Meet the Readers: Chris Gleason

Chris Gleason is a queer designer, artist, and exuberant Chicago transplant. They make zines and art about poetry, birds, museums, media, nostalgia, and The Queer Experience. They spent their college years writing poetry, and this is the first time they’ve done live lit since getting their writing degree in two thousand and — wait, is it too late to back out now? Assuming it is, they’re excited to tell you about their hometown... and they’ll sell you the companion collage map zine for a cool five bucks. Their zines can be found variously at Uncharted Books, Third Coast Comics, Quimby's, and online at justchrispress.itch.io.

Please join Chris and our other awesome readers on Tuesday, July 1, 2025 in the upstairs bar at Hopleaf. Doors open at 7pm, and the show starts at 7:30. It's free, and 21-and-over. Please RSVP on Facebook.