The Poetry Forum, Inc.,Secretary of State of Illinois, The Poetry Forum, Inc. Articles of Incorporation, 1976 began in 1973 to arrange poetry workshops in the Deerfield, Illinois, area.RHINO Poetry, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1976, p. 40 In 1976, Suzanne Brabant and others founded the journal, RHINO Poetry, as an outlet for its workshop members' poems.RHINO Poetry Website History 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,Illinois Arts Council Annual Report Fiscal Year 2007, p. 25 & 95 2008,Illinois Arts Council Annual Report Fiscal Year 2008 pp. 35 & 95 and 2009.Illinois Arts Council Grants in FY 09 by State House District, p. 16 The Poetry Forum was founded by Suzanne Brabant,A Directory of American Poets, 1974; Poets & Writers, Inc.; New York; 1974 Lowell B. Komie,Swordfish Chicago Publishers and Elizabeth Peterson. In 2005, Helen Degen Cohen (Halina Degenfisz),Blood to Remember: American Poets on the Holocaust by Charles Adés Fishman; Time Being Books; St. Louis, Mo.; 2007; p. 582 took over the Forum's mission of creating monthly workshops and readings for Evanston's poets.
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External links RHINO Poetry ChicagoPoetry.com