Reading #174 - Tuesday Funk

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Reading #174

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Tuesday Funk cohost Erin Watson giving a toast

Debriefings Reading #174

September 2026 Debrief

The first of September was hot and humid, but the air conditioning in the upstairs lounge of Hopleaf did its job, and the crowd at the 174th edition of Tuesday Funk were cool indeed. Erin J. Watson pulled double duty as cohost and lead-off reader, sharing her brand-new

Teresa Dzieglewicz

Participants Reading #174

Meet the Readers: Teresa Dzieglewicz

Teresa Dzieglewicz is a Pushcart Prize-winning poet, educator, and lover of rivers and prairies. She is a fellow with Black Earth Institute, a Poet-in-Residence at the Chicago Poetry Center, and part of the founding team of Mni Wichoni Nakicizin Wounspe (Defenders of the Water School). With Natasha

Kathleen Rooney

Participants Reading #174

Meet the Readers: Kathleen Rooney

Kathleen Rooney is a founding editor of Rose Metal Press, a nonprofit publisher of literary work in hybrid genres, and a founding member of Poems While You Wait, a collective of typewriter poets who do commissioned poetry on demand. Her fifth novel Man Overboard! was published by Gallery Books / Simon

Participants Reading #174

Meet the Readers: Erin Watson

Erin J. Watson is a Southern queer person living in Chicago. She makes zines, rides bikes, and volunteers with Chicago Books to Women in Prison. Her poems have recently appeared in Milwaukee Avenue Messenger, and her zines include My Dog Only Listens to the Mountain Goats and Things We Bought

Reading #174 Participants

Meet the Readers: PJ Gray

PJ Gray proudly returns to Tuesday Funk and has been seen storytelling at 2nd Story Chicago, Sidetrack's Outspoken and You're Being Ridiculous to name a few. His varied writing career has included cookbook publishing, television writing and low comprehension fiction for struggling readers of all ages.

Tuesday Funk #174, Sept. 1, 2026

Readings Reading #174

Tuesday Funk #174: September 1, 2026

The shadows are getting longer, but the air is still warm and the leaves have yet to fall. Join us on Tuesday, Sept. 1 in the upstairs lounge at Hopleaf for Tuesday Funk! We'll be featuring readings by Teresa Dzieglewicz, PJ Gray, C. Russell Price, Kathleen Rooney and