Jonathan McDaniel is a graduate of Columbia College Chicago’s Nonfiction MFA program, and his work has most recently appeared in The Point Magazine, Tahoma Literary Review, and at The Rumpus. He works as a copywriter and lives in Chicago with his dog. Find him on twitter @JonathanMcD.
Sunday 12/11: 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 12/13:…
Friday 12/2: Poetry Night at City Lit Books! Valerie Hsiung, author of the new book e f g: a trilogy, will be reading from her work, along with Julia Cohen, Hannah…
Friday 11/18: Fifth Wednesday Journal presents a reading by Tony Triglio, Christina Pugh, Richard Jones, and Sheila Donohue at The Book Cellar. 7 p.m., free. Tara Betts will read from…
Friday 11/11: 2015 National Book Award finalist Ross Gay reads from his collection of poems, Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude, as part of the Chicago Humanities Festival. Blanc Gallery, 6 p.m.,…
Friday 11/4: Lori Tharps reads from her new book Same Family, Different Colors: Confronting Colorism in America’s Diverse Families at Women & Children First. 7:30 p.m., free. Saturday 11/5: Head…
Friday 10/28: Visit the UrbanTheater Company for a reading and conversation with Martín Espada, moderated by Eduardo Arocho. 7 p.m., $5 suggested donation. Saturday 10/29: Jonathan Lethem reads from his…
Friday 10/21: Head to The Book Cellar to celebrate the paperback release of Bonnie Jo Campbell‘s newest book of stories Mothers, Tell Your Daughters. 7 p.m., free. Saturday 10/22: Head back…
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.,…
Friday 10/7: Visit Seminary Co-op Bookstore to hear Aaron Schuster read from The Trouble with Pleasure: Deleuze and Psychoanalysis. 6 p.m., free. Saturday 10/8: Quraysh Ali Lansana reads from A…
Bronwen Dickey discusses Pit Bull: The Battle over an American Icon, her examination of one of the most feared dog breeds, how the media changes perceptions, and what Eliza Doolittle might have to say about this.
Friday 9/30: Patricia Skalka reads from the third installment in the Dave Cubiak series, Death in Cold Water. Women & Children First, 7:30 p.m., free. Saturday 10/1: Join Maryse Meijer…
Friday 9/23: Join the Bitter Women Book Club at City Lit Books as they discuss The Sundial by Shirley Jackson! 6:30 p.m., free. Julie Tarney reads from her book My…