We had a packed room for our June 3 show — proving once again that Chicagoans love their live lit! And we had a really great show for them, too.
Dayna Bateman started things off with a moving abecedarian essay about her indigenous Sámi ancestors to pass for white in the racial climate of 1880s America, in relation to her life today. Next,
Diana Babineau read a short story thriller set in a dystopian future in which state government has been tightening its control of women. Then
James Stewart III shared a passage from his novel
Defiant Acts set in the aftermath of the Rodney King trial.
After intermission, Eden Robins read a piece from the forthcoming comedy murder mystery novel she wrote with Mary Winn Heider. Then Mary Anne Mohanraj closed things out with a passage from one of her books, in which a woman grapples with the alternate versions of her life and identity.
Tuesday Funk will be back on July 1 with readings by Martha Bayne, Chris Corlew, Chris Gleason, Ursa Miles, and Victoria Montalbano. It's going to be a lot of fun — hope to see you there!
