Tonight! The first installment of Absinthe and Zygote, a rhizomatic reading series featuring four poets, a house party, and a lot of absinthe.
Tonight! Patrick Somerville and Natalie Bakopoulos at Women and Children First.
Saturday! Brian Wood signs The Massive at Challengers Comics + Conversation.
Sunday! Round robin open mic at the Beach Poets series in Rogers Park.
Sunday! Here's the Story presents another night of unscripted, embodied storytelling; practiced under porch-lights and on street corners and by fire-sides, by people who have a truth to tell.
Happy holiday weekend!!
— Claire Glass
The Chicago Office of Tourism and Culture, former home to Chicago Publishes, a non-profit housed under the City department, is closing as of today, June 29 (In the interest of full disclosure, I was co-web editor of Chicagopubishes.com). What will come of this shift remains to be seen, but what is certain is that coverage of the literary and publishing community is as critical a matter as ever before. Participants in this one of the many vibrant arts communities in Chicago know that ferver won't wane and the readings, live lit shows, and release parties will still go on, just as local publishers will continue to crank out the great works of our neighbors.
Check out the post announcing the hiatus here, which includes numerous alternative sources for literary news. Book Club is quite interested to see how the City's connection to literary Chicago develops, and of course, to continue to be a part of your connection.
— Claire Glass
Events Fri Jun 29 2012
Next week the Two Cookie Minimum reading series teams up with the Toucan Literary Magazine to present Toucan Cookie Minimum. This night of reading will promote the Toucan's July release.
Featured readers include: Greg Baldino, T.W. Townsend, and Nikki Dolson. With music by Kat Kidwell. Plus the magazine's editrices Liz Baulder and Laura Rynberg will read pieces from previous issues. Hosted by Johnny Misfit.
Stop by on July 3 at the Hungry Brain located at 2319 W. Belmont Ave. at 9pm. You have the next day off work, so come on out for a great night of local literary fare, and as the reading series name suggests, there will be cookies.
— John Wawrzaszek
Events Wed Jun 27 2012
This Friday, in case you missed him at the Book Cellar on Tuesday, Patrick Somerville reads from This Bright River at Women and Children First. It's a joint appearance with Natalie Bakopoulos, reading from The Green Shore, the tale of a family set during the 1967 Greek coup d'etat. Women and Children First, 5233 N. Clark St., Friday, June 29 at 7:30pm.
— Rebecca Hyland
Joe Meno is back with another helping of fiction with his newest book, Office Girl. Meno, a Chicago-based author and teacher who has penned works likeHairstyles of the Damned and The Great Perhaps, will be holding a book release this Thursday, June 28. The event is sponsored by Anobium magazine and the Handshake magazine. Meno set aside time to answer some questions ranging from being a teacher to the manner of his promotion of Office Girl.
What was different for you, be it in your process, writing, or editing with this new book compared to any previous work?
Over the last decade or so, I've begun to think about what you can do in a novel that you can't do in other narrative forms. The most obvious answer is scale--novels can be more complex, more ambitious, with more characters, covering a greater length of narrative time, hundreds of years, in some cases. We've seen how the majority of contemporary literary novels exploit this idea, and how, over the course of the last 20 years, novels have become more about information--how the world works--than about characters. I wanted to write a book about the small, nearly imperceptible moments of drama in a character's life, which is something most films, television shows or stage plays usually don't try to relate, a book focused on two characters and their relationships over the course of a few weeks. The novel also employs drawings and photographs to help capture the intimate tone of the book, as drawings and photographs are usually concerned with those small, singular moments. In the end, the book resembles something like mid-Sixties Jean Luc Godard movie, which was the exact aesthetic we were trying to create.
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— John Wawrzaszek
News Mon Jun 25 2012
This year's Pitchfork Music Festival gets literary with its first Book Fort. This area will allow attendees to peruse stacks of books from such vendors as McSweeney's, Drag City Books, Write Bloody and Poetry Magazine.
Chicago publishing company Featherproof books, is sponsoring programming, which includes panel discussions and readings.
The Book Fort will be up and running for the duration of the festival weekend, July 13-15 at Union Park.
— John Wawrzaszek
Tonight! St. Sukie de la Croix reads from Chicago Whispers: A History of LGBT Chicago Before Stonewall at Women and Children First.
