Friday 10/30: Purchase The Secret Chord to join author Geraldine Brooks for a reading at the Swedish History Museum. Hosted by Women & Children First at 7 p.m.
BYOB to a zine release and eerie film screening, hosted by Vicky Lim and Jim Joyce at Uncharted Books. 7 p.m.
Amy McCullough presents her memoir, The Box Wine Sailors: Misadventures of a Broke Young Couple at Sea. The Book Cellar, 7 p.m.
Saturday 10/31: Founding member of the L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E movement Rae Armantrout reads from her latest volume, Itself, for Poetry off the Shelf. Presented in partnership with the Chicago Humanities Festival at the Poetry Foundation, 10:30 a.m. $12, $9 for CHF members, or $5 for students and teachers.
Claudia Rankine discusses Citizen: An American Lyric at Northwestern University School of Law’s Thorne Auditorium. A talk back with Aimee Levitt follows. Presented as part of the Chicago Humanities Festival—$12, $9 for CHF members, or $5 for teachers and students. 2 p.m.
Scary good—Eileen Myles shares her work at An Evening of Spooky Poetry. Women & Children First, 7 p.m.
Hip-hop historian Jeff Chang, jazz musician David Boykin, sound artist Christine Hume, scholar Lauren Berlant, and poet Roger Reeves join Claudia Rankine for Poetry in Performance at the Museum of Contemporary Art’s Edlis Neeson Theater. $15, $12 for CHF members, or $10 for students and teachers. 7:30 p.m.
Sunday 11/1: City Lit Books welcomes Michael McGregor, author of Pure Act: The Uncommon Life as Robert Lax. 1 p.m.
Interdisciplinary artist Krista Franklin converses with award-winning Brown Girl Dreaming author Jacqueline Woodson. First United Methodist Church, 2 p.m.
Monday 11/2: Musician, translator, and writer Ciaran Carson takes his Poetry off the Shelf. Poetry Foundation, 7 pm.
Tuesday 11/3: Back to Print presents the deadline. release and open mic, 7 p.m. at Uncharted Books.
Justin Limoli joins Chicago poets Jay Besemer and Daniel Borzutzky for The Intermittent Series at Comfort Station. 7 p.m.
Ivan Srsen shares his latest project, Zagreb Noir. The Book Cellar, 7 p.m.
Get Tuesday Funk-y. Hopleaf, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday 11/4: Poetry magazine throws a seasonal party to celebrate their September, October, and November 2015 issues. Poetry Foundation, 6:30 p.m.
Mary Fleming talks about Someone Else at City Lit Books, 6:30 p.m.
Barrie Jean Borich, Kathleen Rooney, Caro Macon, Jewells K Santos, Tim Jones-Yelvington, and Rachel Tenuta discuss Family Resemblance: An Anthology and Exploration of 8 Hybrid Literary Genres. Women & Children First, 7 p.m.
Uzodinma Okehi, Mira Gonzalez, Chelsea Martin, and Tao Lin read their respective work for Short Flight/Long Drive Books Night at Uncharted Books. 7 p.m.
Thursday 11/5: Meet and greet Maile Meloy at Women & Children First, 5 p.m.–6 p.m.
Anna March moderates a conversation with Rachel DeWoskin, Audrey Niffenegger, Megan Stielstra, Luis Urrea, and Cyn Vargas about sex and sexuality in literature for Beyond Lolita. The event series benefits PEN America’s Writers’ Emergency Fund. Swedish History Museum, 7:30 p.m.
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