied by ICE
The Carl Sandburg poem “Chicago” has been a beloved local anthem for more than a century. The 1914 poem, which coined the phrase “City of Big Shoulders,” has inspired prideful political speeches, ...