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Join NOW!It’s a tough call this week. Most days feature two fantastic events happening concurrently. Choose wisely! Sunday 11/17: Sunday Salon features its monthly prose reading series at Black Rock Pub. Features include Don De Grazia, Tony Trigilio, Catherine Theis, and Tyler Mills. 7 PM, Free, Black Rock Pub. This week’s Uptown Poetry Slam features Katie […]
...moreSunday 10/20: The Kindness of Strangers: A Festival of Storytelling begins today! Three weeks of carefully selected stories about strangers, with headliners Kim Morris, Eric Warner, and Amy Sumpter. Runs Sundays through Wednesdays through 11/6. 7:30 PM, $15, The Side Project Theatre. Monday 10/21: Help raise money for 826CHI by attending Essay Fiesta! Writers Willy Nast […]
...more“So here it is: the trade secrets, the panels and moments we kept bringing back up over meals — really, everything that inspired us to discuss hotel arrangements for the 2013 AWP in Boston on our El ride home.” Full Stop went to AWP and created an illustrated run-down of their favorite parts. The Rumpus […]
...moreWe are excited to to present an AWP offsite spectacular/fundraiser: The Rumpus Reads for 826 Chicago. Featuring readings by Cheryl Strayed (yes indeed, Sugar will be in the house!), Peter Orner, Sommer Browning, Brian Spears and Stephen Elliott! Stand-up from Dan Telfer! Music from Hawley! If you’re going to be at the AWP Convention in […]
...moreToday, Chicagoist gave us some love, announcing that they’ll be at our AWP offsite spectacular, The Rumpus Reads for 826 Chicago, which features an enticing line up of readers and entertainment, with all proceeds going to the 826 Chicago youth literacy program. See you there, Chicagoist!
...moreThe AWP Convention starts this coming Wednesday, and The Rumpus will be there. Thursday night we’ll be raising money for 826 Chicago, which is an awesome youth literacy program and which is home to The Boring Store, which is definitely not a secret agent supply store. Not at all. But if someone wants to hook […]
...moreWe are excited to to present an AWP offsite spectacular/fundraiser: The Rumpus Reads for 826 Chicago. Featuring readings by Nick Flynn, Cheryl Strayed (yes indeed, Sugar will be in the house!), Peter Orner, Sommer Browning, Brian Spears and Stephen Elliott! Stand-up from Dan Telfer! Music from Hawley! If you’re going to be at the AWP […]
...moreWe are excited to to present an AWP offsite spectacular: The Rumpus Reads for 826 Chicago. Featuring readings by Nick Flynn, Cheryl Strayed (yes indeed, Sugar will be in the house!), Peter Orner, Sommer Browning, Brian Spears and Stephen Elliott! Stand-up from Dan Telfer! Music from Hawley! If you’re going to be at the AWP […]
...moreA lot, really. First of all, we’re about to chat with Aase Berg and Johannes Gorannson about Berg’s book Transfer Fat It’s the first time we’ve done a translation, and we’re very excited to be able to talk with both the poet and the translator. Look for the transcript later this month. February’s book is […]
...moreCalling all those who live in/near Chicago! Comics editor, Paul Madonna is in town talking about and signing his new book, Everything is its own Reward. The book is chock-full of beautiful illustrations, if you haven’t seen it already. Where and When: 826 Chicago, 1331 N. Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL, tonight at 7:30 pm.
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