826CHI Releases Compendium Volume 5
At exactly 5 p.m. on October 18th I hustled out of my office so I could get across town in time to attend a reading. Most of the readings I […]
Preview: Celebrate French Culture with Performance Poetry
In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the “sister city” cultural partnership of Chicago and Paris, the Chicago Sister Cities Paris Committee presents French Connection 2016 at The Poetry Foundation […]
Kill Your Darlings Closes with Stories about the Chicago Tradition of Books and Booze
[soliloquy id=”6938″] Third Coast Review’s Live Lit Series Kill Your Darlings: A Live Lit Mash-up ended last week with an evening themed around literature, alcohol and the storytelling tradition […]
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 second edition of the podcast that puts the spotlight on […]
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 will be devoted to Lit itself and we’ll explore Chicago’s saloon […]
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 lit event I told the story of the play This […]
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 is a real event happening this Thursday in Andersonville. Brought […]
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 Poetry Block Party. The event, which takes place in the […]
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 decide Chicago needs a poet laureate. If so, there would […]
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 community and spirit of self-publishing at the seventh annual Chicago […]
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 is the derby name of writer, storyteller, and stand-up comedian, […]
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 just a few of the offerings from literary translation journal […]