Readings

Upcoming Events

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

JUNE 2012

Saturday, June 23 and Sunday, June 24
“Poems While You Wait: Impromptu Poetry Composed on a Vintage Typewriter”
Chicago Summerfest in Lincoln Park
Chicago, IL
with Dave Landsberger and Eric Plattner

Friday, June 29 at 6:00 pm
Reading in The Brothers K Poetry Series
The Brothers K Coffeehouse
500 Main Street
Evanston, IL

JULY 2012

Friday, July 13 at 7:00 pm
Reading at Frugal Muse 
The Southeast Corner of 75th Street and Lemont
Darien, IL

Saturday, July 21 and Sunday, July 22
“Poems While You Wait: Impromptu Poetry Composed on a Vintage Typewriter”
Summer on Southport
Chicago, IL
with Dave Landsberger and Eric Plattner

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

AUGUST 2012

Thursday, August 9 at 7:00 pm
Reading at the Bang Bang Pie Shop
2051 N. California Ave
Chicago, IL
with Jacob Knabb and Lori Rader Day

Saturday, August 25 and Sunday, August 26
“Poems While You Wait: Impromptu Poetry Composed on a Vintage Typewriter”
The Boulevard in Logan Square
Chicago, IL
with Dave Landsberger and Eric Plattner

SEPTEMBER 2012

Sunday, September 30 from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
“Poems While You Wait: Impromptu Poetry Composed on a Vintage Typewriter”
Randolph Street Market
1340 W. Washington Street
Plumbers Hall
Chicago, IL
with Dave Landsberger and Eric Plattner

OCTOBER 2012

Thursday, October 25-Friday, October 26
The Texas Institute for Literary and Textual Studies (TILTS) Presentation
The Fate of the Book
The Harry Ransom Center
Austin, Texas

NOVEMBER 2012

Sunday, November 30 from 10:00 am to 5:00 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

DECEMBER 2012

Saturday, December 8 at 7:00 pm
Reading in The So & So Reading Series
Morning Times 
Raleigh, NC

Friday, December 14 at 7:00 pm
Reading in The Dollhouse Reading Series
1850 W. Belle Plaine
Chicago, IL

Past Events

APRIL 2012

Thursday, April 19
4:30 pm to 7:30 pm
“Poems While You Wait: Impromptu Poetry Composed on a Vintage Typewriter”
Arlington Heights Memorial Library
Arlington Heights, IL
with Dave Landsberger and Eric Plattner

MARCH 2012

Tuesday, March 6 at 4:30 pm
Reading with Scott Blackwood
Auditorium Building Room 406
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”
Adler Planetarium
Chicago, IL
with Dave Landsberger and Eric Plattner

Sunday, March 19 at 7:00 pm
Reading in the Two with Water Series
The Beauty Bar
1444 W. Chicago Ave
Chicago, IL
with Caroline Picard and others TBA

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

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

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

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