Lit Top 5: September 2020

1
Margot Livesey and Gish Jen
(Women and Children First)
Novelists Margot Livesey and Gish Jen in virtual discussion of Livesey’s new book, “The Boy in the Field.”
September 2,7pm

2
Kathleen Rooney
(The Book Stall)
Rooney reads from her latest novel “Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey” for a virtual event.
September 10, 630pm

3
Mike Puican
(Poetry Foundation and Guild Complex)
Local poet Mike Puican virtually launches his debut poetry collection “Central Air.”
September 17, 7pm

4
Claudia Rankine
(Chicago Humanities Festival)
Rankine reads from and discusses her new book “Just Us: An American Conversation.”
September 24, 7pm

5
Juan Felipe Herrera
(American Writers Museum)
The former U.S. poet laureate reads from his new collection “Every Day We Get More Illegal.”
September 30, 11am

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.