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Chicago Book Expo: Day One

November 19, 2011 by Kathleen Rooney

So the inside of the former Borders location where fifty percent of this weekend’s Chicago Book Expo is taking place looks like an interior from post-apocalyptic zombie movie–if in such a movie the terrified populace raided chain bookstores instead of super-markets. See?

The difference between such a movie and real life, of course, is that there were no zombies, but there were lots of cool independent Chicago presses, lots of readers, and one Tim Jones-Yelvington, pictured here during his post-performance signing  of They Could No Longer Contain Themselves at the Rose Metal Press Table:

If you missed the Expo today, do not despair; it’s open tomorrow, too, from noon to 6:00 pm. Details here/see you there. Also? Thanks to the gentlemen of Anobium for splitting a table with RMP.

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