Tonight! Talk by author Ruben Molina (Chicano Soul: Recordings & History Of An American Culture) at the National Museum of Mexican Art.
Tonight! All The Writers I Know queer literary showcase at Quimby's.
Tonight! Jennifer Close (Girls in White Dresses) and Jennifer Miller (The Year of the Gadfly) at the Book Cellar.
Saturday! Tamale Hut Cafe Reading Series featuring Brendan Detzner.
Saturday! Neutron Bomb punk rock reading at Cal's.
Sunday! Sunday Salon Chicago featuring Robert Duffer, Roger Reeves, Janna Sobel, and Xu Xi at Black Rock Pub.
All weekend! Half price sale at Open Books.
— Claire Glass
Events Thu Jun 21 2012
With such titles as "Scarface," "Some Like it Hot," Wuthering Heights," and "A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago," on his resume Ben Hecht is one big name. And he, like many other similarly prestigious men and women of the pen, spent much of his early career writing right here in Chicago. Ben Hecht's House Party, set to take place next week, on June 27 at 7pm, in the writer's former Hyde Park home at 5210 S. Kenwood Ave., is no doubt one of the more unique events you'll have an opportunity to attend in the foreseeable future. And perhaps the last opportunity of its kind as the house is about to return to private residence status.
The evening is presented by the professional historical reenactment group Pocket Guide to Hell, spearheaded by local historian Paul Durica, and the Op Shop. This literary salon will seem as though it's been plucked from the 1920s. From its guest list, which includes Carl Sandburg, Vachel Lindsay, and Margaret Anderson, portrayed by the likes of David Durstewitz, JC Gabel, Caroline Picard, Kathleen Rooney, and Martin Seay, to period style music performed live by Aaron Cohen (editor of Downbeat) and Curtis Meyers, it's certain to conjure the vibe of the era that inspired Hecht. Northwestern University' Bill Savage will offer a bit of insight on Hecht and the Chicago literary world of the 1920s in a brief lecture, which you can enjoy alongside period appropriate refreshments provided by Tara Lane, the chef at Hull House, formerly of Blackbird and Avec.
There will also opportunity for guests to participate in setting what promises to be a truly transporting scene. A Bohemian Costume Contest with prizes courtesy of Poetry, The Chicagoan, The Chicago Literary Hall of Fame, and Chicago Publishes will award the evening's most roaring attire.
RSVP to pocketguidetohell@gmail.com by Monday, June 25. Cost is $20 for adults and $10 for students.
— Claire Glass
We hope to see all of you at the release party for Patrick Somerville's new book, This Bright River, on Tuesday, June 26, at 7pm at the Book Cellar Bookstore. The book has been lauded by critics already, including Kirkus, and Oprah herself...okay, maybe not Oprah per se, but O Magazine had some lovely things to say about the book. And really, the book is a lovely, touching, and addictive collection of life's riddles -- the kinds many of us humans have percolating on some mental back burner everyday, making life at once heart wrenching and significantly more interesting.
For a bit more about the book, and for a sense of Somerville's voice, read this interview conducted with the author by Gina Frangello for The Rumpus.
— Claire Glass
Events Thu Jun 21 2012
Neutron Bomb features a reading series under a punk rock backdrop, as writers read punk themed writing while a band plays in the background. This show will feature writers Alice Bag, L.B., Natalie Edwards, and Cyn Vargas, with music by the Calendar Boys.
Rock it out this Saturday, June 23 at 7pm at Cal's, 400 S. Wells St. This show is 21+ and free admission.
— Julie Zarlenga
Events Thu Jun 21 2012
Just in time for Pride weekened, St. Sukie de la Croix reads from Chicago Whispers: A History of LGBT Chicago Before Stonewall at Women and Children First this Friday. Kathie Bergquist, editor of Windy City Queer: LGBTQ Dispatches from the Third Coast, calls it "a groundbreaking book. Chicago Whispers connects LGBT life in Chicago to national historical events and firmly places the city in the social/historical spectrum of gay life in America before Stonewall." Women and Children First, 5233 N. Clark St., Friday, June 22 at 7:30pm.
