Fiction Videos Video: The words of the prophets were written on the studio walls At our September reading, the charismatic Edison A. Blake regaled us with an opening chapter from his novel The Original Artificial Stud... And if you're hungry for more great readings like this one, be sure to join us on Tuesday, November 1st, when we present the stellar lineup
Videos Reading #37 Video: Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar Our October reading is coming up fast, and there's no better way to get in the right frame of mind than with videos from past events. In this great reading from September, Naomi Buck Palagi shows us the good that can come from a twice-yearly cigar... Be
Videos Reading #37 Video: A D Jameson plumbs the depths Our October reading is coming up fast, and there's no better way to get in the right frame of mind than with videos from past events. In this great reading from September, A D Jameson polarized our audience with a hilarious, inventive, and euphonious descent into the language
Poetry Videos Video: William Shunn reads a poem for 9/11 At this week's Tuesday Funk, co-host William Shunn read “You Are Here,” a poem he composed for the tenth anniversary of the September 11th terror attacks. (He lived in Queens near the East River at the time.) Here's the brief video:
Debriefings Reading #37 September debriefing Hey, if you weren't at Hopleaf this week for Tuesday Funk, you missed a good 'un, a real good 'un. 12-point buck good, in fact. We had Carissa DiGiovanni reading us poems, Noreen Natale telling us amusing stories, and Naomi Buck Palagi on a return
Reading #37 Reminder: Tuesday Funk #37 is tonight! Hey, do you smell that? No, not that! The good smell, I mean. It's ... could it be? ... I think that's the crackling smell of raw talent,, and I'm pretty sure it's heading for Tuesday Funk, the monthly Chicago reading series where good
Readings Hopleaf Tuesday Funk #37: September 6, 2011 What's that boiling across the horizon with all the crackling power of late-summer thunderstorm? It's only Tuesday Funk, with a September lineup that will ionize your intellect and electrocute your emotions. For our next outing at Hopleaf, you can look forward to bottled literary lightning
