Due to the COVID-19 uncertainty, please check with venues on status.
1
“Conditional Citizens” by Laila Lalami
(American Writers Museum)
In this free webinar, Pulitzer Prize finalist Lalami reads from her nonfiction work that explores what is traditionally associated with American citizenship.
May 4
2
“Call Me Zebra” by Azareen van der Vliet Oloomi
(Pilsen Community Books)
A live taping with Oloomi and book signing following the discussion.
May 14
3
Kali Fajardo-Anstine
(National Museum of Mexican Art)
A rescheduled reading with the author of “Sabrina & Corina.”
May 19
4
Open Door Series: Suzanne Buffam and CM Burroughs
(Poetry Foundation)
Poets Buffam and Burroughs read with their students.
May 19
5
An Evening Inside the Multiverse
(Harold Washington Library Center, Pritzker Auditorium)
Physicist Marcela Carena and Michael Zapata, author of “The Lost Book of Adana Moreau,” discuss physics, astronomy, literature and parallel universes.
May 28
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.