On November 5 Hyde Park’s 57th Street Books hosts a reading of literary and design journal Ninth Letter, a collaborative effort between Urbana-Champaign’s MFA Creative Writing Program and The School of Art & Design. Contributors include Seth Fried, whose work has appeared in McSweeney’s, and Chris Wiberg, previous assistant editor, who will each read their not-yet-published work appearing in the most recent issue of the award-winning journal. “I love to do live readings,” Wiberg says. “Writing can be such an isolated activity, so it’s a breath of fresh air to stand in a room and actually perform and connect with people.” “Attending a live reading is like viewing a play, almost,” says Jodee Stanley, editor of Ninth Letter. “It’s more of a community experience, unlike the solitary act of reading.”
