NEW LOCATION! This month’s Tuesday Funk will take place at The Hopleaf, 5148 N. Clark St., Chicago. Please join us for the next reading on Tuesday, October 6th: RAYMOND L. BIANCHI is a native of Chicago and the child of Italian Immigrants. He lived and worked for most of the 1990’s in Bolivia and Brazil, […]
Tuesday Funk #16
Please join us for the next reading on Tuesday, September 1st: ROBYN DETTERLINE is the cofounder of Another New Calligraphy, a non-profit organization that designs and handmakes books and CDs for local writers and musicians. Robyn also cofounded Literary Writers Network, was the managing editor of 10,000 Tons of Black Ink, and was an organizer […]
Tuesday Funk #15
Please join us for the next reading on Tuesday, August 4th: WILLIAM ALLEGREZZA edits the e-zine Moria and the press Cracked Slab Books. He has published five books, In the Weaver’s Valley, Ladders in July, Fragile Replacements, Collective Instant, and Covering Over; one anthology, The City Visible: Chicago Poetry for the New Century; seven chapbooks, […]
Tuesday Funk #14
Please join us for the next reading on Tuesday, July 7th: MEGAN FERRELL moved to Chicago from St. Louis almost four years ago, and still won’t become a Cubs fan. She earned a B.A. in English from Truman State University longer ago than she’d care to think, and longs for the day when her intermittent […]
Tuesday Funk #13
Please join us for the next reading on Tuesday, June 2nd: KRISTIN FITZSIMMONS received her MA from the University of Chicago in 2008. She is currently an Americorps member at the Hull House Association in Uptown where she teaches English as a Second Language and attempts to learn Spanish as a fourth language in addition […]
Tuesday Funk #12: Our One Year Anniversary!
Please join us for the next reading on Tuesday, April 7th: ELISABETH BLAIR is a folk vocalist and songwriter. She will be performing as the main vocalist in a performance art piece called “ALAS” May 1, 2, and 3 at Links Hall. For more info, visit www.elisabethblair.net GINA DiPONIO’s work has appeared in Contrary Magazine, […]
Tuesday Funk #11
Please join us for the next reading on Tuesday, March 3rd: Originally from Michigan, JOSEPH GIBSON IRVIN earned his MFA from New School University in New York City. His first novel, A FENCE WE CAN CLIMB, is a midwestern gothic tale of two brothers who murder their invalid father for his money. Currently he is […]
Tuesday Funk #10
Tuesday Funk #10 Please join us for the next reading on Tuesday, February 3rd: LYNN SUH: Born in Cambridge (MA), and raised in Paris, Chicago, and Seoul (Korea), Lynn has been a bit of a vagabond with few constants in life – his parents, his violin, and his habit of talking to himself. His poetry […]
Tuesday Funk #9
Please join us for the next reading on Tuesday, January 6th: SPENCER DEW is the author of the story collection Songs of Insurgency (Vagabond Press, 2008). His fiction and essays have appeared in numerous journals. He is a regular reviewer for Rain Taxi Review of Books and is completing a PhD at the University of […]
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