Friday 8/7: Steve MacIsaac reads and signs his new work, Shirtlifter, at Unabridged Books. 7 p.m.
Victoria Noe launches Friend Grief in the Workplace: More Than an Empty Cubicle, the fifth book in her series on loss. Grief recovery specialist Lynn McCollum Staley joins her at Women & Children First, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday 8/11: Poet CM Burroughs reads original work at the Jean-Luc Mylayne Chapel in Millennium Park, 2 p.m.
Quimby’s Bookstore welcomes French cartoonist J-C Menu and Belgian artist Dominique Goblet for a discussion and signing at 7 p.m.
Johnny Misfit hosts Mairead Case, Andy Glass, Victoria Perez-Segovia, and Andy Burkholder at Comfort Station for Two Cookie Minimum. 8 p.m.
Wednesday 8/12: Chicago writer Jacob Saenz performs at the Art Institute’s Gallery 100 for Pop-up Poetry, a series inspired by Whistler and Roussel: Linked Visions. 12 p.m.
Jorge Newbery talks Burn Zones at City Lit Books, 6:30 p.m.
Thursday 8/13: Rebecca Makkai shares her most recently published novel, Music for Wartime. Women & Children First, 7:30 p.m.
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