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Chicago Is Lit: A Literary Pub Crawl & More February Events

Authors are frequently asked, “When is your book coming out?” I heard this question when I finished the first draft of my novel, and while I was editing the sixth […]

  • Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch
  • January 31, 2025
    • Events , Fiction , Lit , Live lit events

    Dialogs: Five-Star Authors in a Five-Star City

    The Chicago Humanities Festival brought two midwest authors to Northwestern’s campus last Saturday afternoon and a packed crowd of literature lovers. Rebecca Makkai and Indiana’s John Green had the audience […]

  • Caroline Huftalen
  • November 14, 2024
    • Events , Interviews , Lit , Live lit events , Poetry

    Chicago Is Lit: August Live Literature Events and Readings

    Poems While You Wait crafting original typewritten poetry-on-demand

    This month’s column explores another reason Chicago’s literary scene is “lit”: the wide variety of live literature events held in neighborhoods across the city. From conversations with award-winning authors to […]

  • Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch
  • August 3, 2024
    • Fiction , Interviews , Lit , Writing

    Dozens of Published Books, One Writing Nonprofit: StoryStudio Chicago

    Recent books published by alumni of StoryStudio Chicago's In a Year programs

    This week StoryStudio Chicago kicked off its third annual Pub Crawl, a month-long online publishing intensive, or program, of classes and panels demystifying the publishing world.

  • Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch
  • February 3, 2024
    • Essays , Lit

    What to Read Now: Three Books About Plagues

    It’s the year of the big virus. We’ve had two weeks of #StayTheFHome or sheltering in place, depending on where you live. And in some states, you’re not doing that. […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • March 28, 2020
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