(podcasting “from” right outside of Carol’s Pub, on Clark and Leland)

(broadcasting on the 100-watt diverse radio station WLUW 88.7-FM Chicago)

Mike Stephen and Andy Hermann learn about the diversity of neighborhoods in Chicago, and then they talk with a prominent local poet.

Lauren Fischer - research associate, Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development at DePaul University;
on “A Keleidoscope of Culture: Measuring the Diversity of Chicago’s Neighborhoods” (PDF)

Kevin Coval - poet;
on poetry in Chicago, his new book Everyday People, and his release party next week

(segue music this week from Bound Stems)