Guild Complex

The Guild builds on Chicago’s rich literary traditions through vibrant storytelling and radical inclusion, advancing access to and from the margins.

[Cathleen Schandelmeier @BeachPoet]

The Guild Literary Complex is going places with Andrea Change and help from the Poetry Foundation! See article coming out 7-21-24 at https://t.co/wtrKRmG7GT

[Chicago Literary HoF @ChicagoLitHoF]

Poet Laureate avery r. young will lead a lineup that includes Nora Brooks Blakely, Reginald Gibbons, Niveah Glover, Adrian Matejka, Marc Smith, and Jamila Woods. Lynne Thompson will lead a conversation with Smith at the end of the program.

Learn more: https://t.co/xMdQ4xkce3

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@ganjacum @lynzoheartthrob

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Happy Pride Month 🌈 IN 2 WEEKS we’ve got our featured #Pride Month event: TRANSVENGENCE!! A special edition of our recurring Transvengence series with host + curator, Joss Barton, performances alongside Joss are artists Jack & Lynzo The Heartthrob! + an open mic & discussion

[Ignatius Valentine Aloysius @ignatius2u]

Tonight's reading @haymarkethouse was a total blast! We heard stunning poetry & prose from awesome readers, w/ headliner @DearDipika. We were inspired by our gracious and fabulous hosts: @guildLITcomplex & Andrea Change, @luyapoetry, @rhinopoetry & Virginia Bell...(1/2) 👏😍🌈

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NEXT TUESDAY, May 14th at 7pm - Join the Guild Literary Complex & Haymarket House (800 W. Buena) for What Came After: An Evening of Poetry 🌟📝 with authors Christopher Stewart and John McCarthy! Visit the link in our bio for RSVP + more info.

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✨ Join the Guild w/ @UChicagoArts, @artspubliclife & CSRPC for reading & panel: Spirits, Spirituality, & Craft! Moderated by Andrea Change ft. panelists @FaylitaHicks, @tinajbell, & @keliwrites.
Sat. 4/27 @ 1PM, Green Line Performing Arts Center- 329 E. Garfield Blvd. #LinkInBio

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🪄FREE WORKSHOP: Walking the Middle Path: Using Hoodoo to Tell Your Story
4/27 at 12pm, Green Line Performing Arts Center (329 E. Garfield Blvd.)
If your goal is to get over that writer’s block and finally tell your story–hoodoo can help!
RSVP + more info @ the link in our bio.

[Guild Complex @guildLITcomplex]

✨FEATURED EVENT✨ National Poetry Month w/ Angela Jackson & Curtis Crisler! Join us Sat. 4/20 at Blanc Gallery- 4445 S. King Dr. at 2pm 📝 for some poetry by these Poet Laureates & special performances from the Write It Down! Collective. Link in our bio for more info + RSVP.

[Guild Complex @guildLITcomplex]

Happy Poetry Month! Join us on
Saturday, April 27th at @haymarkethouse at 4pm for
Elsewhere: An Elegy Book Release Event with @fmohyu ☀️- poetry & stories of the collective breath held by a
grieving world, & to celebrate Faisal Mohyuddin’s book release. RSVP + info #LinkInBio.

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@nikkipatin @SOUNDROTATION

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SAVE THE DATE🎉 Thurs. 4/11 @ 6:30pm @ The Honeycomb Network, 2659 W Division St.
The Guild hosts the Nikki Patin Book Release event for her memoir, Working on Me! Join us for a reading & discussion w/ Denise Ruiz, book signing, DJ set w/ Duane Powell, & refreshments✨ #linkinbio

[MOTETE @nuestromotete]

@veliamares @AgendaCAF @Bancolombia @GRUPOSURA @FraternidadMed @AlcaldiaQuibdo @guildLITcomplex @oneinversocial @FCEColombia @KiannyAntigua #FlechoQuibdó
La tercera noche cerró con alabaos por parte de Crecencia Ancestral.✨💜 Fabiola Torres, la voz líder de los alabaos en el Chocó nos honró con su presentación y su grupo de jóvenes que heredan esta tradición cultural afrocolombiana.

[MOTETE @nuestromotete]

@veliamares @AgendaCAF @Bancolombia @GRUPOSURA @FraternidadMed @AlcaldiaQuibdo @guildLITcomplex @oneinversocial @FCEColombia @KiannyAntigua Durante el tercer día las conversaciones abordaron la transición del periodismo a la literatura, la importancia del bilingüismo para juntar orillas, honraron la vida y obra de Arnoldo Palacios y las obras literarias de
María Fernanda Fitzgerald y Jairo Buitrago. #FlechoQuibdó

[MOTETE @nuestromotete]

@veliamares @AgendaCAF @Bancolombia @GRUPOSURA @FraternidadMed @AlcaldiaQuibdo @guildLITcomplex @oneinversocial @FCEColombia También durante el segundo día de #FlechoQuibdó
@KiannyAntigua nos sacudió con las narraciones de sus microcuentos y nos abrió a la realidad de cómo vive el proceso de creación de cada una de sus obras.
@guildLITcomplex

[MOTETE @nuestromotete]

@veliamares @AgendaCAF @Bancolombia @GRUPOSURA @FraternidadMed @AlcaldiaQuibdo @guildLITcomplex @oneinversocial El segundo día, transitamos entre el ritmo exótico y el house. Las conversaciones fueron sobre procesos afrodiásporicos a través de la literatura; la poesía y su fuerza catalizadora; la incidencia de @usaidcolombia y @agendacaf en el territorio; el libro 'Las distancias'...👉🏾

[MOTETE @nuestromotete]

El primer día festejamos los siete años de realización de esta fiesta en #Quibdó. Con la gratitud de hoy contar con un equipo amoroso y entregado a nuestra misión como corporación, y por la presencia de aliadxs estratégicos que nos acompañan a crecer.

[Guild Complex @guildLITcomplex]

Join Exhibit B OFFSITE at AWP! We'll see you next Thursday & Friday 💚

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⏳¡TODAVÍA HAY TIEMPO! Apoya al Guild Literary Complex y dona hasta el 31 de enero 💚 The Guild está orgulloso de colaborar con la comunidad latina literaria de Chicago para crear más inclusión del idioma español en el arte. ¡Haz click en nuestro bio para donar! #latinxchicago

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From now until 1/31 make a one time $150-$250 donation to get complimentary Guild gift! OR consider a monthly subscription & help us provide honorarium for a working artist/writer, support our hardworking staff, & continue to celebrate Chicago’s writing community 💚 #linkinbio