Lit Top 5: January 2019

1
Chicago by the Book: How Literature Changed Chicago
(American Writers Museum)
Liesl Olson, Dominic A. Pacyga and Susan F. Rossen from “Chicago by the Book: 101 Publications That Shaped the City and Its Image” speak of authors, artists and institutions who influenced the city.
January 30

2
Julie Hyzy and Libby Fischer Hellmann
(57th Street Books)
Thriller writers Julie Hyzy and Libby Fischer Hellmann read from and discuss their new novels “Virtual Sabotage” and “High Crimes.”
January 12

3
In Deep
(Women and Children First Bookstore)
Angalia Bianca reads with Linda Beckstrom from “In Deep: How I Survived Gangs, Heroin and Prison to Become a Chicago Violence Interrupter.”
January 10 Event Cancelled

4
Fresh Ink: The Questionable Narrator
(826CHI)
“The Questionable Narrator: Writing Poems That Deceive in Order to Get to the Truth,” an 826CHI public writing workshop with poet José Olivarez.
January 14

5
Story Workshop with Melanie Benjamin
(Art on Sedgwick)
Lessons from the New York Times-bestselling author of “The Girls in the Picture,” “The Swans of Fifth Avenue” and “The Aviator’s Wife”
January 20