Friday 9/16: Don’t miss the Wicker Park & West Town Lit Fest from Thursday–Sunday! Readers and include Bill Ayers, Halle Butler, Adam Levin, Zoe Zolbrod, Toni Nealie, Quraysh Ali Lansana, and many more. Various venues, most events free and open to the public.
Join The Lettered Streets Press for a celebration of Olivia Cronk’s new book Louise and Louise and Louise. Other readers include Benjamin Arakawa, Kathryn Hudson, and more! Sector 2337, 7 p.m., free.
Visit Women & Children First for a reading and book-signing by Belle Boggs, author of The Art of Waiting. Boggs will be in conversation with Eula Biss. 7:30 p.m., free.
Sunday 9/18: As always, the Uptown Poetry slam is going down at The Green Mill. Open mic starts at 7 p.m. followed by the slam itself. $7, 21+.
Tuesday 9/20: September’s Open Door Reading Series at The Poetry Foundation features Northeastern Illinois University’s Debra Bruce and her student David Mathews, and Columbia College Chicago’s Tony Trigilio and his student Cara Yi Birch. 7 p.m., free.
Wednesday 9/21: Head to City Lit Books for the Prose and Poetry and Potentially Other Things Open Mic Night! 6:30 p.m., free.
Hear local authors Christine Sneed (The Virginity of Famous Men) and Gioia Diliberto (Diane Von Furstenberg: A Life Unwrapped) discuss the intersection of fame, sex, and feminism as related to their new books. Women & Children First, 7:30 p.m., free.
Thursday 9/22: The Poetry Foundation hosts a conversation with Cave Canem Fellow Kristiana Rae Colón and Cave Canem faculty members Angela Jackson and Ed Roberson. 7 p.m., free.
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