1 “Tacky Goblin” (Volumes Bookcafe) T. Sean Steele celebrates the international release of a Chicago favorite, “Tacky Goblin,” an absurd look at becoming a grown-up. August 4
2 “Sick” (Women & Children First Bookstore) Former Chicagoan Porochista Khakpour discusses “Sick: A Memoir” with essayist Megan Stielstra. August 1
3 Danny’s Sunday Series (Danny’s Tavern) Celebrating dancing girl press with Kristy Bowen, Valerie Wallace, Shanita Bigelow, Cecilia Pinto, Lina Ramona Vitkauskas, Liz O’Connell-Thompson and Sam Gennett. August 19
4 Great Science Writing (American Writers Museum) NPR’s Science Friday celebrates great science writing, with authors Terry Tempest Williams and David Quammen. August 16
5 “She’s Not the Type” (Women & Children First Bookstore) Author and blogger Elaine Soloway, mother of “Transparent” writers Jill and Faith Soloway, launches her fourth book. August 2
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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