— Rebecca Hyland
Events Tue Jun 19 2012
Cool off with some spine-tingling horror this Thursday at the Gumbo Fiction Salon. Featured readers are Martin Mundt and Lawrence Santoro. Mundt is the author of Reanimated Americans and The Crawling Abattoir. Santoro has received multiple Bram Stoker award nominations and has a new short story collection out called Drink For The Thirst To Come. Galway Arms Irish Pub, 2442 N. Clark, Thursday, June 21. Doors open at 7pm and readings begin at 7:30pm. Discounted parking is available at the Children's Memorial Hospital, 2515 N. Clark St. Bring your parking stub to the bar, get a matching stub, feed both to the machine as you exit the lot to claim the discount.
— Rebecca Hyland
Events Tue Jun 19 2012
The Open Books Store is quite the unique establishment, funding youth literacy programs through the sales of donated books. This weekend the store is ushering in droves of bargain hunting book buyers with the entire store's inventory on sale for half price. From 10am until 7pm on June 23 and 24, most books can be yours for just a couple of bucks.
Visit The Open Books Store, located at 213 W. Institute Pl.
— Claire Glass
Events Mon Jun 18 2012
This Thursday, June 21, join hometown girl Lauryn Allison Lewis as she celebrates the release of her first book, Solo/Down. The book a "apocalyptic hyper-modern fairytale" is being published by the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography. Following with the rest of the CCLaP Hypermodern editions, the book will be hand made with a hardback cover. Signed copies will be available. Stop by Cole's Bar, 2338 N. Milwaukee Ave., at 7pm for a reading and drinks.
— John Wawrzaszek
Tonight! Audrey Niffeneger in discussion with Richard Harris about his "Morbid Curiosity" exhibit at the Chicago Cultural Center.
Tonight! Fred Afflerbach reads from Roll On: A Trucker's Life on the Road at the Book Cellar.
Tonight! The Dollhouse Reading Series featuring David Trinidad, Suzanne Buffam, Anne Shaw, Nora Hickey, and Jessica Dyer.
Tonight! Kevin Huizenga and Dan Zettwoch at Quimby's, part of CAKE weekend.
Tonight! Naked Girls Reading covers culinary tales with "Hot Dishes."
Saturday! Mike McPadden reads from If You Like Metallica at Salon Tress.
Saturday! Patrick Somerville reads from This Bright River at Open Books (also be sure to check out his Gapers Block event June 26).
Saturday! Bloomsday Celebration: Rattlin' of the Joists, a celebration of all things James Joyce at the Irish American Heritage Center.
Sunday! 100 Years of Studs Terkel film and video festival
at the Claudia Cassidy Theater. Free.
Saturday and Sunday! CAKE Chicago Alternative Comics Expo
at Columbia College.
— Claire Glass
Author Wed Jun 13 2012
This week marks the first ever Chicago Alternative Comics Expo (for more fun, we'll refer to it as CAKE). This is the second installment of A Slice of CAKE, a two-part series spotlighting a local artist participating in the festival. For more insider perspectives attend the festival and enter the world of comics through panels, discussions and exhibiting artists including local, national and Canadian self publishers, professionals and educators.
In this interview, we welcome Jeffrey Brown, minicomics expert and Chicago mainstay. His works include autobiographical novels like Clumsy (2002) and Little Things (2008), published by Top Shelf Productions. Brown teaches once a semester at his alma matter, the School of the Art Institute. He lives in Chicago with his wife and son (a likely inspiration for his newest work, Darth Vader and Son).
As part of CAKE's programming on June 17, Brown will be leading a workshop in which he'll draw a mini comic in one hour. His new work Darth Vader and Son will be available at his expo table. I had a chance to talk with Brown about his impressions on the growth of the Chicago comics community, his thoughts on being part of festivals, and any advice he can impart on young artists.
Your presentation at CAKE, Jeffrey Brown Draws a Mini Comic, will reprise a workshop you did at Chicago Zine Fest in 2011. What do these workshops do to help build a relationship with your fans?
I had a lot of fun doing the workshop at Zine fest, it's a challenge. What's really great is being able to talk to the audience on a very casual level, show them part of my process firsthand, and let them become part of that process. I think because the situation is less formal and organized--I have everyone surround me and sit/stand wherever--people open up a little differently, ask questions they might not otherwise. It feels less like a "talk" and more like hanging out.
