2009 Things To Do Off-Site
2009 Annual Conference & Bookfair
February 11-14, 2009
Chicago, Illinois
Hilton Chicago
This list may be modified frequently.
Last edited: February 6, 2009
Please note: We are not posting any more off-site events here, since we're either heading to the conference or at the conference right now! If you missed the Feb 6 deadline here, you can post your event on the forums any time here: AWP Writers' Circle Forum.
Conference attendees, please check both this page and the AWP Writers' Circle Forum for the most complete listing of off-site events.
Venue Notices
The Fiction Writing Department at Columbia College Chicago is providing venue space for individuals or groups from AWP Thursday through Saturday (Feb.12-14). Half-hour time slots are available for reservation with a limit of 3 concurrent slots.
To make a reservation, call the Fiction Writing Department office at 312.369.7611 or email fictionwriting@colum.edu. Please give a first and second option, and leave a phone number where you can be reached. One of our student workers, Aaron or Lex, will get back to you to confirm or work out an alternative time. Space will be given on a first-come, first-served basis. If you call after hours, leave a message on Secretary Nicole Chakalis's voicemail, and she will pass your request on to Aaron or Lex.
Friday 12 noon to 10 pm
Saturday 12 noon to 10 pm
The location: The Court in the Columbia College Chicago Plymouth Court Residence Hall, 731 South Plymouth Court, at the corner of Polk & Plymouth, 3 blocks west of the Hilton Chicago. The entrance is on Plymouth Court, and the venue is on the first floor to the right at the top of the stairs. If you want to order food or refreshments for your readers & guest, ask Aaron or Lex for suggestions. You will need to make arrangements for payment ahead of time if you want refreshments. The space and a microphone will be available free of charge.
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Literary Events
If the 500 exhibits of the Bookfair and the 300 events on the official schedule of the AWP Conference are not enough for you, you should consider a few of the off-site alternatives, listed below. Please note that your sobriety will be challenged at many of these venues. Post & find out about off-site events on our forums.
Tuesday, February 10th, 2009
| 8:00PM |
Plain View Press AWP Reading
Location: The Cafe, 5115 N. Lincoln Ave
Website: http://www.plainviewpress.net
Readers: Susan Bright, Kieth (KP) Liles, Greg Norton, Stella Radulescu, Yolanda Nieves, Wendy Brown-Baez, Sheela Free |
Wednesday, February 11th, 2009
| 6:00PM |
Chiasmus Press Reading and Party
Location: Barbara's Bookstore, 1218 South Halsted Street
A reading and wine party with Chiasmus authors Cris Mazza, Gina Frangello, Davis Schneiderman, Stephen Graham Jones, and Lily Hoang. |
| 6:00PM-9:00PM |
Chicago Six Pack
Location: Roosevelt University's Congress Lounge, 430 S Michigan Ave
Drunken Boat, A Public Space, Circumference, jubilat, Words without Borders and Action Books present POEMS of all temperatures and
volumes, from the pages and off the screen. A literary extravaganza co-sponsored by Powells North, Serendib Press and the Roosevelt University MFA Program. |
| 7:00PM-9:00PM |
Willis Barnstone, Charles Harper Webb, Khaled Mattawa, Sholeh Wolpe, and Tony Barnstone Read Poetry!
Location: The Book Stall at Chestnut Court, 811 Elm Street, Winnetka, IL
Willis Barnstone, Charles Harper Webb, Khaled Mattawa, Sholeh Wolpe, and Tony Barnstone will read poetry and sign books at the Book Stall in Winnetka during the Chicago AWP.
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| 7:00PM-10:00PM |
Reading Under the Influence--
RUI vs. AWP: Battle of the Acronyms
Location: Sheffield's (back room), 3258 N. Sheffield Ave.
Cost: $3 cover charge
Website: www.readingundertheinfluence.com
This month, RUI hosts editors from literary and poetry journals in attendance at the AWP Conference. This kick-off event features readings of original works by: Michael Czyzniejewski, co-editor in chief of Mid-America Review (MAR), Department of English and the College of Arts & Sciences at Bowling Green State University; Dave Clapper, editor of Smokelong Quarterly (flash fiction). Also reading are local writer Amy Guth (founder of Pilcrow Festival and managing editor of So New Media) and RUI's newest regular member, Gabe Levinson(creator of SomethingtoRead.net, which includes StoRies Magazine; and the Book Bike) RUI features readings of short original works and trivia games with book prizes. The event takes place in three rounds, with breaks in between each round so that audience members can engage in discussion with the featured readers to discuss their publications and events. |
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Bookslut.com Reading Series - Idra Novey, Brandi Homan and Hilda Raz
Location: The Hopleaf (second floor) 5148 N. Clark, Chicago
Cost: Free!
Website: www.bookslut.com
Bookslut.com is an online literary magazine and blog published by Jessa Crispin since 2002. The Reading Series was developed to bring talented and diverse writers to the city Bookslut calls home. Idra, Brandi and Hilda will all be reading from their newest poetry collections. |
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The Danny's Reading Series, Make: A Chicago Literary Magazine, Zoland Books, and Canarium Books Presents
Location: Danny's Tavern, 1951 W. Dickens (near the intersection of Armitage and Damen)
Cost: FREE (21+, please bring ID)
Website: www.noslander.com
Poetry by Rebecca Wolff, Ish Klein, Lewis Warsh, Simone Muench & Philip Jenks, Nick Twemlow, Nathalie Stephens, and John High.
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| 7:30PM |
Jayne Anne Philips Reads from Lark and Termite
Location: Women & Children First Bookstore, 5233 N. Clark St. 773-769-9299
Cost: free
Website: www.womenandchildrenfirst.com
Junot Diaz raves, “Lark and Termite is extraordinary and it is luminous… It is an astounding feat of the imagination.” Tim O’Brien hails it, “Lark and Termite is by far the best new novel I’ve read in the last five years or so.” and Alice Munro says “This novel is cut like a diamond, with such sharp authenticity and bursts of light.” Don’t miss this opportunity to meet the author of the book fiction lovers will be talking about for years to come. |
| 7:30PM |
Orange Alert Reading Series
Location: The Book Cellar (4736-38 North Lincoln Avenue)
Cost: Free!
Website: http://wearduringorangealert.blogspot.com/
Special edition of the Orange Alert Reading Series featuring Blake Butler, Barry Graham, John Domini, S. Craig Renfroe, Ben Tanzer, and more.
