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Bookmarks Fri Jul 22 2011
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Weekend update: the following are all happening tonight, tomorrow, or Sunday. But first -- come to our event next Wednesday, a discussion with Wendy McClure, author of the Laura Ingalls Wilder odyssey The Wilder Life.
- Tonight: James F. Winter reads from his biography Baptism by Toilet Water. It's at the Borders in Oak Park/River Forest so it doubles as one of your last chances to visit a Borders.
- Tonight: Gapers Block contributor and bike activist John Greenfield reads from Bars Across America: Drinking and Biking From Coast To Coast at the Book Cellar. RSVP required by phone or at words [at] bookcellarinc [dot] com.
- Also tonight: Esmeralda Santiago reads from her new novel Conquistadora at Women and Children First.
- Tomorrow: Release party for Gene Booth's movie magazine Molten Rectangle and the zine Sensation at the Hideout.
- Tomorrow, festival style: Poems While You Wait at Wicker Park Fest.
- Still tomorrow: Jarkko Sipila reads fromHelsinki Homicide: Nothing But The Truth at Centuries and Sleuths
- Yes, tomorrow: Cassie J. Sneider reads from Fine Fine Music at Quimby's .
- Sunday: Boyd Morrison signs his new thriller The Vault at Centuries and Sleuths.
In non-weekend news:
- Printer's Ball approaches, and we'll be there! Check us out and pick up a free pencil and sticker. We'll be next to the Chicago Literary Alliance.
- Experience stories visually and aurally at Smart Readings.
- A book mosaic from the Chicago Cultural Center, which was once the city's original public library.