Here are a handful of literary events happening this month in Chicago and beyond. No fooling. Reading to Support the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights April 3, 2026, […]
Memoir and Narrative Storytelling During COVID The Society of Midland Authors presents a panel discussion titled “Memoir and Narrative Storytelling During COVID” with writers Michele Weldon, Gerry Plecki, and Rebecca […]
Third Coast Review writer Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch is stepping away from writing the Chicago Is Lit column, though she will continue to contribute to TCR. In the meantime, Lit editor […]
“There are many ways to do the work in this moment,” Women & Children First Co-Owner Lynn Mooney said by way of introducing prolific novelist and poet Margaret Atwood at […]
Even before its release, Sabr Tooth Tiger Magazine is something of a success. Rarely does a new arts and literary journal receive more than 300 submissions for its first call. […]
While author Giano Cromley currently lives on the Southside of Chicago and teaches as an English professor at Kennedy-King College, he was born in Montana and is a certified wildlife […]
Review by Tori Rego. Since making their publishing debut in 2024, local independent arts magazine and press, Raging Opossum, has sought to distinguish itself through gathering emerging voices that share […]
The American Writers Museum (AWM)’s exhibit American Prophets: Writers, Religion, and Culture will look “through the pages of American history to explore the influence of religion and spirituality on writers […]
My afternoon at Illinois Tech’s Hermann Hall started off with a hearty welcome by speaker Kate McKinnon to young readers. She was sure to bring them into the realms of […]
Ulysses. The book Sylvia Beach’s Shakespeare and Company published in Paris in 1922. The book that was banned in the US and the UK. The book people either love or […]
For “Lakeview Day 2025,” the Chicago Humanities Festival featured two tyranny experts, each for an hour-long interview followed by a brief Q&A, on April 27 at the Athenaeum Theatre. The […]
For regular readers of this column, Saturday’s Independent Bookstore Day is likely as highly anticipated as the Super Bowl (if not more so). If you haven’t made your game day […]