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Thursday, February 12th, 2009
| 2:00PM-4:00PM | 13th Moon Press Reception
Location: Buddy Guy's Legends, a Blues Club behind the Hilton/AWP headquarters
Announcing the publication of our first book, Down By Moonshine, a novel by Mary Ann Cain. Refreshments served and cash bar. |
| 4:00PM | Univ. of Chicago Alumnae Poets with New Books
Location: University of Chicago, 1010 E. 59th Street, Classics 110
Cost: FREE!
University of Chicago alumnae Shaindel Beers, Kiki Petrosino, Michelle Taransky, and Stephanie Anderson all have new books of poetry coming out in 2009. Beers's collection, A Brief History of Time, will be released at AWP. Come hear them read their work at their alma mater.
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| 4:00PM-5:30PM | Free Verse Editions Reading
Location: Columbia College
Cost: FREE
Website: http://www.parlorpress.com/freeverse/index.html
The reading will be at the Court in the Columbia College Chicago Plymouth Court Residence Hall, 731 South Plymouth Court, at the corner of Polk &
Plymouth, 3 blocks west of the Hilton Chicago. The entrance is on Plymouth Court, and the venue is on the first floor to the right at the top of the stairs.
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| 5:00PM | What Use Had I For Hands: A Theatrical Interpretation of Five Poems by Dana Levin
Location: Hokin Gallery, Columbia College, 623 South Wabash Avenue (1.5 blocks north & 1 block west of Hilton Hotel)
Cost: Free admission
Poetry Magazine Presents What Use Had I For Hands: A Theatrical Interpretation of Five Poems by Dana Levin. Exclusive for AWP Cnference: 2 performances only! |
| 5:30PM | Casting the Dye: A Reading with the Affrilachian Poets
Location: Art Institute Chicago, 111 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, 60603
Cost: Free
Website: http://www.affrilachianpoets.com
Please join the Affrilachian Poets and National Book Award nominee, Patricia Smith, for a special, Windy City, reading in conjunction with AWP. The Affrilachian Poets are an ensemble of writers challenging simple notions of an all white Appalachian region and culture. The poetry of the Affrilachian Poets celebrates Black heritage and rural roots while encompassing themes of racism and Black identity. They give voice to the pleasures of family, land, good food, artistic community, music and transformation. The event is free and open to the public. Participants include: Frank X Walker, Mitchell L.H. Douglas, Kelly Norman Ellis, Ricardo Nazario-Colon, Parneshia Jones, Ellen Hagan, and Stephanie Pruitt. Special Guest: Patricia Smith. |
| 6:00PM-7:30PM |
Writing in the City that Works
Location: Café Mediterra (728 S. Dearborn – just blocks from the AWP Conference site)
Cost: free (dinner available off the menu at patron's expense)
Website: http://grahamschool.uchicago.edu/php/writersstudio
Grab some grub and celebrate writing in the City that Works (or cooks the books to make it look that way). You order off the menu and we provide Chicago-themed readings by local writers Eileen Favorite (The Heroines), Dina Elenbogen (Apples from the Earth), Cecilia Pinto (Saints of Hysteria), and more. Sponsored by the Writer’s Studio Program of the Graham School of General Studies at the University of Chicago. |
| 6:00PM-8:00PM | Indigenous AWP Poets & Writers Read for the Chicago American Indian Center
Location: Chicago American Indian Center, Trickster Gallery, 190 South Roselle Road Schaumburg, Illinois, 60193
Cost: Free
Website: http://aic-chicago.org/trickster.html
Native Writer AWP participants will perform a joint reading and book signing at the Chicago American Indian Center: Acoma Pueblo, Simon Ortiz;
Anishinaabe, Kim Blaeser, Heid Erdrich, Gordon Henry, Molly McGlennan; Cherokee, Santee Frazier (Cherokee, Choctaw, Potawatomi); Diane Glancy,
Allison Hedge Coke (Huron and Cherokee), Travis Hedge Coke (Huron, Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek); Chickasaw, Linda Hogan; Choctaws, LeAnne Howe,
Lara Mann; Delaware, Patricia Lear; and Dine', Sherwin Bitsui, Orlando White. |
| 6:00PM-8:00PM | A Literary Feast with Northwestern University MA/MFA Faculty Reginald Gibbons, Angela Jackson, and Alex Kotlowitz
Location: Fine Arts Building, Ossia Fine Arts Space, 410 S. Michigan Ave., Suite 537 (just 3 blocks south of the AWP conference)
Cost: Free. Reservations required.
Website: http://www.scs.northwestern.edu/
Join the Northwestern University MA/MFA program for readings by celebrated authors Reginald Gibbons, a 2008 National Book Award Finalist, Angela Jackson, And All These Roads Be Luminous: Poems Selected, and Alex Kotlowitz, There Are No Children Here, while enjoying drinks and a soul food dinner in a Chicago landmark building. To RSVP or for more information, please call 312-503-4682 or email us at rsvpscs@northwestern.edu. |
| 6:00PM-8:30PM | Writers Who Play Year V
Location: Buddy Guy's Legends, 754 South Wabash
Now in its fifth year, Writers Who Play provides a venue for writers attending the AWP conference who are also musicians. Buddy Guy's Legends, a well-known Chicago club, is within easy walking distance of the Hilton and provides a cash bar and good food. Come hear a dozen Writers Who Play doing what they do best.
