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More Than Words: American Writers Museum Opens This Week

A new chapter in Chicago’s cultural offerings begins this week.

05/15/2017 | Rating NR

Chicago Tonight

More Than Words: American Writers Museum Opens This Week

Clip: 5/15/2017 | 8m 2sVideo has Closed Captions

A new chapter in Chicago’s cultural offerings begins this week.

In a one floor Michigan Avenue office space, the small but nimble American Writers Museum celebrates the words and works of American writers, inviting visitors to brush the dust off of the American bookshelf and experience great writing in a thoroughly modern way.

05/15/2017 | Rating NR

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