1 An Evening with Claudia Rankine (Cortelyou Commons, DePaul) May 4, 6:30pm For more information: The Women’s Center (773)325-7558
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Evanston Literary Festival Readings and panels including Aleksandar Hemon, Amina Gautier, Laura Kasischke, Audrey Niffenegger, Christine Sneed, Megan Stielstra, Michele Weldon, Zoe Zolbrod and more May 4-14
4 Story Sessions: Your Mom (City Winery) Storytellers Jeremy Owens, Eileen Dougharty, Archy Jamjun, Beth Horner, Philip Dawkins and Natasha Tsoutsouris May 8, 11am-1:30pm
5 “This Great Nation, Much Enduring” (Stage 773) ChicagoSlamWorks.com Fridays, May 6-June 10, 8:15pm
Toni Nealie is the Literary Editor of Newcity and the author of the essay collection “The Miles Between Me.” A Pushcart Prize nominee, her essays have appeared in Guernica Magazine, Rust Belt: Chicago, The Rumpus, The Offing, Essay Daily, Chicago Quarterly Review, Hobart, Entropy and elsewhere. She worked in magazine journalism, politics and PR in her native New Zealand, the United Kingdom and Singapore and now edits, writes and teaches in Chicago. Find her at toninealie.com and on Twitter @tnealie. She can be reached at toni@newcity.com.
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