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Frank Tempone
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Notable Chicago: 6/27–7/3
Friday 6/27: Women and Children First Books kicks off a big weekend in Chicago with a panel discussion, “Writing and Editing Noir,” moderated by the award-winning journalist, Mei-Ling Hopgood. She’ll be joined by Cheryl Lu-Lien, Joe Meno, Richard Thomas and…
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Notable Chicago: 6/20–6/26
Friday 6/20: Maria Venegas stops into Women and Children First Books to read from and discuss her memoir, Bulletproof Vest: The Ballad of an Outlaw and His Daughter. Where just named the bookstore one of the best independent booksellers in the country, and…
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Notable Chicago: 6/13–6/19
Friday 6/13: New York Times bestselling nonfiction author Susan Jane Gilman stops by Andersonville to read from and talk about her debut novel, The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street. Women and Children First Books, 7:30 p.m. Saturday 6/14: Go…
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Notable Chicago: 6/6–6/12
Saturday 6/7: The 30th annual Printers Row Literary Festival kicks off in the South Loop with readings, workshops, and a massive book fair. Highlights include: Alexai Galaviz-Budziszewski and Bill Hillman in conversation with Billy Lombardo at 10:30 a.m.; a panel…
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Notable Chicago: 5/30–6/5
Friday 5/30: It’s Poetry Night at City Lit Books, and this month features a couple of heavy hitters. Diane Raptosh is promoting her newest collection, American Amnesiac, which was long listed for the National Book Award. Two-time National Poetry Slam…
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Notable Chicago: 5/23–5/29
Friday 5/23: James Fearnley is in Lincoln Square to promote his music memoir Here Comes Everybody: The Story of the Pogues. He’ll also talk about his new literary and music projects. The Book Cellar, 7 p.m. You’re Being Ridiculous is a…
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Notable Chicago: 5/16–5/22
Friday 5/16: Lea Carpenter is at Pritzker Military Library to promote and discuss her first novel, Eleven Days, a story of a mother as she awaits news of the fate of her son, a Navy SEAL missing in action. 12…
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Notable Chicago: 5/9–5/15
Friday 5/9: The city honors the great Studs Terkel with “Let’s Get Working,” a three-day festival presented by the University of Chicago that celebrates his massive contribution to the literary canon of the people with oral history, storytelling, film, performances,…
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Lydia Davis Can and Does
Numero Cinq is the brainchild of Douglas Glover, an award-winning writing legend from Canada. Its monthly issues are rolled out one story at a time to “guarantee each author or artist a day in the sun.” May’s issue comes in 17 parts, the first…
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Notable Chicago: 5/2–5/8
Friday 5/2: Veronica Roth (author of the Divergent series), Aleksandar Hemon (The Lazarus Project, The Book of my Lives), and Steven Conrad (screenwriter of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty) are guests of The Interview Show. Hosted by Mark Bazer.…
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Notable Chicago: 4/25–5/1
Friday 4/25: Seminary Co-op Bookstore celebrates the release of new books from four Chicago writers. In conjunction with Switchgrass Books, Curbside Splendor, and McSweeney’s, the Bookstore hosts Joe Peterson, Bill Hillman, Ben Tanzer, and Alexai Galaviz-Budziszewski. Seminary Co-op Bookstore, 5:30-7 p.m.…
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Where It All Began
After Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s passing last Thursday, the New Yorker opened its archives to those compelled to get their hands on something from the “voice of Latin America.” One of the more interesting pieces in the archive is “The Challenge,” in which…