Friday 10/14: Visit City Lit Books to hear Cuban sci-fi novelist Yoss read from his book Super Extra Grande. Yoss will be joined by local author Rey Anduhjar. 6:30 p.m., free.
Saturday 10/15: Head to Bow Truss Coffee for the first installment of the Chimera Reading Series, a new series that aims to celebrate work that challenges the conventions of mode and genre by writers whose voices or angles have been historically underrepresented. Readers include Annabel Lang, Jan-Henry Gray, Rozina Kidari, and T Clutch Fleischmann. 7 p.m., free.
Sunday 10/16: 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+.
Monday 10/17: Essay Fiesta! Visit The Book Cellar for the October edition of this always-great series. Readers include Stephanie Douglass, James Finn Garner, Rumpus Sunday Co-Editor Toni Nealie, Carly Oishi, and Scott Stealey. 7 p.m., free.
Tuesday 10/18: The Open Door Reading Series continues at The Poetry Foundation with readings by two Chicagoland writing instructors and two of their students. 7 p.m., free.
Wednesday 10/19: Join Women & Children First for a reading by Jacqueline Woodson, author of Another Brooklyn. 7 p.m., free.
Thursday 10/20: The Book Cellar celebrates the 10th year of the annual Witty Women Writers Night. All Readers include Stacey Ballis, Wendy McClure, Claire Zulkey, and Amy Guth. 7 p.m., free.
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