2 Glenance Green, “Shades of Green” (City Lit Books) Book release of “Shades of Green,” by Glenance Green. With readings by Jenny Marie Christian and Je Tuan Jones December 15, 6:30pm
3 “The Secret Birds,” Tony Fitzpatrick (FitzGerald’s Nightclub) Celebrating Tony Fitzpatrick’s book “The Secret Birds,” artwork, poetry and ephemera. December 18, 1pm
4 The Third Annual Curbside Yuletide Book Party (Curbside Books and Records) Featuring James Tadd Adcox, Tony Fitzpatrick, David Lazar, Toni Nealie, Christina Pugh, Kathleen Rooney, T. Sean Steele, Zoe Zolbrod December 20, 6:30pm
5 Here, Chicago (Stage 773) True stories told by author Lena Anani, actor Peter Kim, organizer Frank Bergh and farm director Stephanie Douglass. Hosted by Janna Sobel and Nnamdi Ngwe. December 18, 8pm (potluck at 7:30)
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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