NYC | June 16, 2013
If the arrival of summer isn’t enough reason to celebrate, we’ll add one more and it’s something special: Sunday Salon is turning 11! Yup. So we’re throwing a big party in a House upon the Dirt at Still Points North AND guess who’s coming? John Wayne and Bridget Davis and some Viking Kings and You are One of Them! (Confused? Please keep reading.) In other words, we’re gonna toast to another exciting year of literary love and community with four extraordinary writers and a truly talented musical guest. Come and raise a glass with us, dear reader/ Salon supporter! At Jimmys no. 43. 7pm.
Matt Bell’s first collection of stories, …
Chicago | May 19, 2013
Another great lineup of writers brought to Sunday Salon by Gina Frangello of Other Voices Books and The Nervous Breakdown. Featured writers include Rus Bradburd, Sarah Gerkensmeyer, Emily Rapp, and Rob Roberge. Sunday, May 19 at 7 P.M. Black Rock, 3614 N. Damen in Chicago. See you there!
NYC | May 19, 2013
Yes, we love all kinds of literature, but we appreciate fine mathematics too. Try this equation: four stellar writers + their bold, beautiful books = ? (Answer: a great reading at this month’s Salon! Of course.) Join us! Jimmys no. 43. At 7pm.
Joshua Henkin is the author of the novels Matrimony, a New York Times Notable 
Book, and Swimming Across the Hudson, a Los Angeles Times Notable Book. His new novel, The World Without, is recently out in paperback from Vintage Books. It has been named an Editors’ Choice Book by The New York Times and The Chicago Tribune …
Chicago | April 28, 2013
Spring is finally here, so it seemed right to celebrate and feature five writers this month rather than the usual four.
From the masterful short stories of Daniel Libman, Patricia Ann McNair and Molly McNett, to Samantha Hoffman’s bittersweet novel of middle-age love, to Croatian writer Robert Perisic’s powerful narrative about a Zagreb that is just on this side of anarchy, there will be something for everyone to discover, enjoy, be moved by. 7 p.m., Black Rock, 3614 N. Damen. We look forward to seeing you there!
NYC | April 21, 2013
Hello, Spring. You’re just in time for the party. We’re celebrating all of your April showers and blooming flowers with… poetry! That’s right. In honor of you and for the love of poetry (this month and always), six remarkable poets will grace the stage to share their verse at Jimmys no. 43. At 7pm. We can’t wait!
Born to a Mexican mother and Jewish father, Rosebud Ben-Oni is a 2013 CantoMundo Fellow. A Leopold Schepp Scholar at New York University, she won the Seth Barkas Prize for Best Short Story and The Thomas Wolfe/Phi Beta Kappa Prize for Best Poetry Collection. …
NYC | March 17, 2013
Sunday Salon is thrilled to be hosting the fourth annual Bread Loaf Writers From the Dark Tower Reading on March 17th. Thanks to Ru Freeman, author of On Sal Mal Lane and the MC for the evening, this special event will feature talented writers of color, who’ve all had the honor of connecting and cultivating their work at past Bread Loaf Writers’ Conferences, and shared their illuminations on race and identity on the Salon stage. This year’s line up of five talented, award-winning writers and a marvelous musical guest is guaranteed to bring the house down.
Michael Copperman’s fiction and nonfiction have appeared in The Sun, The Oxford-American, Creative Nonfiction, Gulf …
Chicago | March 24, 2013
Our March reading event features four of our favorite writers from StoryStudio Chicago; Rebecca Makkai, Steve Trumpeter, Shannon Heffernan, and Dana Norris. We’re extremely excited that they will be our March feature, presenting a new slate of their instructors and students. 7 p.m., Black Rock, 3614 N. Damen. See you there!
NYC | February 17, 2013
It’s your lucky month. Between Valentine’s Day and the Oscars, February’s Sunday Salon will keep you feeling golden. Join us for a spectacular midwinter reading with four dandy writers. At Jimmysno43. 7pm.
Kate Hill Cantrill’s writing has appeared in various literary publications, including Story Quarterly, Salt Hill, The Believer, Blackbird, QuickFiction, Mississippi Review, Smokelong Quarterly, Swink, Wigleaf and others. She has been awarded fellowships from the Corporation of Yaddo, the Jentel Artists Residency, the Virginia Center for Creative Arts, and the James A. Michener Fund. She has taught fiction writing at The University of the Arts, The University of Texas, and …
Chicago | January 27, 2013
For our first salon of 2013, we’ll be celebrating locally based literary magazine Fifth Wednesday Journal. Readers on deck are John Kersey, James McManus, Cecilia Pinto and Suzanne Scanlon. Eileen Favorite, who guest-edited the current issue, will host. Also, please note that we’re starting earlier: 7 p.m. instead of 8. Still at Black Rock, 3614 N. Damen. See you there.
NYC | January 20, 2013: A Page Turner New Year!
Happy 2013! We’re grateful and thrilled to return to a new year of literary and musical bounty. This month, super talented writers from NYC, Boston, & Providence and a lovely songstress from Memphis/Brooklyn commune at Jimmys No. 43 to wow our socks off. Come toast to great books and a wonderful new year with us! 7pm.
Alex Gilvarry is the author of the novel From the Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant, a New York Times Book Review “Editor’s Choice” selection, published by Viking in 2012. He has written for Vogue, The Paris Review Daily, and his essays have been broadcast …
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