Readings

Upcoming Events

JANUARY 2012

Sunday, January 8 at 7:30 pm
P. Fanatics Reading Series
Cole’s Bar
2338 N. Milwaukee
Chicago, IL

Thursday, January 12
6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
“Poems While You Wait: Impromptu Poetry Composed on a Vintage Typewriter”
In the lobby before and after the screening of the Louder Than a Bomb Documentary
Gaffney Auditorium
New Trier High School
385 Winnetka Road
Winnetka, IL
with Dave Landsberger and Eric Plattner

Friday, January 13 at 7:30 pm
Reading with Leigh Stein who will be reading from her debut novel The Fallback Plan
Women & Children First
5233 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL

FEBRUARY 2012

Thursday, February 2 at 6:00 pm
DePaul Poets Reading
The DePaul Art Museum
935 W. Fullerton
Chicago, IL
with Chris Green, Mark Turcotte & David Welch

Sunday, February 12
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
“Poems While You Wait: Impromptu Poetry Composed on a Vintage Typewriter”
Dose Market
River East Art Center
435 E. Illinois St. (near the Grand stop on the CTA Red line)
Chicago, IL
with Dave Landsberger and Eric Plattner

Wednesday, February 29 at 8:00 pm
The Chicago Poetry Brothel Presents: A Leap Year Valentine
The Chopin Theatre
1543 W. Division Street
Chicago, IL

Wednesday, February 29 through Saturday, March 2
The Rose Metal Press table
at the AWP Conference Book Fair
Hilton Chicago & Palmer House Hilton
Chicago, IL

MARCH 2012

Tuesday, March 6 at 5:00 pm
Reading with Scott Blackwood
The Gage Gallery
Roosevelt University
18 S. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL

Thursday, March 15
4:30 pm to 7:30 pm
“Poems While You Wait: Impromptu Poetry Composed on a Vintage Typewriter”
Arlington Heights Library
500 N. Dunton Ave.
Arlington Heights, IL
with Dave Landsberger and Eric Plattner

Friday, March 23 through Sunday, March 25
The Berea College Conference on Independent Publishing
with Abby Beckel
through the Learning Center at Berea  College
Berea, Kentucky

Friday, March 30 at 6:00 pm
DePaul’s Write Club
The Brownstone’s Annex
Lincoln Park Campus Student Center
Chicago, IL

MAY 2012

Tuesday, May 1 at 7:30 pm
Reading in the Wit Rabbit Series
Quenchers Saloon
2401 N. Western Ave.
Chicago, IL
with Lily Brown & Catherine Theis

JULY 2012

Thursday, July 26 through Saturday, July 28
The Midwest Writers Workshop
The Ball State University Alumni Center
2800 W. Bethel Ave.
Muncie, IN

Past Events

NOVEMBER 2011

Sunday, November 6
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
“Poems While You Wait: Impromptu Poetry Composed on a Vintage Typewriter”
Dose Market
River East Art Center
435 E. Illinois St. (near the Grand stop on the CTA Red line)
Chicago, IL
with Dave Landsberger and Eric Plattner

Wednesday, November 9 at 2:00 pm
Panel on Independent Publishing, Rose Metal Press & Literary Hybrids
Hendrix College
Murphy Seminar Room
Murphy House
Conway, AR
with Abby Beckel

Thursday, November 17 at 7:00 pm
Chicago Book Expo Reading
curated by Artifice magazine
SoFo Tap (in Uptown)
4923 N. Clark
Chicago, IL
with Jen Besemer, Andrew Farkas, Devin King, and Fred Sasaki

Saturday, November 19 at 9:30 am
National Council of Teachers of English Convention
Panel: More Than Words: New Writers for a New Millennium
with Billy Lombardo and Bayo Ojikutu
Chicago Hilton
Chicago, IL

Sunday, November 20 from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Flash Fiction Panel
Chicago Book Expo
4701 N. Broadway (in Uptown)
Chicago, IL

Monday, November 28 at 4:30 pm
Reading with Christine Sneed
The Gage Gallery at Roosevelt University
18 S. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL

OCTOBER 2011

Friday, October 21 at 8:00 pm
The Chicago Poetry Brothel with special guest Karen Abbott
Thalia Hall
1215-1225 W. 18th Street
Chicago, IL

Saturday, October 22 at 7:30 pm
Reading with Jason Skipper, who is touring behind his novel Hustle
The Book Cellar
4736 N Lincoln Ave.
Chicago, IL

SEPTEMBER 2011

Wednesday, September 7 from 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Library Open House: Collection & Cocktails at the Poetry Foundation
61 W. Superior Street
Chicago, IL

