1 Margot Lee Shetterly: The Black Women Who Helped Win the Space Race (Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, Thorne Auditorium) Margot Lee Shetterly with “Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race.” November 5, 11am
2 Ross Gay and Thalia Field (Columbia College Chicago) A reading with poet Ross Gay, author of “Against Which,” “Bringing the Shovel Down” and “Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude” and Thalia Field, author of hybrid fiction “Experimental Animals.” November 10, 5:30pm
3 Elizabeth Alexander: The Light of the World (Harold Washington Library, Pritzker Auditorium) Pulitzer finalist Elizabeth Alexander reads from her memoir about loss, a reflection on her existential crossroads after the sudden death of her husband. November 12, 2pm
4 Charles Johnson (Harold Washington Library, Pritzker Auditorium) Scholar, essayist and fiction writer Charles Johnson won the National Book Award for “Middle Passage.” November 3, 6pm
5 Dan Wells, Mary Kowal and Wesley Chu (Volumes Bookcafe) Science fiction and fantasy writers discuss their new books, “Extreme Makeover,” “Ghost Talkers” and “The Rise of Io.” November 16, 7pm
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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