Notable Chicago: 12/18–12/24
Friday 12/18: Fatimah Asghar, Franny Choi, Nate Marshall, Aaron Samuels, Danez Smith, and Jamila Woods of Dark Noise read. Poetry Foundation, 7 p.m. Sunday 12/20: Naomi Huffman and Leah Pickett…
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Rachel Natale
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Rachel Natale currently lives, dances, and writes in Chicago. She recently received the James Charles Cox Memorial Award in English at Loyola University, and her work has been published in Treehouse Magazine.
Notable Chicago: 12/11–12/17
Friday 12/11: Volatile! opens at the Poetry Foundation Gallery. Curator Debra Riley Parr discusses the exhibition with scent designers, artists, and poets at 6:30 p.m. Saturday 12/12: Unabridged Bookstore celebrates…
Notable Chicago: 12/4–12/10
Friday 12/4: The Book Cellar hosts Jen Lancaster, Stacey Ballis, Wendy McClure, Amy Guth, Claire Zulkey, and other funny favorites at the 9th Annual Witty Women Writers Event. 7 p.m.…
Notable Chicago: 11/27–12/3
Sunday 11/29: June Huitt and Nicole Hollander share stories for Sideswiping Normal. $15 at Martyrs’, 3 p.m. Tuesday 12/1: First of the month? deadline. Back to Print hosts the release…
Notable Chicago: 11/20–11/26
Friday 11/20: Micah Ling, Douglas Light, and Martínez Pompa share selections from their respective collections at Uncharted Books, 7 p.m. Benjamin Kelner and Anne Kasdorf chat about their Not For…
Notable Chicago: 11/13–11/19
Friday 11/13: City Lit Books welcomes Francesca Abbate, Toby Altman, and Alix Anne Shaw for Poetry Night. 6:30 p.m. Author Maggie Kast launches her first novel, A Free, Unsullied Land.…
Notable Chicago: 11/6–11/12
Friday 11/6: 2015 Iowa Short Fiction Award Winners Edward Hamlin (Night in Erg Chebbi and Other Stories) and Charles Haverty (Excommunicados) read selections from their respective works. City Lit Books,…
Notable Chicago: 10/30–11/5
Friday 10/30: Purchase The Secret Chord to join author Geraldine Brooks for a reading at the Swedish History Museum. Hosted by Women & Children First at 7 p.m. BYOB to…
Notable Chicago: 10/23–10/29
Friday 10/23: Beautiful and brutal—Bonnie Jo Campbell celebrates her new story collection, Mothers Tell Your Daughters, at Women & Children First, 7:30 p.m. Saturday 10/24: 4th Trimester Bodies Project unveils their…
Notable Chicago: 10/16–10/22
Friday 10/16: The Poetry Foundation welcomes Joyce Carol Oates for her first visit. Poetry off the Shelf, 7 p.m. The Best American Comics 2015 editor Bill Kartalopoulos joins contributors Gina Wynbrandt and Anya Davidson to discuss the…
Notable Chicago: 10/9–10/15
Friday 10/9: Jarrett Neal celebrates the release of his essay collection, What Color Is Your Hoodie? Women & Children First, 7:30 p.m. Saturday 10/10: Greg Gerke (My Brooklyn Writer Friend),…
Notable Chicago: 10/2–10/8
Friday 10/2: Malena Mörling and Jonas Ellerström read in English and Swedish from The Star By My Head: Poets from Sweden. Presented with Milkweed Editions, the Swedish American Museum, and…