The award-winning author of “Bad Feminist” and “An Untamed State” reads and discusses her new book with Britt Julious, hosted by Women and Children First. March 15, 7pm, $30 including book.
2 Augusten Burroughs: “Lust and Wonder” (Music Box Theatre) The bestselling author of “Running with Scissors” and “Dry” reads from his new memoir, hosted by The Book Cellar. March 29, 7pm, $28 including book.
3 George Saunders: “Lincoln in the Bardo” (Music Box Theatre) MacArthur Fellow and author of eight previous books, George Saunders is in conversation with Peter Steeves. Book signing follows. March 2, 7pm, $25-$30 including book
4 Nickole Brown and Aracelis Girmay (Stage Two, Columbia College Chicago) A reading by poets Nickole Brown and Aracelis Girmay. March 15, 5.30pm, free and open to the public.
5 National Youth Poet Laureate Convocation featuring Jacqueline Woodson (Poetry Foundation) Jacqueline Woodson, author of the National Book Award-winning memoir in verse “Brown Girl Dreaming,” was named Young People’s Poet Laureate in 2015. March 10, 1pm, March 11, 6pm, free.
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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