An Evening with Poet Taylor Byas

Dr. Taylor Byas is an award winning Poet who mixes form with musical language bringing to life the sights and sounds of her world. She will be reading from her book, I Done Clicked My Heels Three Times, with Audience Q&A, and a book signing to follow. This event is open to all, 16+.

All tickets are General Admission Seating. Doors open at 6:30 pm. This is a free event but donations that support the work of Women Writing for (a) Change are kindly accepted.

Support for this program is made possible by a grant from the Harris Family Fund.

To register for Taylor Byas' workshop on Saturday, October 12, visit .

Dr. Taylor Byas is a Black Chicago native with editorial roles at The Rumpus, Variant Literature, Beloit Poetry Journal and Jackleg Press. She is the 1st place winner of the 2020 Poetry Super Highway Contest, the 2020 Frontier Poetry Award for New Poets Contest, and the 2021 Adrienne Rich Poetry Prize. Her most recent book I Done Clicked My Heels Three Times won the 2023 Maya Angelou Book Award and the 2023 Chicago Review of Books Award in Poetry.

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