Lit Top 5: September 2018

1
“The Caregiver”
(Women and Children First)
Samuel Park, author of “This Burns My Heart” and “Shakespeare’s Sonnets” died last year aged forty-one. Literary friends Curtis Sittenfeld, Rebecca Makkai, Nami Mun and Shauna Seliy celebrate Park and his new novel “The Caregiver.”
September 27

2
StoryStudio Writers Festival
(StoryStudio)
The first two-day conference on the craft of creative writing and on connecting writers with agents, small-press and journal editors.
September 29-30

3
Nnedi Okorafor
(American Writers Museum)
An evening with the international award-winning and national bestselling author of “Who Fears Death” (2011 World Fantasy Award winner) and “Black Panther: Long Live the King.”
September 11

4
Julian Randall
(Seminary Co-op)
Winner of the 2017 Cave Canem Poetry prize, Queer Black Chicago poet Julian Randall discusses  his debut collection “Refuse” with poet Tara Betts.
September 21

5
The Frederick Douglass Mixtape Workshop
(American Writers Museum)
Responding to AWM’s exhibit “Frederick Douglass: Agitator,” Young Chicago Author’s Tim “Toaster” Henderson hosts a workshop and open mic.
September 20