Reading #95 - Tuesday Funk

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Reading #95

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Haiku by Andrew

Poetry Haiku by Andrew

Patriotic Haiku for July

Andrew was in a political mood at the July 5, 2016 edition of Tuesday Funk. Our nation's birthday, favorite of nation's kids, bane of nation's pets. Pyromaniacs send puppies into panic with sonic onslaught. Trump and Hillary give so much ammunition to the other

Debriefings Reading #95

July Debriefing

Coming off the holiday weekend, Tuesday Funk was the perfect way to ease back into the real world -- especially since the beer was cold and the Hopleaf's air conditioning was working. Maggie Jenkins got us started with a story about becoming a karaoke hero in enemy territory.

Reminder: Tuesday Funk #95 is tonight!

Reminder: Tuesday Funk #95 is tonight!

Come celebrate your Independence Day hangover with your pals at Tuesday Funk! Tonight we've got Leland Cheuk, Hannah Gamble, Maggie Jenkins, Scott Smith, and Kendra Stevens! Plus your faithful co-hosts Andrew Huff and Eden Robins, naturally. Our readings take place at Hopleaf Bar, 5148 N. Clark St. in

Meet Our Readers: Maggie Jenkins

Participants Reading #95

Meet Our Readers: Maggie Jenkins

Maggie Jenkins is a comic, writer, runner and rapper. She has been a featured performer at Story Club, Essay Fiesta, Write Club, the kates and the Chicago Women's Funny Festival, among many others. She's a member of Chicago's all-female Beastie Boys tribute, She'

Meet Our Readers: Kendra Stevens

Participants Reading #95

Meet Our Readers: Kendra Stevens

Kendra Stevens is a Chicago-based writer, Live Lit performer, comic, rapper and obsessed pet owner. She is a co-producer of the monthly show, Serving the Sentence, is an original member of the kates, a Write Club victor, and has also been featured at Story Club, Essay Fiesta, Story Sessions and

Meet Our Readers: Hannah Gamble

Participants Reading #95

Meet Our Readers: Hannah Gamble

Hannah Gamble is the 2015 winner of the Neil Postman award for metaphor from Rattle magazine. She will be giving talks this summer at the Chicago Art Institute and the 2015 Printer's Ball, and will have new poems out in Pleiades in a couple months. Follow her on

Meet Our Readers: Leland Cheuk

Participants Reading #95

Meet Our Readers: Leland Cheuk

Leland Cheuk is the author of the novel The Misadventures of Sulliver Pong (CCLaP Publishing, 2015). The book was an Amazon National Bestseller in Asian-American Literature, a finalist for the James Jones First Novel Fellowship, and a semi-finalist for the Big Moose Prize from Black Lawrence Press. Cheuk has been

Tuesday Funk for July 5, 2016

Reading #95 Smith Scott

Tuesday Funk #95 - July 5, 2016

Your favorite eclectic monthly reading series, Tuesday Funk returns the day after Independence Day, July 5! Join us in the upstairs bar at Hopleaf for readings by Leland Cheuk, Hannah Gamble, Maggie Jenkins, Kendra Stevens and Scott Smith! Andrew Huff and Eden Robins are your faithful co-hosts, and Sal will