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— John Wawrzaszek
Events Tue Jun 12 2012
Registration is now open for the Chicago Writers Conference, to be held Sept. 14-16 at the Tribune Tower, 435 N. Michigan Ave. A limited number of tickets are available at the early bird rate of $175; once those are gone, the price is $200 for three days of workshops, talks and panels on the topic of writing -- as well as special editions of two reading series, Tuesday Funk and Essay Fiesta.
The Chicago Writers Conference's aim is to help aspiring writers learn how to sell and promote their work. The keynote speaker at the conference will be Alexander Hemon, author and MacArthur "Genius Grant" recipient. More than a dozen other speakers include authors, publishers, agents and literary event producers. (Disclosure: I'm speaking at the conference, as is Gapers Block contributor Cinnamon Cooper.)
— Andrew Huff
Events Tue Jun 12 2012
This weekend I periled the outrageously hot weather to walk the booths at the Chicago Tribune's annual Printers Row Lit Fest. The city's most recognizable literary celebration brought together all walks of the lit community including publishers, authors, and organizations. I walked off the Red Line, snagged a free sample of hummus, and was on my way to peruse what the fest had to offer. Right off the Harrison entrance, I heard a reading already in progress at the Mystery Writers of America tent. I made my way through the crowd, stopping at the Small Press Tent where local presses such as MAKE Magazine and Grow Books Press.
Alyson Beaton, the creative force behind Grow Books, had Grow's line of activity books for children on display, including a street graffiti art book and mini house kits. I walked around the tent, finally purchasing that issue of the Chicagoan (the new endeavor by JC Gabel of Stop Smiling) I'd been meaning to snag, before heading toward Grace Place to hear author Richard Russo and his daughter Kate Russo, discuss their collaborative work, Interventions.
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— John Wawrzaszek /
Book Club is thrilled to present the release of Patrick Somerville's new book, This Bright River, at the Book Cellar Bookstore, 4736-38 N. Lincoln Ave., at 7pm on June 26. The celebration will include a reading plus a moderated question and answer period with the author.
Somerville's first novel, The Cradle, was a Barnes & Noble Discover Selection for summer 2009, and was nominated for the First Novel Prize at the Center for Fiction. He is also author of a short story collection from Featherproof Books, The Universe in Miniature in Miniature out in 2010.
This Bright River takes place in Wisconsin, Somerville's home state, where his characters' lives intersect and become intertwined. In both The Cradle and The Universe, lives are woven together by the subtleties of insecurities in common as well as through running themes. Those connections are at once impressive from a technical point of view and believable as true to life despite slight stretches from realism.
Keep your eye out for opportunities to get your own copy of the book before the release!
— Claire Glass
Events Mon Jun 11 2012
So another Printers Row Lit Fest has come and gone. Needing to watch my pocketbook, I kept browsing to a minimum. I saw the Poetry Foundation tent, the McSweeney's tent, a fellow singing French tunes, a puppet show and things that didn't seem to have much to do with books (Stanley Steemer? An ABBA musical?). It was a sweltering weekend; I split a cookie with a friend and it was so melty the chocolate got everywhere and I felt like Frankenstein caught while attacking a sheep. Luckily the panels I penciled in to attend were indoors and air conditioned.
The first was the "Changes in Reading and Writing" panel presented by WBEZ in the Fountain Room at the University of Chicago.
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— Rebecca Hyland
The Chicago Literary Alliance in partnership with Chicago Publishes of the Department of Cultural Affairs is inviting all of you bookish Chicagoans to air your thoughts and concerns at a meeting on Wednesday, June 13 at Powell's Bookstore. From 6-7:30pm the future of publishing and literary programming in Chicago--quite the crucial question if you ask us at Book Club--will be on the table for discussion. The gathering is set to take place at the UIC neighborhood shop located at 1218 S. Halsted St. RSVP for the event at info@chicagopublishes.com.
Be there or be square!
— Claire Glass
Tonight! Literary journal I Am Logan Square presents an exhibit of artwork inspired by Borges' Book of Imaginary Beings.
Tonight! Reginald Dwayne Betts at the Poetry Foundation.
Tonight! Richard and Kate Russo at Women and Children First.
Tonight! Michael Robbins reads from his poetry collection, Alien vs. Predator, at 57th Street Books.