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| 6:00PM-9:00PM | The Burning Chair Readings: Ahsahta Press & Typo
Location: The Empty Bottle, 1035 N. Western Ave
Cost: Cover charge TBD by venue
Website: http://www.typomag.com/burningchair
Poetry readings from Carrie Olivia Adams, Ben Doller, Kathleen Jesme, Forrest Gander, Brenda Hillman, Alex Lemon, Barbara Maloutas, Rusty Morrison, G.E. Patterson, Marvyn Petrucci, & Stephanie Strickland. |
| 6:30PM | Court Green 6: Letters Dossier & Fence Books Publication Release Reading & Reception
Location: Columbia College Chicago, Film Row Cinema, 1104 South Wabash Avenue, 8th Floor Theatre
Cost: Free
Websites: http://english.colum.edu/courtgreen AND http://fenceportal.org/
Join Court Green and Fence Books as they celebrate their publication releases with a reading and reception. Contributors will read selections from Court Green and Fence Books. Readers include Albert Goldbarth, William Olsen, Sharon Dolin, Julie Carr, Carrie Etter, Charles Jensen, Elizabeth Robinson, Sasha Steensen, James Shea, Brian Young, and Rodrigo Toscano, among others. A reception will follow the readings. |
| 6:30PM | Poetry in Translation
Location: SAIC Ballroom, 112 S. Michigan Avenue
Cost: Free admission
Website: http://poetrycenter.org
Donald Revell, Cole Swensen, Forrest Gander, Jen Hofer, Laura Solórzano, Johannes Goranssön, Maxine Chernoff, and Paul Hoover read from their work and discuss translation. Hosted by The Poetry Center of Chicago. |
| 6:30PM |
upstreet number four celebration
Location: The Book Cellar, 4736-38 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago
Website: http://www.upstreet-mag.org
Reading and refreshments. Readers: Michael Martone, Sybil Baker, Jeanie Chung, Jennifer Barber, Elaine Sexton, Kip Zegers. Hosted by Vivian Dorsel. |
| 6:30PM-7:30PM |
Make It New - Infrawriting/Infrastructure
Location: Links Hall, 3435 N. Sheffield Avenue (CTA Red Line to Belmont and then a 7 minute walk)
Cost: $5 for the evening
Website: http://www.linkshall.org/a-locate.shtml
Eleven Eleven's Art School Confidential with Hugh Behm-Steinberg, Mairead Byrne, Allison DeLauer, Monica Drake, Joseph Lease
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| 6:30PM-8:00PM |
Three on Thursday: Mare Nostrum, Black Warrior Review, Bat City Review present writers from the Four Corners of the World
Location: Hopleaf Bar, 5148 N. Clark Street
Cost: Free
Website: http://www.hopleaf.com/
Three eclectic, innovative journals--Mare Nostrum, Black Warrior Review, and Bat City Review--present recent writers features in their pages.
Featured Readers: Matthew Zapruder, John Gallaher, Hadara Bar-Nadav, Betsy Wheeler, Elisabeth Benjamin, Jamey Bradbury, Rebecca Hoogs, Bradon Kreig, Zach Savich, Kevin Craft, and Adam Atkinson. |
| 6:30PM-8:30PM |
Con Tinta Celebration
Location: COCO Restaurant, 2723 W. Division St, CHICAGO 60622
Cost: Free Buffet / Cash Bar
Website: http://www.cocochicago.com/
Fourth Annual Pachanga for the Chicano/Latino Literary community and its allies. Event will include special recognition of Patti Hartmann, presentation of Achievement Award to Carlos Cortez, and readings/tributes by Carlos Cumpian, Lisa Alvarado, and Ray Gonzalez. For more information, contact Richard Yañez (ryanez4@epcc.edu). |
| 6:30PM-8:30PM |
Interlochen Arts Academy Creative Writers' Reunion Gathering
Location: BaBa Reba's, 2024 N. Halsted
Creative Writing alums encouraged but all IAA alums welcome. Preliminary gathering, Hilton Bar, 5:30, proceed to Baba Reba's or meet there. We will gather to celebrate the writerly and non-writerly successes, make announcements, share old times and future visions of the written/spoken/dreaming word. Or not.
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| 7:00PM |
From Chocolate to Chi: DC Poets in Chicago
Location: Insight Arts, 1545 W. Morse Ave., Chicago, IL
Cost: Free admission
Website: http://insightartsliberation.org/
Open mic as well as the featured readers. Insight Arts is in Roger's Park on the Northside near Northwestern and Loyola Universities, half a block from the Morse redline stop. Sarah Browning is author of Whiskey in the Garden of Eden. She co-directs Split This Rock Poetry Festival with Melissa Tuckey, author of Rope as Witness. Regie Cabico is a Def Poetry Jam veteran and Artistic Director of Sol & Soul, an arts and social change organization in DC. Sage Morgan Hubbard is a graduate student at Northwestern University and a teacher with Young Chicago Authors, Sol & Soul, and DC WritersCorps.John Murillo is a two time Larry Neal Writers’ Award winner, a New York Times Poetry Fellow, and Cave Canem alum. Kim Roberts is the author most recently of The Kimnama and editor of Beltway Poetry Quarterly. |
| 7:00PM-8:30PM |
Fundraiser for Polyphony H.S., a national student-run litmag:
Reading/Reception Stuart Dybek, Aleksandar Hemon, and Gina Nahai
Location: 33 S. State (7th FL)
Cost: $10 for reading/$50 for reading/reception with authors
Website: www.polyphonyhs.org
The reading and book signing will be followed by a reception to raise funds for Pholyphony H.S., a 501 (c) 3, nonprofit organization dedicated to preparing the writers and editors of tomorrow. |
| 7:00PM-9:00PM |
FC2 Reading and Reception
Location: Curtiss Hall, 10th floor of the Fine Arts Building, 410 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60605
Website: http://www.fc2.org/
Featured readers include R.M. Berry, Alexandra Chasin, Christopher Grimes, Stephen Graham Jones, Affinity Konar, Lance Olsen, Vanessa Place, Matthew Roberson, Steve Tomasula, Magdalena Zurawski |
| 7:00PM-9:30PM | Lambda Literary Foundation Emerging Writers Reception
Location: Gerber-Hart Library and Archives, 1127 W. Granville (adjacent to the red Line "Granville" stop).
