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Rachel Natale
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Notable Chicago: 7/3–7/9
Tuesday 7/7: Author Ben Tanzer (The New York Stories) and poet Jonathan Travelstead (How We Bury Our Dead) share their respective collections. Seth Berg and Rumpus Sunday Editor Zoe Zolbrod join them at Quimby’s Bookstore, 7 p.m. Grab a beer and get…
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Notable Chicago: 6/26–7/2
Friday 6/26: Horror writer Jonathan Ryan reads from Dark Bride, the newest installment in his 3 Gates of the Dead series. City Lit Books, 6:30 p.m. Express yourself constructively at this month’s Human Communion. Uncharted Books, 6:30 p.m. Saturday 6/27:…
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Notable Chicago: 6/19–6/25
Friday 6/19: Poets Nate Klug and Anthony Opal present their respective collections, Anyone and ACTION, at Seminary Co-op. 6 p.m. Local writer Ben Tanzer reads from The New York Stories: Three Volumes in One Collection. Rachel Slotnick, Matt Rowan, Joseph…
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Notable Chicago: 6/12–6/18
Friday 6/12: Live lit, loud laughs—The Kates! The Book Cellar, 7 p.m. Those chicks are on the loose again, this time featuring performers Liz Baudler, Niki Gee, Maggie Jenkins, and Julia Klein. Uncharted Books, 7 p.m. Lori Horvitz reads from…
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Notable Chicago: 6/5–6/11
Friday 6/5: Mark Dostert discusses his memoir, Up in Here: Jailing Kids on Chicago’s Other Side, with Alex Kotlowitz (There Are No Children Here). City Lit Books, 6:30 p.m. CAKE (Chicago Alternative Comic Expo) presents Eleanor Davis, John Porcellino, and…
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Notable Chicago: 5/29–6/4
Friday 5/29: Nathan Poole chats with Patricia Grace King about his short story collection, Father Brother Keeper. City Lit Books, 6:30 p.m. Jessica Hopper discusses The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic at Quimby’s Bookstore. 7…
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Notable Chicago: 5/22–5/28
Friday 5/22: Witness Literature for All of Us, youth poetry bash style. Poetry Foundation, 1 p.m. City Lit Books welcomes David Masciotra and Kev Wright for an evening of Words and Music. 6:30 p.m. The Book Cellar hosts House of…
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Notable Chicago: 5/15–5/21
Friday 5/15: Uncharted Books hosts “Technobabble,” a workshop for fiction writers and enthusiasts. To sign up, e-mail colesign@gmail.com. 6:30 p.m. The Book Cellar welcomes Tall Grass Writers Guild for an evening of poetry, short stories, and essays about identity. 7…
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Notable Chicago: 5/8–5/14
Friday 5/8: Zine writers, indie publishers, and comic artists gather for the sixth annual Chicago Zine Fest. Access Living, 5 p.m. Sandy Tolan talks Children of the Stone with Philip Bohlman at Seminary Co-op, 6 p.m. Learn How to Travel…
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Notable Chicago: 5/1–5/7
Friday 5/1: Nami Mun, Alec Nevala-Lee, Vu Tran, and Wailin Wong read at Open Books in a Celebration of Asian American Writers. Co-presented with the Chicago Writers Conference, 6 p.m. The Poetry Foundation hosts a First Friday gallery reception for…
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Notable Chicago: 4/24–4/30
Friday 4/24: The Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo (C2E2) opens at 11 a.m. and runs until Sunday at 5 p.m. You need to purchase tickets to attend the weekend-long event at McCormick Place. While you’re at it, rage on at…
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Notable Chicago: 4/17–4/23
Friday 4/17: Head to Powell’s Bookstore for this month’s Bad Grammar Theater, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Farm Sanctuary co-founder and president Gene Baur provides the ultimate guide to mindful eating (and longer living) at Women & Children First, 7:30…