AUGUST 2011

Wednesday, August 3 at 9:00 am
Publishing Panel
Northwestern Summer Writers’ Conference
Evanston, IL

Thursday, August 4 at 10:15 am
Point of View Workshop
and 2:00 pm Short Short Story Workshop
Northwestern Summer Writers’ Conference
Evanston, IL

Sunday, August 8 from 1:00 to 6:00 pm
The New York Poetry Brothel
Poetry’s Honeymoon
Governors Island, Building 410A*
New York, NY

JULY 2011

Thursday, July 14 at 11:00 am
Eleventh Hour Talk on Non-First Person Points of View in Creative Nonfiction
The Iowa Summer Writing Festival
Iowa City, IA

Saturday, July 16 from 11 am to 12:30 pm
Experimental Forms Workshop (Poetry)
The DePaul Summer Writing Conference
DePaul Center Room 8010
1 E. Jackson Blvd
Chicago, IL

Sunday, July 17 from12:30 to 1:30 pm
Authorial Marketing Panel
The DePaul Summer Writing Conference
DePaul Center Room 8005

Sunday, July 17 from 1:30 to 2:30 pm
The Future of Independent Publishing Panel
The DePaul Summer Writing Conference
DePaul Center Room 8005
1 E. Jackson Blvd
Chicago, IL

Saturday, July 23 from 2:00 to 9:00 pm
Poems on While You Wait (with Dave Landsberger and a typewriter)
Wicker Park Fest
The Wicker Park and Bucktown Chamber of Commerce tent
Milwaukee Avenue from North Avenue to Wood Street
Chicago, IL

JUNE 2011

Saturday, June 4 and Sunday, June 5
The Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest
Poetry Reading on Saturday, June 4 at 1:00 pm
and Moderator for “The Family Memoir” panel featuring Zoe Fitzgerald Carter and Cornelia Maude Spelman at 3:30 pm
Chicago, IL

Tuesday, June 14 at 7:30 pm
The Quickie’s Reading SeriesThe Innertown Pub
1935 W. Thomas
Chicago, IL

Wednesday, June 15 from 6:30 to 9:00 pm (every Wednesday through July 20)
A 6-week Writing Your Memoir class
4043 N. Ravenswood
StoryStudio Chicago

Thursday, June 16 at 7:00 pm
Chicago Writers and Publishers Reading and Panel Discussion
The Claudia Cassidy Theatre at the Chicago Cultural Center
77 E. Randolph St.
Chicago, IL
with Danielle Chapman, Joe Meno, Simone Muench, and Bayo Ojikutu

Thursday, June 30th at 5:00 pm
Guest judging Flask Fiction
Lincoln Hall
2424 N Lincoln Ave.
Chicago, IL

APRIL 2011

Sunday, April 17 from 1:30 to 4:30 pm
The RHINO Fourth Sundays Poetry Workshop (but it’s a Third Sunday this time!)
The Evanston Public Library, Room 108
Church and Orrington
Evanston, IL

Saturday, April 30 at 8:00 pm
The Chicago Poetry Brothel presents Poezie Comique
Thalia Hall
1215-1225 W. 18th Street
Chicago, IL

MARCH 2011

Saturday, March 5 at 8:00 pm
The Chicago Poetry Brothel Explores the Seamy Side of Poetry
The House of Blues Foundation Room
329 N. Dearborn Street
Chicago, IL

Friday, March 18 at 8:00 pm
The Dollhouse Reading Series
1850 W. Belle Plaine Ave.
Chicago, IL
with Whitney Holmes, Dolly Lemke, Daniela Olszewska, and Edwin R. Perry

Saturday, March 26 at 9:00 am
Panel on Rose Metal Press and Independent Publishing
with Abby Beckel
through the Learning Center at Berea  College
Berea, Kentucky

FEBRUARY 2011

Wednesday, February 2 to Saturday, February 5
The AWP Conference & Book Fair
Rose Metal Press will be at Table A4
and my panel To Wave or Not to Wave
will be on Thursday, February 3 from Noon to 1:15 pm
in the Thurgood Marshall West Room at the Marriott Wardman Park
on the Mezzanine Level
with Janice Eidus, Patricia Foster, Karen Salyer McElmurray, Kate Zambreno

Sunday, February 20 at 2:00 pm
The “American Dream: a Juxtaposition” reading
at the WomanMade Gallery
685 North Milwaukee Avenue
Chicago, IL
with Traci Brimhall, Sarah Carson, Stevie Edwards, Quraysh Ali Lansana, and Ugochi Nwaogwugwu