September 2011
Meet Our Readers: Liz Baudler
Most of Liz Baudler's time is spent in front of her computer trying not to freak out. This goes for whether she is writing writing of any sort or working on The Toucan Literary Magazine, of which she is founding...
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Meet Our Readers: Erin J. Shea
Erin J. Shea lives in the Beverly neighborhood with her husband, Scott Smith, daughter Abigail and superhound, Glinny. Originally from Joliet, she works as a vice president at Edelman Digital, where she spends most of her waking hours playing on...
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Video: Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar
Our October reading is coming up fast, and there's no better way to get in the right frame of mind than with videos from past events. In this great reading from September, Naomi Buck Palagi shows us the good that...
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Video: A D Jameson plumbs the depths
Our October reading is coming up fast, and there's no better way to get in the right frame of mind than with videos from past events. In this great reading from September, A D Jameson polarized our audience with a...
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Video: William Shunn reads a poem for 9/11
At this week's Tuesday Funk, co-host William Shunn read “You Are Here,” a poem he composed for the tenth anniversary of the September 11th terror attacks. (He lived in Queens near the East River at the time.) Here's the brief...
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Tuesday Funk #38: October 4th
Our next event will take place on Tuesday, October 4, 2011, and will include readings from William Shunn, C.P. Chang, Erin J. Shea, Matt Darst, and Liz Baudler.
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September debriefing
Hey, if you weren't at Hopleaf this week for Tuesday Funk, you missed a good 'un, a real good 'un. 12-point buck good, in fact. We had Carissa DiGiovanni reading us poems, Noreen Natale telling us amusing stories, and Naomi...
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Reminder: Tuesday Funk #37 is tonight!
Hey, do you smell that? No, not that! The good smell, I mean. It's ... could it be? ... I think that's the crackling smell of raw talent,, and I'm pretty sure it's heading for Tuesday Funk, the monthly Chicago...
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Video: Karen Skalitzky gets "Out"
Our September reading is coming up fast, and there's no better way to get in the right frame of mind than with videos from past events. This reading from Augustrelating Karen Skalitzky's moving encounter with, yes, a car wash doorshould...
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Meet Our Readers: Carissa DiGiovanni
Carissa DiGiovanni is a third-generation Chicagoan who works in the non-profit sector. Her work has appeared in Sierra Nevada College Review, Journal of Experimental Fiction, SLAB, and Muslim, Wake Up! She graduated from the MFA program in Creative Writing at...
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