Lit Top 5: September 2019

Ocean Vuong/Photo: Tom Hines

1
Tom Pickard
(Poetry Foundation)
Tom Pickard discusses literary landmark, “The Life of Poetry in Morden Tower” at the exhibition opening, including its reading series which began in 1964, which he co-founded.
September 5

2
Ocean Vuong
(Seminary Co-op)
Emily Jungmin Yoon discusses one of the buzziest debuts of the year, “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous,” with its poet-turned-novelist author.
September 3

3
Ours Poetica Launch
(Poetry Foundation)
The Poetry Foundation will launch a new poetry video series with curator Paige Lewis (“Space Struck”), series producer John Green (“The Fault in Our Stars”), and poet Kaveh Akbar (“Calling a Wolf a Wolf”) all present for the kickoff event.
September 12

4
The Children’s Book Fair of Hyde Park
(57th Street)
Kids have their day in Hyde Park for the thirty-second year.
September 15

5
J. Ryan Stradal
(The Book Cellar)
The best-selling Northwestern alum returns, in a literary sense, to his home state for “The Lager Queen of Minnesota.”
September 28