Lit Top 5: November 2019

1
Martín Espada
(The Seminary Co-Op Bookstore)
Bill Ayers hosts Martín Espada and other contributors reading from Espada’s anthology “What Saves Us: Poems of Empathy and Outrage in the Age of Trump.”
November 2

2
“The Peanuts Papers: Writers on Charlie Brown, Snoopy & the Gang, and the Meaning of Life”
(American Writers Museum)
Editor Andrew Blauner and Chris Ware playfully discuss the classic comic strip drawing on an anthology of writers and cartoonists with their reflections on Charles Schulz’s work.
November 4

3
Kundiman Reading
(The Dial Bookshop)
Helene Achanzar, Sarah Gambito, Melody S. Gee and Janine Joseph read as members of this poetry retreat.
November 6

4
Carmen Maria Machado
(Women and Children First at Swedish American Museum)
Machado in conversation with Emil Ferris about her new memoir, “In the Dream House”
November 8

5
Lynda Barry
(The Hideout)
Barry celebrates the launch of her latest graphic work “Making Comics.”
November 18

Tara Betts

Newcity Lit Editor Tara Betts is the author of “Break the Habit” and “Arc & Hue.” Her interviews and features have appeared in publications such as Hello Giggles, Mosaic Magazine, NYLON, The Source, Sixty Inches from Center, and Poetry magazine. She also hosts author chats at the Seminary Co-Op bookstores in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood.