At the 112th episode of Tuesday Funk, cohost Andrew Huff read a couple of his signature topical haiku. Last year I promised no haiku about Donald. Now all bets are off. Polar Plunge canceled due to record-breaking cold. Keep your...  read

>January 2 was the coldest night for Tuesday Funk in quite awhile, but that didn't stop a full house from showing up for Chicago's favorite eclectic reading series. And they were rewarded with some fantastic live lit. Marcus Emanuel led...  read

It's the first of the year, which means it's time for Tuesday Funk! Fulfill your new year's resolution not to let winter beat you by joining us tonight. There will be good writing and good folks and enough booze to...  read

Emma Terhaar is a writer living in Chicago. She edits and writes for Third Coast Review, the Chicago-centric arts and culture review site. Find more of Emma's writing on her blog EmmaFauxFemma.com. Please join Emma and our other amazing readers...  read

Marcus Emanuel received his bachelor's degree in Film Production at New York University and his master's in English from DePaul University. He has had short stories published in The Thoughtful Dog, Sick Lit Magazine, Chrome Baby, and others. He is...  read

Jac Jemc is the author of The Grip of It (FSG Originals). Her first novel, My Only Wife (Dzanc Books) was a finalist for the 2013 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction and winner of the Paula Anderson Book...  read

Cameron McGill is a third-year MFA candidate in poetry at the University of Idaho and the poetry editor of the journal Fugue. His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in The American Poetry Review, The Harvard Advocate, Queen Mob's Teahouse,...  read

Emily Belden is a best-selling author who has been chronicled by Michigan Avenue Magazine, The Chicago Sun Times, and many others. She is repped by Browne & Miller as well as 44 Blue Productions out of Burbank, California, who is...  read

It's hard to believe we're already looking down the barrel at a new year! What better way to commit to your resolution not to let winter keep you home than by heading to Tuesday Funk on the second of January!...  read