Friday 10/2: Malena Mörling and Jonas Ellerström read in English and Swedish from The Star By My Head: Poets from Sweden. Presented with Milkweed Editions, the Swedish American Museum, and the Swedish Arts Council at the Poetry Foundation, 7 p.m.
Karen Finley discusses the expanded anniversary edition of 1990’s Shock Treatment at Women & Children First. 7:30 p.m.
Saturday 10/3: The Occupation That Keeps Us From Thinking Small: a Poetry Event features Kathleen Rooney, Eric Plattner, Rachel Slotnick, and Dave Landsberger. Arrive on time—the first 25 attendees will receive free copies of a type-written zine that contains selections of the poets’ work. Uncharted Books, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
The Book Cellar hosts James Sie with his first novel, Still Life Las Vegas. 7 p.m.
Wednesday 10/7: Harold Washington Library welcomes United States Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera. Cindy Pritzker Auditorium, 6 p.m.
Former PEN/Bellwether Prize winner and Good Kings, Bad Kings author Susan Nussbaum chats with new award recipient Ron Childress about his book, And West is West. Women & Children First, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday 10/8: Karin Slaughter talks Pretty Girls at Harold Washington Library. Cindy Pritzker Auditorium, 6 p.m.
In case you were wondering—It’s Not You! Sara Eckel, author of 27 (Wrong) Reasons You’re Single, converses with Chicago Tribune reporter Jenniffer Weigel. City Lit Books, 6:30 p.m.
John McNally celebrates the release of his new book, Lord of the Ralphs. The Book Cellar, 7 p.m.
Steve Semken (Soul External: Rediscovering the Great Blue Heron) and Tom Montgomery Fate (Cabin Fever: A Suburban Father’s Search for the Wild) read from their respective texts at Women & Children First. 7:30 p.m.
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