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June 2025 Debrief

Debriefings Reading #159

June 2025 Debrief

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

Meet the Readers: Dayna Bateman

Participants Reading #159

Meet the Readers: Dayna Bateman

Dayna Bateman is a recovering tech worker who received the 2025 American Literary Review Nonfiction Prize for her essay: Deracination, or How to Disappear. A Granta Memoir and Tin House Workshop alum, she was awarded a Storyknife Residency on the strength and promise of her memoir-in-progress about growing up on

Tuesday Funk #159: June 3, 2025

Readings Reading #159

Tuesday Funk #159: June 3, 2025

As the weather warms up, so does Chicago's favorite eclectic monthly reading series! Join us in the upstairs lounge at Hopleaf on June 3 for readings by Diana Babineau, Dayna Bateman, Mary Anne Mohanraj, Eden Robins, and James Stewart III. It'll be a little of everything

December 2018 Debrief

Debriefings Reading #123

December 2018 Debrief

The last Tuesday Funk in 2018 was a lot like the year itself: a roller coaster of emotions. We got started with Funk founder Connor Coyne, who read an excerpt from his new book Urbantasm featuring a once-in-a-teenaged-lifetime laser show. Next, Dayna Bateman shared a touching story about her father

Meet Our Readers: Dayna Bateman

Participants Reading #123

Meet Our Readers: Dayna Bateman

Dayna Bateman is an ecommerce strategist who sometimes writes for obscure trade publications like MultiChannel Merchant and Integrated Solutions for Retailers. Every once in a while she tells true stories at live lit shows around Chicago, and once took home the Loving Cup of Deathless Fucking Glory from the Write

Tuesday Funk #123 - Dec. 4, 2018

Readings Reading #123

Tuesday Funk #123: December 4, 2018

The holidays are right around the corner, which means there's just one more Tuesday Funk this year. But it's a super good one! Please join us in the upstairs lounge at Hopleaf for readings by James Gordon, Dayna Bateman, Cesar Torres, Rosamund Lannin and Tuesday Funk

Meet Our Readers: Dayna Bateman

Participants Reading #119

Meet Our Readers: Dayna Bateman

Dayna Bateman is an ecommerce strategist who sometimes writes for obscure trade publications like MultiChannel Merchant and Integrated Solutions for Retailers. Once in a while she tells true stories at live lit shows around Chicago, and once took home the Loving Cup of Deathless Fucking Glory from the Write Club

Tuesday Funk #119, August 7, 2018

Readings Reading #119

Tuesday Funk #119: August 7, 2018

What's better on a hot August evening than a cold beer and your favorite eclectic monthly reading series? Nothing! Join us on Tuesday, August 7 in the upstairs lounge at Hopleaf for readings by Mare Swallow, Dayna Bateman, Gina DeLuca, Annabel Lang and Kimberly Dixon-Mays. As always, admission