Notable Chicago: 12/18–12/24

Friday 12/18: Fatimah Asghar, Franny Choi, Nate Marshall, Aaron Samuels, Danez Smith, and Jamila Woods of Dark Noise read. Poetry Foundation, 7 p.m.

Sunday 12/20: Naomi Huffman and Leah Pickett host Dave Reidy, Britt Julious, Megan Kirby, and Ted Wesenberg in The Marrow, Curbside Splendor’s monthly nonfiction show. The Whistler, 6 p.m.

Monday 12/21: Wait for the Bus at Uncharted Books. 7 p.m., donation requested.

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Rachel Natale currently lives, dances, and writes in Chicago. She recently received the James Charles Cox Memorial Award in English at Loyola University, and her work has been published in Treehouse Magazine.

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