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ECC Writers Center Reading Series announce spring lineup   Updated 2/13/2021 1:23 AM The Writers Center at Elgin Community College will host three authors for the Spring 2021 Reading Series. Due to ongoing social distancing practices, the events will take place virtually. All readings begin at 7:30 p.m. On Thursday, Feb. 18, the spring Reading Series kicks off with Clifford Thompson, author of "What It Is: Race, Family, and One Thinking Black Man's Blues," one of Time magazine's most anticipated books of the 2019 season. His essays and writings on books, film, jazz, and American id...

Northwestern Now Angela Jackson says poetry can lift and illuminate lives. Photo by Carlos Javier Ortiz Following in the footsteps of the great Gwendolyn Brooks as the fifth Illinois poet to serve as state poet laureate, Northwestern University alumna Angela Jackson said poetry can lift and illuminate lives, uniting people. Jackson was appointed poet laureate for the state of Illinois in November by Governor J.B. Pritzker. An award-winning poet, novelist and playwright who grew up on Chicago’s South Side and graduated from Northwestern in 1977, Jackson will work to promote poetry at the sta...