Friday 7/31: Uncharted Books welcomes John Colasacco, Maggie Queeney, and James Niesen. 7 p.m.
Tara Ison examines film and identity in Reeling Through Life: How I Learned to Live, Love, and Die at the Movies. The Book Cellar, 7 p.m.
Sara Paretsky reads from Brush Back at Women & Children First, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday 8/1: The 2014–2015 Young Chicago Authors Teaching Artists present (In)visible, an evening of new works by Fatimah Asghar, Jasmine Barber, Britteney Kapri, Reginald Eldridge Jr., Dianna Harris, Tim Henderson, and Jamila Woods. Poetry Foundation, 6 p.m.
Sunday 8/2: Julia Cohen, Lauren Goldstein, and Seth Landman share poetry and fiction pieces from their recent publications. Uncharted Books, 7 p.m.
Tuesday 8/4: BYOB (and snacks) to the deadline. release event and open mic night at Uncharted Books, 7 p.m.
Get Tuesday Funk-y with featured guests Henri Harps, Robert McDonald, Ryan DiGiorgi, Hallie Palladino, and Daniel Kraus at Hopleaf. Andrew Huff and Eden Robbins host, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday 8/5: Laura Adamczyk, Luke Wilusz, Gregory E. Frohbieter, and Cyn Vargas are Reading Under the Influence at Sheffield’s. $3, 7 p.m.
Robin Mclean discusses Reptile House at Women & Children First, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday 8/6: Congrats on Your Success! Charlie Rohrer hosts Odinaka Od Ezeokoli, Rudy Schultz, Alan Grafton, Kenny DeForest and Carmen Morales at Uncharted Books. Donations encouraged, 7 p.m.
Michael Czyzniejewski looks at longing in I Will Love You For the Rest of My Life: Breakup Stories. The Book Cellar, 7 p.m.
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