# @fineartsbuilding on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DW9o3YElpbj
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/63704495-fineartsbuilding-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-04-10T19:36:07.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Fine Arts Building (@fineartsbuilding) — https://gondola.cc/fineartsbuilding

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Happy #NationalPoetryMonth! ✍️ 📖 To celebrate, we’re spotlighting Harriet Monroe, founder of Poetry Magazine, poetryfoundation! 

A lifelong Chicagoan and poet, Harriet Monroe ushered America into a new era of poetry when she founded Poetry Magazine in 1912! Harriet was constantly in the Fine Arts Building as a member of several clubs, including the Little Room, befriending the many creatives of the building.

When she had the idea of a magazine dedicated to poetry, she turned to FAB tenants for help. Novelist Hobart Chatfield-Taylor gave her ideas for funding, and author and publisher Ralph Fletcher Seymour printed and published the magazine for its first four years.

Harriet’s “Open Door” policy was revolutionary for the genre. Poetry Magazine was devoted to printing the best contemporary poetry, of any style, genre, or approach. 

This editorial commitment placed art and integrity over personal tastes and introduced America to Modernist poetry, publishing early works of T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Carl Sandburg, Marianne Moore, and other writers that would go on to become legendary poets. 

Poetry Magazine still operates today in Chicago and continues its “Open Door” policy. We’re sure Harriet would be thrilled that today, there’s a whole month dedicated to the sharing and creating of poetry!

Photos 3 and 4 courtesy of University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center. 

#chicagohistory #poetrymagazine #fineartsbuilding

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The Fine Arts Building | @fineartsbuilding | https://gondola.cc/fineartsbuilding | Creative Director |

## Tags

poetrymagazine, nationalpoetrymonth, fineartsbuilding, chicagohistory

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