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Rachel Natale
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Notable Chicago: 6/10–6/16
Saturday 6/11: Expand your mind at this year’s Printers Row Lit Fest, which opens at 10 a.m. and runs until Sunday at 4 p.m. View the full schedule here. At 10:30 a.m., Rumpus Sunday Co-Editor Zoe Zolbrod, Nestor Gomez, Ben Tanzer,…
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Notable Chicago: 6/3–6/9
Friday 6/3: Ryo Yamaguchi and Michael Autrey read at the launch party for the second issue of Prodigal. City Lit Books, 6:30 p.m. Write to Release launches their literary journal, Write to Release Review, at The Book Cellar, 7 p.m.…
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Notable Chicago: 5/27–6/2
Friday 5/27: Women & Children First welcomes poet Tasha Golden. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday 5/31: Join Debbie Graber in conversation with Cate Dicharry at City Lit Books, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday 6/1: Celebrate the launch of Dale Boyer’s The Dandelion Cloud. Women…
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Notable Chicago: 5/20–5/26
Friday 5/20: Viola Shipman discusses The Charm Bracelet. The Book Cellar, 7 p.m. Women & Children First welcomes Rumpus Sunday Co-Editor Zoe Zolbrod for the launch of her new book, The Telling. 7:30 p.m. Sunday 5/22: Stop by Friends of Logan…
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Notable Chicago: 5/13–5/19
Friday 5/13: City Lit Books welcomes Jess X. Chen, Demian DinéYazhi, and Emily Yoon as part of the Solastalgia Poetry Tour. 6:30 p.m. Women & Children First celebrates the launch of Anne Elizabeth Moore’s Threadbare, illustrated by members of the…
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Notable Chicago: 5/6–5/12
Friday 5/6: Join Desiree Cooper, author of Know the Mother, in conversation with Jasmine Sanders. Women & Children First, 7:30 p.m. Saturday 5/7: Uncharted Books welcomes Sam Ofman for a reading. 7 p.m. Tuesday 5/10: Kim Dower introduces her new…
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Notable Chicago: 4/29–5/5
Friday 4/29: Author and activist Ashton Applewhite talks about ageism in This Chair Rocks. City Lit Books, 6:30 p.m. Chicago Zine Fest begins with a panel discussion and exhibitor readings at Workshop Chicago, 6:30 p.m. Women & Children First hosts…
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Notable Chicago: 4/22–4/28
Friday 4/22: Uncharted Books welcomes Caroline Macon. 7 p.m. Annalise Raziq, Cameron Gearen, Kate Ingold, and Rita Pyrillis read for There’s a You I Miss at Women & Children First, 7:30 p.m. Saturday 4/23: Head to Everybody’s Coffee and The Book…
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Notable Chicago: 4/15–4/21
Friday 4/15: City Lit Books hosts the first Sheer Margins Poetry and Prose Open Mic Night. 6 p.m. Monday 4/18: Party on, people! Essay Fiesta begins at 7 p.m. at The Book Cellar. Tuesday 4/19: Katie Hartsock and student Megan…
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Notable Chicago: 4/8–4/14
Saturday 4/9: The Book Cellar welcomes Haitian writer Kettly Mars, 6 p.m. Jacqueline Woodson takes her Poetry off the Shelf. Poetry Foundation, 7 p.m. Tuesday 4/12: Join Alicia Ostriker for Poetry off the Shelf. Poetry Foundation, 7 p.m.
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Notable Chicago: 4/1–4/7
Saturday 4/2: Eva Dowdell shares Single Mom Style at City Lit Books, 5 p.m. Alison Stewart is Digging Through America’s Love Affair with Stuff at The Book Cellar, 6 p.m. Sunday 4/3: Rey Andujar discusses the lasting legacy of Federico…
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Notable Chicago: 3/25–3/31
Friday 3/25: The Poetry Center of Chicago’s Six Points Reading Series features Ben Clark and Kush Thompson. Comfort Station, 7 p.m. Catherine Wallace discusses Confronting Religious Denial of Gay Marriage at Women & Children First, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday 3/29: Wake…