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Rachel Natale
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Notable Chicago: 9/25–10/1
Friday 9/25: The Chicago Center for Literature and Photography releases their new anthology, The View From Here: Stories about Chicago Neighborhoods, with an introduction by Patricia Ann McNair. City Lit Books, 6:30 p.m. Tyler Paterson celebrates the publication of Dark…
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Notable Chicago: 8/18–8/24
Friday 8/18: City Lit Books welcomes Rachel Slotnick, Jennifer Karmin, Giano Cromley, and Gerald Bennan for Poetry Night! 6:30 p.m. Lindsay Curry launches new book Sweet Madness at The Book Cellar. 7 p.m. Cartoonist Nicole Hollander discusses Women Who Still Love Cats Too Much and offers a preview of her forthcoming…
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Notable Chicago: 9/11–9/17
Saturday 9/12: The Book Cellar welcomes fantasy authors Bradley Beaulieu (Twelve Kings In Sharakhai), Wesley Chu (Time Salvager), and Jeff Salyards (Chains of the Heretic: Bloodsucker’s Arc Book 3) to discuss their recent work. 7 p.m. Monday 9/14: Karen Abbott…
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Notable Chicago: 9/4–9/10
Tuesday 9/8: Anne-Marie Fyfe (The House of Small Absences), Cahal Dallat (The Year of Not Dancing), and Jacquelyn Pope (Watermark) read from their respective collections at City Lit Books, 6:30 p.m. CA Conrad talks about Exorcism: Reparative Rituals with the…
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Notable Chicago: 8/28–9/3
Friday 8/28: Theater Oobleck performs There Is a Happiness That Morning Is, a comedy conveyed via two lectures on the poetry of William Blake. Purchase tickets here for the one-night benefit engagement at the Neo-Futurarium. 7 p.m. Curbside Splendor editor-in-chief…
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Notable Chicago: 8/21–8/27
Friday 8/21: The Book Cellar hosts Lavender Voices, an evening of storytelling for queer women. 7 p.m. Author, speaker, and self-proclaimed loudmouth Kate Harding discusses her new book, Asking for It: The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture—And What We Can…
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Notable Chicago: 8/14–8/20
Friday 8/14: Uncharted Books hosts Loose Chicks for an evening of dramatic soliloquies and quirky monologues. 7 p.m. Tom Witosky and Marc Hansen: How Iowa Led Americans to Marriage Equality. Chat with them at Women & Children First, 7:30 p.m.…
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Notable Chicago: 8/7–8/13
Friday 8/7: Steve MacIsaac reads and signs his new work, Shirtlifter, at Unabridged Books. 7 p.m. Victoria Noe launches Friend Grief in the Workplace: More Than an Empty Cubicle, the fifth book in her series on loss. Grief recovery specialist…
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Notable Chicago: 7/31–8/6
Friday 7/31: Uncharted Books welcomes John Colasacco, Maggie Queeney, and James Niesen. 7 p.m. Tara Ison examines film and identity in Reeling Through Life: How I Learned to Live, Love, and Die at the Movies. The Book Cellar, 7 p.m.…
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Notable Chicago: 7/24–7/30
Friday 7/24: Browse or buy at the Newberry Library Book Fair from 12 p.m.–8 p.m., or from 10 a.m.–6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Leslie Parry and Christine Sneed have a conversation about their most recently published books, Church of Marvels…
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Notable Chicago: 7/17–7/23
Friday 7/17: Leslie Parry and Christine Sneed converse about their most recently published books, Church of Marvels and Paris, He Said. City Lit Books, 6:30 p.m. Bob Suren reads from his memoir, Crate Digger: An Obsession With Punk Records. Quimby’s…
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Notable Chicago: 7/10–7/16
Friday 7/10: Celebrate the paperback release of Caitlin Moran’s How to Build a Girl at the Swedish History Museum! Women & Children First hosts a reading, signing, and Q&A with Moran for the occasion. To attend, you can purchase any…