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Video: Patricia Ann McNair is loaded for deer

This past December 6th, Patricia Ann McNair graced our podium to bring us this "Deer Story" from her new collection The Temple of Air, and it went a little like this... If you liked that, please don't miss our next event which takes place Tuesday, January

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Tuesday Funk likes the Skull and Spine Workshop

Attention, aspiring writers!  We interrupt this Christmas Eve to bring you an important message about skulls and spines. No, it's not The Nightmare Before Christmas.  It's the Skull & Spine Workshop, taught by two-time Tuesday Funk reader Suzanne Clores.  It takes place in Evanston on Sunday

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Meet Our Readers: Christopher Sweet

Christopher Sweet has been writing for more than the requisite 10,000 hours. "Yet still no word from Publisher's Clearinghouse," as the New Yorker cartoon caption read, oh, about ten years ago, I'd say. He enjoys literary genres where the writer talks about himself

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Video: Hanna Martine sends us into the doghouse

This past December 6th, Hanna Martine dropped by our microphone to bring us a bit of Blue's Clues–inspired erotica.  No, really, we're serious.  Because you never know what's going to happen "In the Doghouse"... And if you liked that, please don&

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Meet Our Readers: Stephen Markley

Stephen Markley is the author of "Publish This Book: The Incredible True Story of How I Wrote, Sold, and Published This Very Book," which is available wherever books are sold. In addition, he is a regular columnist for RedEye and writes a blog for them called "Off

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Video: John Klima dreams of life's simple pleasures

This past December 6th, Electric Velocipede mastermind and Hugo Award winner John Klima made the dangerous trek south from the Waukesha Public Library to read his short story "Life's Simple Pleasures" for us.  Attend, children... And if you liked that, be sure to pick up some

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Reminder: William Shunn at Essay Fiesta tonight!

Just a quick reminder that your Tuesday Funk co-host William Shunn will be appearing at Essay Fiesta at The Book Cellar in Lincoln Square tonight at 7:00 pm. This charitable monthly reading series benefits 826CHI, a Chicago non-profit writing and tutoring program.  Please bring a bit of money for

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Tuesday Funk #41: January 3, 2012

Strap on your snowshoes this January because Tuesday Funk is taking you on a wild winter trek.  For our 41st episode you'll join us in tracking down the talents of Stephen Markley, Lawrence Santoro, Christopher Sweet, Holly McDowell, and William Shunn.  And your reward?  Dozens of varieties of

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William Shunn to read at Essay Fiesta on Monday

We just want to give you a quick heads-up that your Tuesday Funk co-host William Shunn will be appearing as part of the Essay Fiesta reading series at The Book Cellar in Lincoln Square this coming Monday, December 19th, at 7:00 pm. It'll be Bill's

Poetry Videos

Video: Emile Ferris's mother is 1968 Chicago

This past December 6th, Emile Ferris kicked off Tuesday Funk in a big way with her poem "My Mother Is 1968 Chicago." We wish technical difficulties didn't prevent us from showing you the full work, but check out this powerful, powerful excerpt from it: And if

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Still time to bid on Bill's memoir and help a worthy cause!

Hey, Funkers, there's still time to bid in the auction we told you about yesterday afternoon.  You have a little over eight hours left to get a bid in if you want to be one of the first by far to own a physical copy of my memoir

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Bid on Bill's memoir and help a worthy cause!

Hi, generous Tuesday Funk fans!  You may not be familiar with the name Terri Windling, but she is a major figure in the fantasy publishing world, as an author, illustrator, and especially editor.  Health and legal issues have drained the Terri and her family of all financial resources, so the

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Video: The front, Paris edition

Chicago may be enjoying a brief respite from the bitter cold this week, but somehow we here at Tuesday Funk still seem to want to escape to Paris.  We recently shared video of Suzanne Clores's adventures in the modern-day City of Light; now we're pleased to

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December debriefing

It was a gale-force wind that struck Hopleaf this past Tuesday night.  At least, that's what I gather from the way audience members kept telling us they were blown away.  We never know quite how any given evening is going to go, but we're happy to

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Patricia Ann McNair on WBEZ

This morning on WBEZ, Alison Cuddy of "Eight Forty-Eight" welcomed Patricia Ann McNair as one her guests.  Patty talked about her new story collection The Temple of Air.  Listen at the link below... Author Patricia McNair mines Midwestern roots for inspiration ...and then be sure to join us

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Reminder: Tuesday Funk #40 is tonight!

Don't freak out on us, but we're turning 40!  That's right.  Tuesday Funk, the monthly Chicago reading series where good writing and good beer mix, is about to put on its 40th episode, and we'd like to invite you to celebrate with

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Tuesday Funk likes Seamus Arthur Witt

Tuesday Funk is pleased to announce the announcement by co-host Sara Ross Witt that she and Andrew Witt have welcomed Seamus Arthur Witt into this world.  Seamus was born on November 17, and weighed in at 7 lbs 5 oz.  All involved are doing well, though Seamus has sent us

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Fiction: "Stand Up"

A brand-new short story by your Tuesday Funk co-host William Shunn, "Stand Up," is available now at the group blog This May Get Awkward: "Stand Up" TMGA is curated by the estimable JD Adamski, an MVP of Tuesday Funk, and you should check it out on

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Tuesday Funk likes The Interview Show

Chicago, if you want to kick off your weekend in an appropriately heady way, might we suggest getting yourself down to The Hideout for December's edition of The Interview Show?  Every month, host Mark Bazer welcomes a cross-section of fascinating guests, which tonight includes Alex Shakar, a Writers

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Video: Do bad things, you won't get caught

With only four more days until our December 6th reading, we want to remind you how Tuesday Funk can transport you out of a cold and dreary Chicago winter to magical places like a summer in Paris.  In this segment from our November 1st program, Suzanne Clores reminds us that

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Meet Our Readers: Emile Ferris

Emile Ferrisgrew up in Chicago and New Mexico. She received a BFA in visual art and an MFA in writing from the School of the Art Institute, where she also received the Toby Devan Lewis Emerging Artist Fellowship in 2010. Join us Tuesday, December 6th at 7:30 p.m.

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Meet Our Readers: Patricia Ann McNair

Patricia Ann McNair has lived 98 percent of her life in the Midwest. She's managed a gas station, sold pots and pans door to door, tended bar and breaded mushrooms, worked on the trading floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and taught aerobics. Today she is an Associate

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Meet Our Readers: Hanna Martine

Hanna Martine's debut paranormal romance novel, LIQUID LIES, will be released from Berkley Sensation/Penguin Publishing in August 2012. Her erotic romance has appeared in Clean Sheets magazine. Join us Tuesday, December 6th, 7:30 p.m., at Hopleaf's upstairs bar to enjoy Hanna's

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Meet Our Readers: Jody Lynn Nye

Jody Lynn Nye lists her main career activity as 'spoiling cats.' When not engaged upon this worthy occupation, she writes fantasy and science fiction books and short stories. Before breaking away from gainful employment to write full time, Jody worked as a file clerk, book-keeper at a small

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Video: Giving thanks for exit doors and taxi cabs

Thanksgiving is a short six days away, and Tuesday Funk reader Laura Stark is here to give you one more thing to feel thankful for.  In this segment from our November 1st program, she gives us reason to look forward to family gatherings that can't possibly be as