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Reading #172

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P. Scott Cunningham at Tuesday Funk #172

Debriefings Reading #172

July 2026 Debrief

Summer is often a little quieter in the upstairs lounge at Hopleaf, but not this time! The house was packed for Chicago's favorite eclectic monthly reading series, and the crowd was rewarded with a fantastic show. Joanne Jacsobson got Tuesday Funk #172 started with some short fiction and

Joanne Jacobson

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Meet the Readers: Joanne Jacobson

Joanne Jacobson has published three collections of nonfiction: Hunger Artist, a memoir on growing up in post-World War II suburbia; Every Last Breath, a set of linked autobiographical essays on chronic illness; and, this past year, In the Photic Zone, a prose chapbook probing emotional lives below the visible

Beatriz Gartler

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Meet the Readers: Beatriz Gartler

Beatriz Gartler was born and reared in Buenos Aires and has lived in Chicago since 1970. She is a retired professor of literature and creative writing. Her publications include two collections of poetry, one novel, and numerous essays and articles. Join Beatriz and our other amazing readers on Tuesday, July

Participants Reading #172

Meet the Readers: Jill Howe

Jill Howe is the producer of Story Sessions, a live storytelling series with real-time illustrations, since 2013. She has performed widely across Chicagoland, served as a resident storyteller at the Field Museum, led storytelling workshops for Newberry Library, and presented a Naperville Tedx Talk on vulnerability. Find more of

P. Scott Cunningham

Reading #172 Participants

Meet the Readers: P. Scott Cunningham

P. Scott Cunningham is the author of Self-Portrait as the “i” in Florida (Autumn House, 2026), winner of the 2025 Donald Justice Poetry Prize, selected by Major Jackson. His debut collection, Ya Te Veo (University of Arkansas, 2018), was selected by Billy Collins for the Miller Williams Poetry Series

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Meet the Readers: Maggie Queeney

Maggie Queeney is a writer, visual artist, and educator. She is the author of In Kind, selected by Brenda Shaughnessy as the winner of the 2022 Iowa Poetry Prize, and a poetry chapbook, settler, selected by Shane McCrae in the Baltic Writing Residency Chapbook Contest, republished by Tupelo Press in

Tuesday Funk #172: July 7, 2026

Readings Reading #172

Tuesday Funk #172: July 7, 2026

Recover from your Fourth festivities with a little live lit at Chicago's favorite eclectic monthly reading series! Join us Tuesday, July 7 as we feature readings by P. Scott Cunningham, Beatriz Gartler, Jill Howe, Joanne Jacobson, and Maggie Queeney! Admission to Tuesday Funk is always free, but you