Cost: Free, including drinks and hors d'oeuvres
Websites: www.gerberhart.org & www.lambdaliterary.org
Reception and readings by Lambda Emerging Writers Retreat Fellows Kathie Bergquist, Ching-In Chen, Charles Rice-Gonzales, RJ Gibson, Ely Shipley, Griselda Suarez, Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhran, Cole Krawitz, Anne Laughlin and Ruben Quesada. There will be a free copy of the book, A Field Guide to Gay and Lesbian Chicago, given to the first 100 guests. |
| 7:00PM-9:00PM |
Plain View Press Reception
Location: Embassy Suites Lakefront
Website: http://www.plainviewpress.net
RSVP: 512-626-4037 |
| 7:30PM | An Evening of Consumption
Location: New Wave Coffee, 3103 W. Logan Blvd. Chicago, IL 60647 (map: http://tinyurl.com/8hcfjy)
Cost: Free
Website: Facebook invitation
Join the folks who delivered food at last year's Bread Loaf Writers' Conference for an evening of quick, unfettered poems, essays, and stories on the theme of "consumption." |
| 7:30PM |
Independent Poetry Presses Mega-Reading
Location: Myopic Books, 1564 N. Milwaukee Ave. (Blue Line to Damen) Chicago
Cost: Free
Website: www.saturnaliabooks.org
Join us for a reading by the exceptional poets of Saturnalia Books, Litmus Press, and Nightboat Books featuring Sebastian Agudelo, Cal Bedient, Stefania Heim, John Keene, Timothy Liu, Jill Magi, Laura Moriarity, Nathanaël (Nathalie Stephens), Jennifer Scappettone, Lytton Smith, Kerri Sonnenberg, and Jonathan Weinert. |
| 7:30PM |
Many Mountains Moving Press Poetry Reading
Location:Women & Children First bookstore, 5233 N. Clark Street, Chicago, Il. 60640
Cost: Free
Website: http://mmmpress.org/
Many Mountains Moving is a literary press and journal whose mission is to present exciting diverse voices. Tonight’s reading features: Anne-Marie Cusac, Patrick Lawler, Jeffrey Ethan Lee and special guest Maureen Alsop. Samples, reviews, interviews online at http://mmmpress.org/ |
| 7:30PM | QUICKIES!
Location: The Innertown Pub, 1935 W Thomas, Chicago, IL
Cost: Free
Website:http://quickieschicago.blogspot.com
Quickies! is a monthly reading of very short prose. Each reader has five minutes to read a complete work of prose or they will be run off the stage. Our AWP reading will feature Peter Markus, Robert Lopez, Blake Butler, Kim Chinquee, Brian Evenson, Lindsay Hunter, Joe Salvatore, Janet Desaulniers, Andrew Richmond, Mary Hamilton, Jac Jemc, and Sean Lovelace. |
| 7:30PM | Sarabande Reading
Location: The Black Rock Bar, 3614 North Damen Avenue
An off-site Sarabande reading for six of our women poets hosted by the Reconstruction Room will include Paula Bohince, Monica Ferrell, Eleanor Lerman, Simone Muench, C. E. Perry, and Kiki Petrosino. This bar is about 15 minutes from the Hilton.
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| 7:30PM | Young Chicago Authors Alumni Performance
Location: Hokin Annex, 623 S. Wabash
Cost: $5 Donation
Websites: http://youngchicagoauthors.org
Young Chicago Authors presents a YCA Alumni Reading featuring the legendary Patricia Smith and Marc Smith, as well as renowned poets from around the country who have once graced the stages or come through the programs of YCA. Young Chicago Authors All Star LTAB team will also perform.
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| 7:30PM-8:30PM |
Make It New - Infrawriting/Infrastructure
Location: Links Hall, 3435 N. Sheffield Avenue (CTA Red Line to Belmont and then a 7 minute walk)
Cost: $5 for the evening
Website: http://www.linkshall.org/a-locate.shtml
TinFish Press and friends with Tom Orange, Craig Santos Perez, Ric Royer, Tyrone Williams, Meg Withers.
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| 8:00PM | Feedback! Notes on Music
Location: Tantrum Lounge, 1023 S. State St. Two blocks South and two blocks West of the Hilton
Feedback! Notes on Music presents a musically inspired reading featuring works by Sam Weller and John McNally as well as live music. Drink specials include $2 Bud and Bud Light, $4 margaritas, and $3 Jameson shots. 21+.
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| 8:00PM | MAKE Reading and Dance Party
Location: At the legendary Hideout, 1345 W. Wabansia
Cost: $7, 21 and over only
Website: http://makemag.com
MAKE: A Chicago Literary Magazine in cahoots with Action Books, ACM, Windy City Story Slam, and the green lantern present an AWP off-site reading and dance party with poems and stories from John Beer, Arda Collins, Joel Craig, William Hillman, Dan McCann, Caroline Picard, Greg Purcell, Kathleen Rooney + Elisa Gabbert, & Abraham Smith. Music from Paul Cary and featuring poet and performer Marvin Tate with his band, BabyAlright. |
| 8:00PM |
Reading Between the Lines
Location: Beat Kitchen, 2100 W. Belmont, Chicago, IL
Cost: Free
Website: Facebook invitation
Chicago poet, songwriter and educator Larry O. Deanis organizing this reading which will take place Thursday night during AWP. A veritable smorgasbord of poets and fiction writers will be participating, full roster TBA. The Facebook invitation will be updated as needed up to the date of the event. Beat Kitchen has delicious food, a variety of beverages, and live music in the back room. (The reading will be held upstairs.) It's easy to find, situated in Roscoe Village on Belmont Avenue, one of Chicago's major thoroughfares. |
| 8:30PM-9:30PM |
Chicago Launch of Sina Queyras's Expressway
with readings by Sina Queyras, Vanessa Place, Adam Sol and Kevin Connolly
Location: Links Hall, 3435 N. Sheffield Avenue, Chicago, IL
Cost: $5 admission
Websites: www.chbooks.com & www.linkshall.org/a-locate.shtml
Expressway, inspired by the modes of the Romantic poets, explores the subject of modern transportation. Sina Queyras, winner of a Lambda Award (for Lemon Hound), former curator for the Belladonna series and noted poetry blogger (lemonhound.blogspot.com), launches Expressway on Thursday, February 12, with the help of some friends. Reading with Queyras will be Vanessa Place (Dies: A Sentence), Adam Sol (Jeremiah, Ohio) and Kevin Connolly (Revolver). |
| 9:30PM-10:30PM |
Make It New - Infrawriting/Infrastructure
Location: Links Hall, 3435 N. Sheffield Avenue (CTA Red Line to Belmont and then a 7 minute walk)
Cost: $5 for the evening
Website: http://www.linkshall.org/a-locate.shtml
Flim Forum Press with Brandon Shimoda, Barrett Gordon, Laura Sims, Deborah Poe, Harold Abramowitz, Amanda Ackerman, Mathew Timmons, Matthew Klane.
