SEAN FELIX READS FROM NAMELESS FACES
[ August 24, 2009; 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Various works meant to warp your world view. Wither its laughing at the bizarre, reaching for the steak knife under the weight of melodic verses, or simply...
View Articleteddy merino reads *the city the earth the heart a happening*
[ September 5, 2009; 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] teddy marino (yes, all lowercase, he tells us) got his start as a poet while studying History at UW, Madison, and working at a daycare. He wrote about...
View ArticleScott Inguito and Sandra Lim Read
[ September 19, 2009; 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Visiting from San Francisco, poet and artist Scott Inguito will read from two poetry chapbooks along with Sandra Lim, who will read from her first book,...
View ArticleJeff Phillips Reads From Whiskey Pike: A Bedtime Story for the Drinking Mankind
[ September 23, 2009; 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Much as a child draws a picture of a favorite animal, Jeff Phillips has attempted to do something similar with a favorite beverage. It is illustrated in the...
View ArticlePUNCHBUGGY BOOK TOUR 2009
[ October 5, 2009; 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Don't miss this comics extravaganza, featuring Liz Baillie, MK Reed and Ken Dahl! Join acclaimed cartoonists Liz Baillie (My Brain Hurts, Freewheel), MK Reed...
View ArticleThe Week Behind Celebrates 17 Years on the Internet
[ October 7, 2009; 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] On October 7, The Week Behind will celebrate its 17th anniversary as the oldest online magazine in America. Before Slate, before Salon, and almost 10 years...
View ArticleBarred For Life Interviews
[ October 17, 2009; 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] Got a Black Flag tattoo? Come to Quimby’s to get interviewed for a book about it! For more info, go here.
View ArticleMetralingua’s Down the Block Reading
[ October 23, 2009; 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Featuring Chicago authors Peter Zelchenko, Hugh Iglarsh, Sharyn Elman, and John Banas Chicago authors Peter Zelchenko, Hugh Iglarsh, Sharyn Elman, and John...
View ArticleBeliever Beware!
[ November 14, 2009; 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] So a transgender cowboy, a pornographer/Bible teacher, and a nostalgic former fundamentalist walk into a bookstore. It’s not a joke; it’s what will happen at...
View ArticleBook Release Party for Pinstriped Bloodbath
[ November 17, 2009; 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] How does one honor the tradition of Chicago’s checkered past? By embracing it’s bloody cliches. The comic anthology Pinstriped Bloodbath does just that,...
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