Third Coast Rewind: Another Chance to Kill Your Darlings
Welcome back to Third Coast Rewind. We’re back with another installment of readings from Kill Your Darlings. This is the…
It’s the Finale of Kill Your Darlings, A Live-Lit Mash-Up: On 9/14 We Explore Saloon/Lit Culture
Third Coast Review and Tree Falls Productions conclude Kill Your Darlings, their series of “live-lit/improv mashups” on Wednesday, September 14. That night…
This Is Modern Art: Synchronicity of the Week
Carl Jung might call it synchronicity because this is a meaningful coincidence, albeit also accidental. Wednesday night at a live…
Dreams Do Come True: LitCrawl Chicago Takes Andersonville This Thursday
What would happen if you crossed a literary festival with a pub crawl? No need to imagine, Lit Crawl Chicago…
A New Kind of Festival Puts South Side Poetry on Stage
Poets and musicians from across the country will convene in Bronzeville, this Saturday, July 30, for the first ever Chicago…
Stuart Dybek Reads Poetry Amongst the Art
If Rahm Emanuel solved all his critical problems and had time to think about something really important, he might…
Chicago Zine Fest Emphasizes the Community and the Creative Process
Papers, pamphlets, and publishers filled the auditorium of the Plumbers Union Hall last weekend. Writers, artists, and readers celebrated the…
Interview with Elizabeth Gomez: Retired Derby Queen, Storyteller and Comedian
On the morning of April 24, a Gmail notification appeared on my phone: “One new message from Juanna Rumbel.” Juanna Rumbel…
Asymptote Journal: A Five-Year Anniversary Celebration
Experimental Japanese translations. Interviews with National Book Award finalists. Mexican Twitter fiction. Ancient Babylonian texts and contemporary underground Uyghur poetry. These are…
Indie Writers Host Reading at Women & Children First
Every Thursday night a group of writers meets in various locations on the south side of Chicago. They call themselves…
Chicago Slam Works’ “Incendium”: A Hell of a Show
“Everybody looks better once they die.” Welcome to your orientation to the afterlife. In a gritty, dungeon-like club, the cast…
Poignant Performances and Safe Spaces at Sappho’s Salon
On a cold Tuesday night, 30 to 40 people crowd the back of Women and Children First in Andersonville. As people…