Tonight! Applied Words reading series presents "Gil Scott Heron: Passages, Interludes, Subtext N' Understandin'" at
Experimental Station.
Saturday! Julie Sekmistrz presents her new kids' book, Sam the Shoe, at Barnes and Noble, DePaul Center.
All weekend! Printers Row Lit Fest.
Sunday! P. Fanatics reading series asks, "Why Would Anyone Want to go to a reading?" Find out at Cole's bar.
— Claire Glass
Author Thu Jun 07 2012
The Book Cellar's affinity for bringing great things together under the same roof to build a unique experience out of them extends beyond things (books, wine) to people (writers, readers). On Local Author Night, Chicago-based writers come to share their work and add to the mix of enjoyment. This month's guests include AGS Johnson, author of The Sausage Maker's Daugher. Wednesday, June 20 at 7pm at the Book Cellar, 4736 N. Lincoln Ave. Free; books for sale.
— Emily Thornton
News Thu Jun 07 2012
Newcity's annual Lit 50, a list of the most influential players in Chicago's literary community, is out today. This year, the focus is on writers and designers. Check it out to see who really books in Chicago.
— John Wawrzaszek
Events Thu Jun 07 2012
Tomorrow night Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Russo (Empire Falls, Bridge of Sighs) presents Interventions, a collaboration with his artist daughter Kate Russo. Interventions is a set of four novellas in one volume, tales of obsession and intervention, each accompanied by an original painting by the younger Russo. Published not by Random House (his usual publisher) but by Down East Books, a small Maine publisher, the elder Russo tells USA Today it's "an experiment in local publishing." A celebration of the tactile experience of reading, no e-book will be released. Women and Children First, 5233 N. Clark St., Friday, June 8 at 7pm.
— Rebecca Hyland
Events Wed Jun 06 2012
Poet and NAACP Image award winner Reginald Dwayne Betts will be reading from his memoir A Question of Freedom: A Memoir of Learning, Survival, and Coming of Age in Prison, as well as his book of poetry Shahid Reads His Own Palm. The Poetry Foundation will also be conducting a Q&A session with Betts and will be giving free copies of their June issue of Poetry magazine.
See Reginald Dwayne Betts on Friday, June 8 @ 6pm at Poetry Foundation, 61 W. Superior St. This event is free.
— Julie Zarlenga
This month marks the inaugural celebration of CAKE, the Chicago Alternative Comics Expo. It will be a weekend full of chances to enjoy the world of comics through panels, discussions and, of course, the expo component. The range of guests includes self publishers, professionals and educators. This column, A Slice of CAKE, will come in two parts, both spotlighting a different artist who will be exhibiting at the expo.
First up is comics artist Marian Runk, a Texas-raised Midwest transplant who has taken up residency in Chicago for over a decade now. Runk is settling in, bird watching, working in the public health field, and emerging as a name in the comics community.
As part of CAKE, Runk will be sitting on one of the many June 16 panels, discussing the topic of Women and Graphic Autobiography. She will also debut her new comic, The Magic Hedge #2, at the tabling portion of the expo. I had a chance to chat with her about her process, her new issue, and her passion for her work.
Your work draws on personal experience, focusing on simplification and reduction, which help to connect with the reader. How did you come to use this process?
I think both memoir and comics are great vehicles for introducing readers to characters and topics they don't always think they want to meet. My first year of grad school, I made a life-sized comics panel that expressed anger at my mom's unwillingness to talk to me about my queer "lifestyle." Among other things, there was a painting of a lesbian orgy hung up on the wall, some text coming out of a telephone that said "deal with me," and a comfy chair. One of my (straight male) classmates said "I sat in the chair and thought about all the things my family disapproves of in my life." That really illustrates why I make autobiographical comics -- to connect with people at a personal and emotional level. Humor is that other huge thing that can disarm your reader and allow this to happen. Laughing with someone allows you to share their experience for a moment.
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— John Wawrzaszek
News Wed Jun 06 2012
Ray Bradbury, author of The Martian Chronicles, Fahrenheit 451, and Something Wicked This Way Comes, died this morning in Los Angeles, at the age of 91. Read more here.