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| 9:30PM-12:00AM |
AWP GLBTQ Meet-up
Location: T's Bar and Restaurant, 5025 N. Clark St. 773-784-6000
Cost: Cash bar
Website: www.tsbarchicago.com
Come meet fellow GLBTQ AWP attendees for an informal gathering at this popular Andersonville GLBTQ bar and restaurant. Meet in the back bar and wear your name badges so you can be identified. |
| 10:30PM | Cave Canem's Third Annual Fellows Benefit Reading
This event has been cancelled. Sorry for any inconvenience. |
| 10:30PM-11:30PM | Make It New - Infrawriting/Infrastructure
Location: Links Hall, 3435 N. Sheffield Avenue (CTA Red Line to Belmont and then a 7 minute walk)
Cost: $5 for the evening
Website: http://www.linkshall.org/a-locate.shtml
Tag Team Reading with Teresa Carmody, Mairead Case, Annie Finch, Daniel Godston, Steve Halle, Lisa Janssen, Mario, Michael Marcinkowski, Timothy Rey, Chuck Stebelton. Audience participation! Open to all!
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Friday, February 13th, 2009
| 4:00PM-6:00PM | Mrs. Maybe Issue #2 Launch Party
Location: C-33 Gallery, Columbia College Chicago, 33 E. Congress (First Floor)
Cost: Free
Website: www.mrs-maybe.com
Mrs. Maybe, A Journal of Skeptical Occultism, presents readings from contributors and co-conspirators including Jessica Savitz, Catherine Theis, James Shea, Jessica Baron, Christopher Deweese, Laura Sims, and Jared Stanley. Mrs. Maybe is a published in Northern California edited by Lauren Levin, Catherine Meng, and Jared Stanley. |
| 5:00PM | Many Mountains Moving Press Reading
Location: Roosevelt University in the Gage Gallery in the Gage Bldg, 18 S. Michigan Ave.
Cost: FREE
Website: http://mmmpress.org/ & http://mmminc.org/
Many Mountains Moving is a literary press and journal whose mission is to present exciting diverse voices. Friday's reading features: Anne-Marie Cusac, Patrick Lawler, Jeffrey Ethan Lee and poetry contest winner Brian Brodeur. Samples, reviews, interviews online. |
| 5:00PM | What Use Had I For Hands: A Theatrical Interpretation of Five Poems by Dana Levin
Location: Hokin Gallery, Columbia College, 623 South Wabash Avenue (1.5 blocks north & 1 block west of Hilton Hotel)
Cost: Free admission
Poetry Magazine Presents What Use Had I For Hands: A Theatrical Interpretation of Five Poems by Dana Levin. Exclusive for AWP Cnference: 2 performances only! |
| 6:00PM | NO THOUSANDS: A Small Press Reading
Location: The Empty Bottle, 1035 N. Western Ave.
Cost: Free
Black Ocean; Cannibal Books; Forklift, Ohio; Octopus Books; and Rope-A-Dope Press Present: Dean Young, Johannes Göransson, Joshua Harmon, Claire Donato, Kevin Holden, Russell Dillon, Alexis Orgera, Eric Baus, Shane McCrae, Sampson Starkweather, and Chris Tonelli. |
| 6:00PM-7:15PM |
WHEN SHE NAMED FIRE: An Anthology of Contemporary Poetry by American Women - A Celebratory Reading
Location: Room 244, Roosevelt University's Auditorium Building, 430 S. Michigan (2 blocks north of the Hilton on Michigan Avenue - a 5-minute walk)
Cost: FREE
Website: www.andreahollanderbudy.com
Take a five-minute walk from the Hilton in order to celebrate this new anthology from Autumn House Press with a reading by Andrea Hollander Budy (editor), Deborah Cummins, Claudia Emerson, Kathleen Lynch, and Linda Pastan. Sponsors: Autumn House Press and Roosevelt University's MFA Program in Creative Writing.
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| 6:00PM-7:30PM | PALABRA PURA: Special Edition
Location: JAZZ SHOWCASE, 47 W. Polk St., Chicago 60605
Cost: Free/Cash Bar
Websites: http://www.jazzshowcase.com, http://guildcomplex.org
Following up on the multi-voiced reading hosted by ACENTOS in NYC last year
during AWP, the Guild Complex, Letras Latinas, and Poetry Magazine will be
hosting a "One Poem Festival" featuring an ample roster of Latino and Latina
poets from Chicago and out of town, including: Lisa Alvarado, Carlos Cumpian,
Silvia Curbelo, Gina Franco, Gabe Gomez, Irasema Gonzalez, Maurice Kilwein
Guevara, Gabriela Jauregui, Olivia Maciel, Carl Marcum, Valerie Martínez,
Orlando Ricardo Menes, Achy Obejas, Daniel A. Olivas, Johanny Vasquez Paz, Paul
Martinez Pompa, Linda Rodríguez, Jacob Saenz, Jorge Sánchez,Juan Manuel Sanchez
Rich Villar. For more information, contact Ellen Wadey
(ellenw@guildcomplex.org) |
| 6:00PM-9:00PM | Salmon Poetry Reading
Location: Fifth Province Pub, The Irish American Heritage Center, 4626 North Knox Avenue, Chicago
Cost: Free
Website: http://www.salmonpoetry.com/
A Cross cultural reading by Irish and American poets who publish with Salmon Poetry of Co. Clare, Ireland. Readers and their current poetry collections: Marck Beggs, Andrea Cohen, Susan Millar DuMars, Tyler Farrell, David Gardiner, Patrick Hicks, Kevin HIggins, Patricia Monaghan, Alan Jude Moore, Lex Runciman, Eamonn Wall. The event will be introduced by Jessie Lendennie, founder and editor of Salmon Poetry. |
| 6:30PM | Chicago Poetics
Location: SAIC Ballroom, 112 S. Michigan Avenue
Cost: Free admission
Website: http://poetrycenter.org
Local poets Kevin Koval, Simone Muench, Larry Sawyer, Ray Bianchi, Chris Glomski, Jennifer Scappettone read from their work. Event hosted by The Poetry Center of Chicago. For more information visit our website. |
| 6:30PM | Poetry, Work and Self: A Reading and Discussion with Elizabeth Bradfield
Location: Marwen's Susan and Steven Berkowitz Gallery - 833 North Orleans Street, Chicago
Cost: FREE
Website: http://www.marwen.org/site/epage/14168_431.htm
Marwen welcomes poet Elizabeth Bradfield, author of Interpretive Work and the forthcoming Approaching Ice, whose poems address the work of being a naturalist and question our interpretations of self and world. Lambda Book Report calls Bradfield "an important new poet." The San Francisco Chronicle describes Bradfield as "a deft naturalist, with a keen eye." "She brings her scientist's accuracy and artist's lyricism to poems on our lives, our loves, our work," said The Women's Review of Books. Bradfield is also founder and editor of Broadsided Press.
