Reading #114 - Tuesday Funk

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Reading #114

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Haiku by Andrew

Poetry Haiku by Andrew

Andrew's Haiku for March

Cohost Andrew Huff read a few haiku at the March episode of Tuesday Funk. Neither snow nor rain nor dark of night will deter our president's tweets. My first phone number: 438-8873. Do you recall yours? It is hard to have Mardi Gras followed closely by Valentine'

March 2018 Recap

Debriefings Reading #114

March 2018 Recap

Bodies were an underlying theme in the 114th edition of Tuesday Funk on March 6. From abuse to disuse to idolization to reproduction, we heard it all in the upstairs lounge at Hopleaf. Award-winning author Tony Romano started us off with an excerpt from his novel, Where My Body Ends

Tuesday Funk #114 is tonight!

Tuesday Funk #114 is tonight!

March on into Hopleaf tonight (GET IT?) and check out some amazing writers! We've got one veteran and four brand new readers for you - David Daskal, Tony Romano, Sahar Mustafah, Billy Lombardo, and Ruben Quesada! Our readings take place at Hopleaf Bar, 5148 N. Clark St. in

Meet Our Readers: Billy Lombardo

Participants Reading #114

Meet Our Readers: Billy Lombardo

Billy Lombardo is the author of three books of fiction: The Man with Two Arms, How to Hold a Woman, The Logic of a Rose: Chicago Stories, and one book of something else: Meanwhile, Roxy Mourns. He is a Nelson Algren Fiction Award winner and the founder and managing editor

Meet Our Readers: Ruben Quesada

Participants Reading #114

Meet Our Readers: Ruben Quesada

Ruben Quesada has taught writing, literature, and literary translation at Vermont College of Fine Arts and at Columbia College Chicago. He is the author of Next Extinct Mammal and Exiled from the Throne of Night: Selected Translations of Luis Cernuda. His writing and digital media have been featured at The

Meet Our Readers: David Daskal

Participants Reading #114

Meet Our Readers: David Daskal

David Daskal is a writer, parent and jack of all careers. Now a recruiter, he has in past reincarnations been a public defender in Brooklyn, a waiter at Michael Jordan's original restaurant, the personal screener of Mayor Richard M. Daley's mail, and a tech salesman of

Meet Our Readers: Tony Romano

Participants Reading #114

Meet Our Readers: Tony Romano

Tony Romano is the author of the novel, Where My Body Ends and the World Begins (Allium Press), When the World Was Young (HarperCollins) and the story collection, If You Eat, You Never Die (HarperCollins). He is also the coauthor of Expository Composition: Discovering Your Voice and coauthor or the

Meet Our Readers: Sahar Mustafah

Participants Reading #114

Meet Our Readers: Sahar Mustafah

Sahar Mustafah is author of Code of the West, an award-winning short story collection. Her stories have earned a Distinguished Story citation from Best American Short Stories 2016 and two Pushcart Prize nominations, among other honors. She has served with Voices of Protest, an artist collaboration begun by Chicago'

Reading #114 Lombardo Billy

Tuesday Funk #114: March 6, 2018

Spring comes slowly to Chicago, but it'll be warm and welcoming at the 114th episode of Tuesday Funk! Plus, there's beer! Join us in the upstairs lounge at Hopleaf for another edition of Chicago's favorite eclectic monthly reading series, where we'll feature