— Rebecca Hyland
I am Logan Square is debuting a new exhibit this Friday, June 8, with literary roots. The show, Inspired by the Book of Imaginary Beings by Jorge Luis Borges, features the work of seven artists taking inspiration from the creatures depicted and described in the 1957 publication. The book is a compilation of 120 "strange creatures conceived down through history by the human imagination." The work, meant to be consumed piece meal rather than in one sitting, is ripe for the visual reinterpretation taken on by this group of local crafts people.
Artists include Isak Applin, Carl Baratta, Inga Comer-Keene, Shannon Lunkes-Goldman, Sheryl Orlove, Neal Retke, and Peter Reynoso. Beverages and food will be provided by Revolution Brewery and Paper Moon Bakery respectively.
I Am Logan Square Gallery, located at 2644 N. Milwaukee Ave., will present the work from 6-8:30pm on Friday, June 8.
— Claire Glass
ChicagoPublishes promotes Chicago's publishing scene with articles and events, has a relatively new and profoundly exciting regular feature that might be coming to a neighborhood near you. The From the Neighborhoods section spotlights a different Chicago neighborhood on most weeks, and tends to focus on those less obvious literary destinations as much as possible. The features offer as much about the literary scene in a given neighborhood as possible, and often offer bits of history fascinating local history.
Neighborhoods already covered include Albany Park, Chatham, Oak Park, and a literary look at Chicago's Cemeteries. If you feel there's a dearth of activity in your community, look out for a segment on your turf; it might bring some surprises to light. If you're familiar with little known or under celebrated literary haunts around the corner, the writers at ChicagoPublishes happily accept suggestions. Just email the staff at info@chicagopublishes.com.
— Claire Glass
Events Tue Jun 05 2012
The always fun, always unpredictable series Reading Under the Influence is back this Wednesday, June 6, with an appropriate theme for a Wrigleyville area bar: "Pain (The Baseball Edition)." Join readers Ben Tanzer (This Zine Will Change Your Life), April Newman, writer-zinestress Liz Baudler (The Toucan magazine) and Windy City Story Slam All-City Champion Alex Bonner.
For those new to RUI, the format is split with an intermission. Each reader performs twice, first sharing their work then reading published work followed by trivia (a crowd favorite). Oh, and readers take shots before they read (hence the name). Nothing like this series exists in Chicago so check it out.
RUI is always in the back room of Sheffield's, 3258 N. Sheffield Ave., 7pm, $3.
— John Wawrzaszek
Events Mon Jun 04 2012
What's a better partner to cookies than cake? Two Cookie Minimum reading series will hold a fund raiser on Tuesday, June 5, for the first ever Chicago Alternative Comics Expo, dedicated to independent comic artists and publications. The reading features a cast of visual artists including; Corinne Mucha, Sara Drake, Ezra Claytan Daniels, Leslie Perrine and Marian Runk with host, Johnny Misfit.
Expect cookies, as per usual (and hopefully cake). The reading is on the first Tuesday of each month at the Hungry Brain, 2319 W. Belmont Ave., 9pm. All donations accepted will go to support CAKE.
— John Wawrzaszek
Tonight! The Interview Show at the Hideout featuring Matt Baron, Rich Cohen, Tony Fitzpatrick Michael Hornick and STV SLV of the Hood Internet.
Tonight! Shanny Jean Maney reads from her poetry collection I Love Science! at the Book Cellar.
Tonight! "Superheroes: Hollywood's Rewriting of History" panel discussion with local comics at Victory Gardens Theater.
Tonight Jeanne Cordova (When We Were Outlaws), in a conversation with journalist Achy Obejas at Women and Children First.
Saturday! 100 Years of Studs Terkel at the Chicago History Museum.
Saturday! Jeff Shaara (A Blaze of Glory: A Novel of the Battle of Shilo) and Timothy B. Smith (Corinth 1862: Siege, Battle, Occupation) at Abraham Lincoln Book Shop.
Saturday! Jack Frederickson (Hunting Sweetie Rose) and John McEvoy (Photo Finish) at Centuries & Sleuths Bookstore.
Sunday! Here's the Story yummy potluck and reading at Stage 773 with featured readers including Megan Stielstra and Scott Whitehair.
Sunday! The Chicago Way featuring e Eckhartz Press novelists Randy Richardson, Kim Strickland, Rick Kaempfer and Brendan Sullivan at the Hidden Shamrock.
— Claire Glass
