Author Amy Krouse Rosenthal features on The Interview Show, with Erling Wu-Bower and Cosmo Goss, Julie DiCaro and Robbie Fulks. Hosted by Mark Bazer. September 2, 6.30pm
2 OUT OF THE WRECK I RISE (Poetry Foundation) Neil Steinberg reads from “Out of the Wreck I Rise: A Literary Companion to Recovery,” written with Sara Bader and published this month by the University of Chicago Press. With Rick Kogan, Tony Fitzpatrick and Carol Marin. September 8, 7pm
3 BLACK GIRL DANGEROUS (Volumes Bookcafe) Launch of “The Solidarity Struggle: How People of Color Succeed and Fail At Showing Up For Each Other In the Fight For Freedom,” edited by Mia McKenzie. September 10, 7pm
4 THAT’S ALL SHE WROTE (The Great State Gallery at Great Lakes Tattoo) Live-lit true stories, featuring Ruth Kaufman, Margaret Ghielmetti, Sean Keen and David Barish with co-hosts JH Palmer and Angela Benander. September 11, 8pm
5 WHAT WOULD YOU DO? (Holiday Club) Story Club North Side Game Show Story Series, featuring Roger Landes, Chris Trani and Ali Kelley. September 1, 8pm
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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