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| 6:30PM-7:30PM | COME TOGETHER: IMAGINE PEACE poetry reading
Location: Links Hall, 3435 N Sheffield (10 minute cab ride from the hotel)
Cost: $5
Website: http://www.linkshall.org
Join us for a book release party for *Come Together: Imagine Peace*. Poets included: Alice Cone, Barbara Crooker, Angie Estes, Hedy Habra, David Hassler, Dave Lucas, Philip Metres, Robert Miltner, Lauren Rusk, and others. |
| 6:30PM-8:30PM |
Mayapple Press Reading
Location: Brothers K Coffeehouse, 500 Main Street, Evanston, IL
Cost: Free to the public
Website: www.mayapplepress.com
Open mike from 6:30-7:00pm, Author readings from 7:15-8:30pm
Bring your own work to share and come enjoy Mayapple Press authors reading their work! Readings from Andy Christ, Chris Green, Mariela Griffor, Josie Kearns, Judith Kerman, Allison Joseph, Eleanor Lerman, Larry Levy, Adrienne Lewis, Beverly Matherne, Pamela Miller, Amee Schmidt and others.
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| 6:30PM-8:30PM |
Spoken Word Poetry Workshop
Location: Shimer College, 3424 S. State St., Floor 2, Chicago, IL
Website: www.shimer.edu
Poetry lovers of all ages are encouraged to attend this free spoken word poetry workshop put on by Young Chicago Authors. This program is sponsored by Shimer College, The Great Books College of Chicago.
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| 6:30PM-11:00PM | Red Rover Series presents Experiment #26: Friday Night in Chicago
Location: Links Hall, 3435 N. Sheffield Ave
Cost: $5
Red Rover Series presents Experiment #26: Friday Night in Chicago - A Small Press Showcase with Action Books, Effing Press, Flood Editions, Futurepoem Books, Les Figues Press, Slack Buddha Press, Switchback Books, & Ugly Duckling Press. |
| 7:00PM | A Community of Poets and Writers: A Reading by Two-Year College Faculty
Location: Harold Washington College, 30 East Lake Street, Chicago, IL 60601
Cost: Free
Website: http://professorbigalk.blogspot.com/
Short description (no more than 3 sentences): Readers will include Al Maginnes (Ghost Alphabet), Lois Roma-Deeley (northSight and Rules of Hunger), Margaret Rozga (recently published in Nimrod and Poetry Midwest), and more. |
| 7:00PM | Diode & Anti- Poetry Reading and Reception
Location: Curtiss Hall, 10th floor of the Fine Arts Building, 410 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60605
Website: http://diodepoetry.com
Cost: Free
Readers: Bob Hicok, Mary Biddinger, Jake Adam York, Paul Guest, Noah Falck, Joshua Ware, Steven Schroeder, G.C. Waldrep, Patrick Lawler, Lee Ann Roripaugh, Brent Goodman, Adam Clay, Matt Guenette and Ada Limon. |
| 7:00PM |
Literary Mama Reading
Location: Women & Children First Bookstore, 5233 N. Clark St., Chicago IL, 60640
Website: http://www.womenandchildrenfirst.com/NASApp/store/
Cost: Free
Literary Mama editors and columnists Caroline Grant (editor, Mama, PhD), Amy Hudock (editor, Literary Mama: Reading for the Maternally Inclined), Susan Ito (editor, A Ghost at Heart's Edge), Rebecca Kaminsky, Kristina Riggle (Real Life and Liars) and Shari MacDonald Strong (editor, The Maternal Is Political) will read from their recent work. For more information, visit http://literarymama.com |
| 7:00PM |
PANK Magazine Reading
Location: Quimby's Bookstore, 1854 W. North Ave, in Wicker Park, Chicago
Cost: Free
Website: www.pankmagazine.com & www.quimbys.com
Jennifer Pieroni, James Grinwis, Sheila Squilante, Daniel Nester, and Rachel Yoder read their work from the pages of PANK. |
| 7:00PM-9:00PM |
Another Off-Site Poetry Reading at the Chicago AWP
Location: Cafe Ambrosia, 1620 Orrington Ave., Evanston, IL
Aliki Barnstone, Afaa Michael Weaver, Alan Michael Parker, Scott Cairns and Nicholas Samaras read poetry.
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| 8:00PM |
American Hybrid anthology reading
Location: The EP Theater, 1820 S Halsted, Chicago, IL, 60608
(in the Pilsen/Little Village gallery district)
Wine & cheese reception & reading to celebrate the publication of the American Hybrid anthology; readers include Forrest Gander, Rae Armantrout, Don Revell, Brenda Hillman, Eleni Sikelianos, Bin Ramke, and others. |
| 8:00PM |
Featherproof Books AWP Afterparty
Location: Beat Kitchen, 2100 W. Belmont
Website: http://featherproof.com & http://kylebeachy.com & http://flameshovel.com/boundstems.php
Cost: $8, 21+
A glorious night of readings and music from BOUND STEMS, SERENGETI, and two book releases: Kyle Beachy's The Slide (Dial Press) and Amelia Gray's AM/PM (Featherproof Books). The night will also feature TimeOut Chicago's Book Editor Jonathan Messinger with his world famous THE DOLLAR STORE, featuring Christian TeBordo, Pat Somerville and Todd Dills. Additional readings by Zach Plague and Chris Bower. |
| 8:00PM |
Rabbit Light Live
Location: New Wave Coffee, 2557 N. Milwaukee Ave, Chicago
Cost: Free
Website: http://www.rabbitlightmovies.com
Readings by poets Srikanth Reddy, Lisa Fishman,
Lily Brown, Noah Eli Gordon, Arda Collins, Richard Meier, Sarah
Gridley, Suzanne Buffam, Abraham Smith, Sara Veglahn, Jaswinder
Bolina, and Christopher Stackhouse |
| 8:00PM |
A reading hosted by UIMA -- Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
Location: 2320 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago Illinois, 60622
Readers: Ralph Berry, Eckhard Gerdes, AD Jameson, Lance Olsen, Davis Schneiderman, Yuriy Tarnawsky, Lidia Yuknavich. |
| 8:00PM |
UniVerse of Free Expression: A Festival of International Poetry
Location: Chicago Center for the Performing Arts, 777 N. Green Street, Chicago, IL 60622
Website: http://www.universeofpoetry.org/
Join us for a celebration of internationally acclaimed poets and visionaries. Hosted by UniVerse of Poetry, this historic evening will feature readings by Kwame Dawes (Jamaica/Ghana), Fady Joudah (Palestine), Ilya Kaminsky (Ukraine), and Ofelia Zepeda (Tohono O'odham Nation), poetry films by Franceso Levato, Ram Devineni and Kwame Dawes, and a celebratory remembrance of Nadia Anjoman (a young Afghani woman who was murdered in 2005, many feel for publishing her poetry). After the main event, the celebration continues with a live performance by Pont des Arts Ensemble accompanied a complimentary organic buffet provided by Whole Foods Market. Then, as the clock turns to Valentine's Day, it's all about the love: join us for a Midnight Free Love Slam and Open Mic. For more information, call 312-948-4600 |
| 8:00PM-9:00PM | Alice James Books Reading
Location: The Court in the Columbia College Chicago Plymouth Court Residence Hall, 731 South Plymouth Court, at the corner of Polk & Plymouth, 3 blocks west of the Hilton Chicago. The entrance is on Plymouth Court, and the venue is on the first floor to the right at the top of the stairs.
