Chicago | January 29, 2012
We open 2012 with great readers and a new venue. Join us as we welcome 2011 Nelson Algren Prize winner Billy Lombardo (The Man with Two Arms); Chicago journalist, fiction writer and poet Marco Buscaglia and DePaul and Northwestern professor Christine Sneed (Portraits of a Few of the People I’ve Made Cry). We’ll pass the hat for our featured organization: Polyphony H.S., an international student-run literary magazine for high school writers co-founded by Billy, and feature Haiyun Cho and Rachel Stone, two contributors to the magazine. Join us at 7 p.m., January 29, Black Rock, 3614 N. Damen.
Chicago | Nov. 28, 2011
We’re back to Monday this month, for an evening with writers and instructors from StoryStudio Chicago. Join us as we hear from M. Molly Backes, Jennifer Ann Coffeen, Kate Harding and Scott Onak. 6:30 p.m. at Katerina’s, 1920 W. Irving Park Rd.
Chicago | Oct. 30, 2011
We’re back on Sunday, this month at least. Join us and The Nervous Breakdown for another Nervous Breakdown Literary Experience, this time featuring Joshua Mohr, Susan Solomon, Richard Thomas and Kate Zambreno. Our featured organization for the evening is The Read/Write Library, formerly Chicago Underground Library. 8 p.m. at Katerina’s, 1920 W. Irving Park Rd.
Chicago | September 26, 2011: Brigid Pasulka and Contributors to THE2NDHAND
Yes, we know that’s a Monday. But we’re in the Midwest, where the Big Ten has 12 teams and the Big 12 has 10. Anyway, join us as we feature writers from All Hands on: THE2NDHAND After 10, with Heather Palmer, Lauren Pretnar and Mike Zapata. And to celebrate back-to-school month, we’ll also hear from Whitney Young teacher and novelist Brigid Pasulka. Katerina’s, 1920 W. Irving Park Rd., 7:30 p.m.
Chicago | Aug. 28, 2011
Join Sunday Salon Chicago and our guest curator, Gina Frangello of The Nervous Breakdown, as we present The Nervous Breakdown Literary Experience: Chicago, featuring Cris Mazza, UIC professor and author of 16 books, most recently Various Men Who Knew Us as Girls; Alex Shakar, instructor at University of Illinois-Champaign-Urbana and author of The Savage Girl, City in Love and the forthcoming Luminarium; Marisel Vera, author of If I Bring You Roses and Lenore Zion, celebrating her debut collection My Dead Pets Are Interesting. We’ll also pass the hat for our featured organization this month: the Chicago Underground Library. 8 p.m. at Katerina’s, 1920 W. Irving …
Chicago|July 31, 2011
EILEEN FAVORITE’s debut novel, The Heroines, was selected as a Best Debut Novel of 2008 by The Rocky Mountain News and has been translated into Italian, Finnish, Korean and Russian. The audio version of The Heroines was nominated forthe American Library Association’s Best Recordings of 2008. Her poetry and prose have been twice nominated for a Pushcart Prize and have appeared in many publications, including TriQuarterly, the Chicago Reader, Conscious Choice and Poetry East. She is the two-time recipient of individual artist fellowships from the Illinois Arts Council. She holds an MFA from the School of the Art Institute (SAIC) and currently teaches writing at SAIC and at the Graham …
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Sunday Salon Chicago is back! Join us at 8 p.m. Sunday, July 31 at Uncommon Ground on Devon. We’ll hear from Eileen Favorite, Jesus Angel Garcia, Alyson Lyon and Robert Rodi, and pass the hat for the Neighborhood Writing Alliance.
Chicago | October 26, 2008
You won’t want to miss our last reading of the year. An amazing line up of talented writers sure to bring cheer to even the most disappointed Cubs fan.
Jane Hertenstein lives in Chicago in the Uptown neighborhood and has been involved in community building for the past twenty-five years. Jane has published three books: A young adult novel titled Beyond Paradise; Home is Where We Live, a picture book about life at a homeless shelter as seen through the eyes of a young girl; and Orphan Girl, the story of a bag lady Jane met at the shelter. Orphan Girl was highly praised in the Chicago Tribune Sunday Book Section …
Chicago | June 29, 2008
Join us for a delightful evening of reading from Storystudio Students featuring the following Chicago writers:
Philip Stone is a Chicago musician and writer. He currently plays drums for the nationally touring rock band, Sanawon. His short fiction has appeared in the anthology Life Sentences (Wipf and Stock, 2007) and Montage Magazine. Philip was a Splendid Magazine music critic for several years, but stopped once the threatening hate mail mentioned his family members by name. After a two year hiatus and strong encouragement from his therapist, Philip is writing again. Philip has a day job.
Steven Sacks: Since returning to Chicago from Ecuador, where he lived for …
Chicago | May 25, 2008
In Celebration of Pilcrow Lit Festival, Sunday Salon Chicago Presents: Local Literary Magazines: A Fiction Editors’ Reading!
Join us this Memorial Day Weekend on the last day of the festival, SUNDAY, MAY 25th @ The Charleston Bar (2076 N. Hoyne) 7:30pm
Come check out these local literary magazines, pick up an issue, and hear the editors read their own work.
FEATURING:
Chicago Review: Robert P. Baird is the editor of Chicago Review and a doctoral candidate at the University of Chicago. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Slate, Bookforum, and Chicago Magazine.
Make Magazine: Mike Zapata is a writer and educator living in Chicago. He is co-founder, co-publisher, and fiction editor for MAKE: …
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