Friday 5/15: Uncharted Books hosts “Technobabble,” a workshop for fiction writers and enthusiasts. To sign up, e-mail colesign@gmail.com. 6:30 p.m.
The Book Cellar welcomes Tall Grass Writers Guild for an evening of poetry, short stories, and essays about identity. 7 p.m.
Palestinian artist Leila Abdelrazaq discusses her graphic novel, Baddawi, at Women & Children First. 7:30 p.m.
Saturday 5/16: Halle Butler, Beyza Ozer, Shane Zimmer, and Kristin Lueke read at The Marble Room, a monthly poetry series held at Uncharted Books. 7 p.m.
Sunday 5/17: Local authors Bill Hillman, Ben Tanzer, and Christian Picciolini read at The Book Cellar, 7 p.m.
Sweater Kittens returns to Uncharted Books, from 7 p.m.–9 p.m.
Monday 5/18: Put your party pants on for Essay Fiesta! The Book Cellar, 7 p.m.
Tuesday 5/19: Twilight of the Idiots author Joseph G. Peterson chats about his work at City Lit Books, 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday 5/20: Celebrate the release of The Doors You Mark Are Your Own with authors Okla Elliot and Raul Clement at City Lit Books. 6:30 p.m.
Chicago writers Paulette Livers, Jennifer Jordan, and Angela Doll Carlson read at The Book Cellar, 7 p.m.
Gutsy, glorious, and (almost) gone: Live Lit for the Lionhearted comes to an end with one last show. 7 p.m., but doors open at 5:30– arrive early if you want to get in!
Thursday 5/21: Sign up for City Lit Books’s first prose and poetry Open Mic at 6 p.m. If you’re just in it to listen, you can get there by 6:30 p.m.
Adam Rockoff relives The Horror of It All at The Book Cellar, 7 p.m.
Carla Knorowski and Amy Carlson talk Gettysburg Replies at Women & Children First, 7 p.m.