Cost: Free
Website: http://www.alicejamesbooks.org/
A selection of authors published by Alice James Books in 2008 read from their work: Frank Giampietro, Bill Rasmovicz, Idra Novey, Lia Purpura, and Carey Salerno.
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| 8:00PM-10:00PM | The Mentalist's Mental Cabinet of Vengeance!
Location: STOP SMILING STOREFRONT, 1371 North Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, IL 60622
Cost: Free. RSVP to rsvp@stopsmilingonline.com
Websites: canariumbooks.org, dalkeyarchive.com, stopsmilingonline.com
It's a party. Canarium Books, Dalkey Archive Press, and STOP SMILING magazine present readings by Rikki Ducornet, August Kleinzahler, Robyn
Schiff, Ish Klein, and Tod Marshall. Open bar, book launch, puppet films, DJ, poetry! Blue Line to Damen, short walk south down Milwaukee. |
| 8:00PM-11:00PM | Warren Wilson MFA Gathering
Location: 213 W. Institute Place
Cost: $20 donation
Websites: www.polyphonyhs.com & www.dandarrah.com
Gathering for past/present faculty, alums, current students of Warren Wilson College's MFA Program for Writers. Brought to you by Polyphony H.S., a student-run litmag for high school writers. Music by Dan Darrah. Lightly catered.
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| 8:00PM-2:00AM | Launch Event for the Paramanu Pentaquark, a Journal of the Gothic Funk Nation
and Gothic Funk Party #19: No Luck In Love
Location: 1931 N. Milwaukee, above the Lucky Number Grill
Cost: $5 donation recommended, $5 cover after 10 PM
Website: www.gothicfunk.org
The first issue of the Paramanu Pentaquark, a journal of the Gothic Funk Nation, will feature the writing, music, and visual art of Jacob Saenz, Elisabeth Blair, Michael Wilson, Jenny Blair, Amy Lawless, Maggie Wells, Caroline de Palma, Meridith Halsey, Sarah Grant, Reinhardt Suarez, and Sparks and Spools. The event coincides with Gothic Funk Party #19: No Luck In Love and it is presented in collaboration with Front 312. |
| 9:00PM | Reading for Mandorla: New Writing from the Americas / Nueva escritura de las Américas
Location: Chicago Cultural Center, Millennium Park Room (5th floor)
Cost: Free & open to the public
Website: http://www.litline.org/Mandorla/
Mandorla: New Writing from the Americas / Nueva escritura de las Américas emphasizes innovative writing in its original language-- most commonly English or Spanish-- and translations of existing material. Please join us to hear an impressive group of readers represent this interdisciplinary project: Rosa Alcalá, Ray Bianchi, Susan Briante, Forrest Gander, Carmen Giménez Smith, Kent Johnson, Achy Obejas, Peter Ramos, and Rodrigo Toscano; hosted by Roberto Tejada and Kristin Dykstra. |
| 10:00PM |
Windy City Story Slam featuring Jim Goad, Don DeGrazia, and Story Slam City Champion Max Glaessner
Location: Weed's 1555 N. Dayton St. Chicago, IL 312-943-7815 (attendees must be 21+)
Cost: $5-$10 suggested donation
Website: http://www.windycitystoryslam.com
Local writers read or perform short original works and the winner (determined by audience response) takes home a $50 cash prize. Also features readings by Jim Goad("The Redneck Manifesto"), Don DeGrazia ("American Skin") and Story Slam City Champion Max Glaessner.
