The Poetry Forum Explained

The Poetry Forum, Inc.,^[1] began in 1973 to arrange poetry workshops in the Deerfield, Illinois, area.^[2] In 1976, Suzanne Brabant and others founded the journal, RHINO Poetry, as an outlet for its workshop members' poems.^[3] The Poetry Forum moved to the Evanston, Illinois area around 1999, where The Poetry Forum's workshops are still held monthly. The Forum extended its workshops to central Illinois from 2002-2007. The Illinois Arts Council awarded The Poetry Forum grants for operating costs in 2007,^[4] 2008,^[5] and 2009.^[6] The Poetry Forum was founded by Suzanne Brabant,^[7] Lowell B. Komie,^[8] and Elizabeth Peterson. In 2005, Helen Degen Cohen (Halina Degenfisz),^[9] took over the Forum's mission of creating monthly workshops and readings for Evanston's poets.

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Notes and References

Secretary of State of Illinois, The Poetry Forum, Inc. Articles of Incorporation, 1976
RHINO Poetry, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1976, p. 40
http://rhinopoetry.org/about-2/history/ RHINO Poetry Website History
http://www.arts.illinois.gov/files/content/FY07.pdf Illinois Arts Council Annual Report Fiscal Year 2007, p. 25 & 95
http://www.arts.illinois.gov/files/content/FY08annualreport.pdf Illinois Arts Council Annual Report Fiscal Year 2008 pp. 35 & 95
http://www.arts.illinois.gov/files/content/FY09_Grantee_List_by_District.pdf Illinois Arts Council Grants in FY 09 by State House District, p. 16
A Directory of American Poets, 1974; Poets & Writers, Inc.; New York; 1974
http://www.swordfishchicago.com/ Swordfish Chicago Publishers
Blood to Remember: American Poets on the Holocaust by Charles Adés Fishman; Time Being Books; St. Louis, Mo.; 2007; p. 582