Writing Down the Shadows: Tiny Nightmares: Very Short Tales of Horror
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...moreKatharine Coldiron shares a reading list to celebrate CEREMONIALS.
...moreLiterary events in and around Chicago this week!
...moreA selection of AWP 2019 panels, readings, and events that we are especially excited for!
...moreA look back at the books we’ve reviewed in 2018!
...moreLiterary events in and around Chicago this week!
...moreThe narration isn’t dispassionate, but there’s a distance.
...moreThree exclusive excerpts from the anthology Tiny Crimes: Very Short Tales of Mystery and Murder, forthcoming on June 5!
...moreLiterary events and readings in and around Chicago this week!
...moreLiterary events and readings in and around the Twin Cities this week!
...moreTuesday 8/15: First Person Arts StorySlam: Hairy. 7 p.m. at FringeArts, $10. Drunk Spelling Bee. Hosted by Mighty Writers. 7 p.m. at Bourbon & Branch. Wednesday 8/16: Roxane Gay’s Hunger: A Discussion (Part 1). 7 p.m. at Big Blue Marble Bookstore.
...moreSunday 8/13: Svetlana Kitto leads an Oral History for Writers. Wendy’s Subway, 3 p.m., $100. Barbara Browning, Eloisa Amezcua, Jenn Baker, Camonghne Felix, Ariel Francisco, Gabe Habash, and Jess Rizkallah join the Dead Rabbits reading series. DTUT, 8 p.m., free. Monday 8/14: Amelia Gray, Lindsay Hunter, Samantha Hunt, Jac Jemc, and Sarah Rose Etter join […]
...moreJac Jemc discusses The Grip of It, revision, and returning to the theme of trustworthiness again and again.
...moreSunday 12/11: As always, the Uptown Poetry Slam is going down at The Green Mill. Open mic starts at 7 p.m. followed by the slam itself. $7, 21+. Tuesday 12/13: Kimberly Drew, author of the popular blog Black Contemporary Art, joins artist and scholar Rashayla Marie Brown for a conversation about photography and bearing witness […]
...moreCan’t get enough Leslie Jamison? The Chicago Humanities Festival video of her October 20 talk with Jac Jemc is available here. They cover a lot of ground in this hourlong Q &A, including a much more involved exploration of “wounded women” and the problem of trying to distinguish between “actual” pain and “performed” pain. But I […]
...moreSaturday 10/25: Natalie Harnett, Anthony Breznican, Helen Wan, and Nicole Kear are the latest Sackett Street Writers. BookCourt, 7 p.m., free. Erica Lewis, Betsy Andrews, Claire Caldwell, and A. H. Jerriod Avant read poetry. Berl’s Poetry Shop, 7 p.m., free. Sunday 10/26: Dania Rajendra, Ann Neumannhas, and Nathan Schneider read assorted works. Unnameable books, 6 […]
...moreI have long been more comfortable with questions than answers. I like a storyline that is left open as opposed to one that ties up neatly.
...moreFriday 9/5: David Tabak, author of the short story collection Lather Rinse Repeat, presents a reading of two short stories at City Lit Books. 6:30 p.m. The Naked Girls Reading is back this month to entertain on the theme “Back to School.” Come to the Everleigh Social Club to be stimulated intellectually. 7 p.m. Saturday […]
...moreFirst, the Picasso Blues. This weekend’s reviews included a revealing summary of Bonnie Zobell’s book, What Happened Here, by Anna March, and Jac Jemc’s collection, A Different Bed Every Time. In the former, Zobell employs a cast of characters from the North Park area of San Diego to give us a “tremendously well-written take on […]
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