Meet the Readers: Teresa Dzieglewicz

Teresa Dzieglewicz is a Pushcart Prize-winning poet, educator, and lover of rivers and prairies. She is a fellow with Black Earth Institute, a Poet-in-Residence at the Chicago Poetry Center, and part of the founding team of Mni Wichoni Nakicizin Wounspe (Defenders of the Water School). With Natasha Mijares, she organizes "Watershed: Ways of Knowing the Chicago River". Her first book of poetry, Something Small of How to See a River (Tupelo Press), was selected by Tyehimba Jess for the Dorset Prize. Her first children's book, Belonging, co-written with Kimimila Locke, is forthcoming from Chronicle Books.

Please join Teresa and our other amazing readers on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026 in the upstairs bar at Hopleaf. Doors open at 7pm, and the show starts at 7:30. It's free, and 21-and-over. Please RSVP on Facebook.