An open mic follows if time permits. Windy City Story Slam founder Bill Hillmann hosts. |
Saturday, February 14th, 2009
| 2:30PM-4:15PM |
Collaborative Vision: The Poetic Dialogue Project
Location:Claudia Cassidy Theatre (Randolph side, 2nd floor), Chicago Cultural Center, 78 East Washington
Cost: Free
Panel discussion on collaborative process between pairs of poets and visual artists in this exhibition of 31 collaborative works, curated by artist Beth Shadur. Sponsored by the Ragdale Foundation. Participants: Moderator, Curator Beth Shadur. Poets: Lois Roma-Deeley, Peggy Shumaker, Greg Pape, Elisabeth Frost. Artists: Laura Ann Cloud, Dianne Kornberg, Bonnie Peterson |
| 5:00PM-7:30PM |
Reception for AWP Participants
Location: Sidney Yates Gallery (4th floor), Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington Street
Cost: Free, refreshments will be served
Reception for AWP participants sponsored by the Ragdale Foundation. At Collaborative Vision: The Poetic Dialogue Project |
| 5:30PM-6:30PM |
Book Launch: Tracy Daugherty's Hiding Man: A Biography of Donald Barthelme (St. Martins Press)
Location: The Court in Columbia College Chicago Plymouth Court Residence Hall, 731 South Plymouth Court, corner of Polk and Plymouth (3 blocks west of the Hilton Chicago)
Cost: Free
Donald Barthelme has been called the father of American postmodernism. Please join us for a celebration of this first major biography of the writer, which considers Barthelme's work in the context of his time, and ours. Tracy Daugherty will read short excerpts and discuss the book. Sponsored by the Fiction Writing Department at Columbia College Chicago. |
| 6:00PM |
Northwestern University Press Poetry Reading
Location: Women & Children First Bookstore, 5233 N. Clark St. 773-769-9299
Cost: Free
Website: www.womenancdchildrenfirst.com
Northwestern University Press Poets A.E. Stallings, Nomi Stone, Christina Pugh, and Judith Hall will read from their latest works. |
| 6:00PM-8:00PM |
AWP GLBTQ Meet-up
Location: Sidetrack Bar, 3349 N. Halsted 773-477-9189
Cost: Cash bar
Website: www.sidetrackchicago.com
Come meet fellow GLBTQ AWP attendees for an informal cocktail-hour gathering at this legendary Boystown nightclub. Meet in the Cherry Lounge and wear your name badges so you can be identified. |
| 6:30PM |
"Love on the Line" Poems About Love
Location: Sullivan Galleries, 33 S. State St., 7th floor
Cost: Free admission
Website: http://poetrycenter.org
Poets Cynthia Atkins, Frank Bidart, Kurt Brown, A. Van Jordan, Paul Muldoon, Elise Paschen, and Robert Polito read selections from their work. Co-sponsored by The Poetry Center of Chicago, The Writing Program, and The Department of Exhibitions at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. |
| 6:30PM-7:30PM |
Three Poets | New Works: Jeffrey McDaniel, Patricia Smith, Susan B.A. Somers-Willett
Location: Barnes & Noble DePaul University Bookstore (Loop Campus), 1 East Jackson Blvd. (between State St & Wabash Ave, about 7 blocks from the Chicago Hilton)
Cost: Free and open to the public
Website: http://depaul-loop.bncollege.com
Please join us for a reading and book signing celebrating new works by poets Jeffrey McDaniel (The Endarkenment, Pitt Poetry Series--U of Pittsburgh), Patricia Smith (National Book Award Finalist Blood Dazzler, Coffee House Press), and Susan B.A. Somers-Willett (Quiver, VQR Series--U of Georgia Press). The event is sponsored by the Barnes & Noble DePaul University Bookstore. |
| 6:30PM-8:30PM |
3/5 of a Former High School Rock Band Present an Evening of Poetry & Prose
Location: Columbia College, The Court at Plymouth Residence Hall, 731 South Plymouth Ct.
Cost: Free
Website: http://www.cutbankonline.org/flier%20single2.pdf
Former high school bandmates Zach Duffy (University of Wisconsin), Jay Johnson (University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee), and Brian Kevin (University of Montana) have not stood in the same room together in more than ten years. The three will share the stage once more at AWP to present recent works in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Sponsored by CutBank and Cream City Review. |
| 6:30PM-8:30PM |
Counterpath Press Reading
Location: New Wave Coffee, 3103 W. Logan Blvd, Logan Square, 60647
Cost: Free
Reading for Counterpath Press: Jeremy Davies, Forrest Gander,
Anthony Hawley, Brenda Hillman, Jen Hofer, Suzanne Paola, Bin Ramke, Tomaz
Salamun, Cole Swensen, and Carol Snow.
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| 6:30PM-9:30PM | Performance Ventures - Sound, Video & Hypertext
Location: Links Hall, 3435 N. Sheffield Avenue (CTA Red Line to Belmont and then a 7 minute walk)
Cost: $5 for the evening
Website: http://www.linkshall.org/a-locate.shtml
Multidisciplinary work by Chicago writers and artists Gwyneth Anderson, Justin Cabrillos, Laura Goldstein, Amira Hanafi, Kristin Hayter, Judd Morrissey, Edward Salem, Jennifer Sporcich with Aurora Tabar, Ni'Ja Whitson. This event is sponsored by the Writing Program at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
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| 7:00PM |
A Best of Fence: The First Nine Years--Anthology Launch and Reading
Location: Ganz Hall, Roosevelt University, 50 E. Congress Pkwy., Chicago
Cost: Free to the public
Website: http://www.fenceportal.org
The much-anticipated release of A Best Of Fence will be celebrated with short readings from Matthew Zapruder, K. Silem Mohammad, Eleni Sikelianos, Peter Gizzi, Rae Armantrout, Brenda Hillman, Kristin Prevallet, Macgregor Card, Catherine Wagner, Duriel Harris, Jordan Davis and many more friends and contributors. The event will be co-sponsored by Roosevelt's MFA Creative Writing Program. |
| 8:00PM-10:30PM |
Coconut / MILK reading!!!
Location: Myopic Books, 1564 N. Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Cost: FREE & open to anyone!
A poetry reading featuring Denise Duhamel, Jenny Boully, Susan Wheeler, Daniel Nester, Prageeta Sharma, Gene Tanta, Jen Tynes, Lea Graham, Reb Livingston, Mirela Ramona Ciupag, Ken Rumble, Gina Myers, Natalie Lyalin, Emily Kendal Frey, Zach Schomburg, Larry Sawyer, Bruce Covey, and others! Support an independent bookstore by coming! Co-sponsored by MILK Magazine and Coconut Poetry.
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| 9:30PM-10:30PM | Performance Ventures - Instant Reading
Location: Links Hall, 3435 N. Sheffield Avenue (CTA Red Line to Belmont and then a 7 minute walk)
Cost: $5 for the evening
Website: http://www.linkshall.org/a-locate.shtml
Poet's Theater with Adam Hart, Jennifer Karmin, Kevin Kilroy, Aaron Lowinger, Erika Mikkalo, Ira S. Murfin, Beth Snyder, Eric Unger, Timothy Yu. Audience participation! Open to all!
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| 10:30PM-11:30PM | Performance Ventures - Tag Team Reading
Location: Links Hall, 3435 N. Sheffield Avenue (CTA Red Line to Belmont and then a 7 minute walk)
Cost: $5 for the evening
Website: http://www.linkshall.org/a-locate.shtml
Poet's Theater with William Allegrezza, Kristy Bowen, Chris Cook, Nina Corwin, Kurt Heintz, Daniela Olszewska, Sheryl Ridenour, Rodrigo Toscano, Evan Willner. Audience participation! Open to all!
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Sunday, February 15th, 2009
| 4:30PM |
Women & Children First Presents Lesbian Poets!
Location: Women & Children First Bookstore
Cost: Free, includes refreshments
Website: www.womenandchildrenfirst.com
Readings and reception with emerging and established lesbian poets including Achy Obejas, Ching-In Chen, Nickole Brown and Tamiko Beyer. |
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