Longtime Chicago arts leader Michelle T. Boone to retire from Poetry Foundation top role

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<p>The Chicago-based Poetry Foundation announced Tuesday that its president and CEO, Michelle T. Boone, will retire at the end of 2027. Boone, who previously served as the city’s cultural commissioner, led a period of change at the foundation, which is among the largest funders of poetry organizations nationally.</p><p>Boone, a longtime Chicago arts leader, took over the top role at the Poetry Foundation in 2021. The nonprofit publishes Poetry magazine and <a class="Link" href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/1835065/poetry-foundation-awards-1-52-million-in-grants" target="_blank"…

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