Jamie Brickhouse discusses Dangerous When Wet: A Memoir of Booze, Sex, and My Mother, a memoir that chronicles his intimate, near-fatal journey through alcoholism, and living HIV positive.
Monday 5/12: Maggie Shipstead presents and signs Astonish Me. 7:00 p.m. at Book Soup. Michelle Huneven reads from Off Course, in conversation with Mona Simpson. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.…
Sunday 1/26: Swing by the Green Mill for the Uptown Poetry Slam. Open mic at 7 p.m., followed by featured poet Joel Chmara. Stick around for the poetry slam. 7 p.m.,…
Sunday 12/8: The Uptown Poetry Slam keeps up its weekly schedule. Stop in early for the open mic, and then stay late for the slam itself. 7 p.m., $6, The Green Mill. Monday…
Sunday 11/24: The Chicago Book Expo is taking over St. Augustine College! Come spend the day listening to authors of all stripes (including Rumpus favorites Sam Irby, Dimitry Samarov, Martha…
Monday 10/28: The “On Arts” series, benefiting the 826 Valencia Scholarship Program, presents British author Zadie Smith in conversation with Steve Winn. $27, 7:30pm at Nourse Theater. Tuesday 10/29: The…
Sunday 10/27: Every week, you’re invited to join poets and spectators alike for the Uptown Poetry Slam. This is where slam poetry began and where it continues to grow. 7…
Peabody Award-winning producer and director Lea Thau came to New York City from her native Denmark in 1996 to pursue graduate studies in comparative literature.
While many readers are familiar with the melancholy persona he’s adopted—and despite having written a new novel about a life falling apart—author Dan Kennedy is finally ready to admit something to the lit crowd, here and now: he loves mainstream American comedy...
“Each time I listen to a story told aloud, and feel that direct connection with the teller, I am reminded of what a story, well told, can do.” Nathan Englander…