Mai Linh and I chose to read by Lake Michigan in the Gold Coast neighborhood of Chicago. Making this choice, we also chose a soundtrack for our texts: cars humming behind us and cabs beeping on Lake Shore Drive. I'm struck by the seeming clash of quiet and sound here. However, sometimes poems in our minds are just as loud. For example, in this last photograph, I am reading Allen Ginsberg's Howl. I believe there is no better location to read his genius, change-the-system work than right in the middle of the action. We also read other poems by Melissa Carl, Dana Sauers, and Crystal Williams. :)
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