Lit Top 5: December 2020

Photo: Jillian Edelstein

1
Mohsin Hamid
(Chicago Public Library)
Hamid, author of the best-selling novel “Exit West” will be interviewed by Booklist editor Donna Seaman as part of One Book, One Chicago.
December 3, 7pm

2
The Freezer Door with Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore and T Fleischmann
(Women and Children First)
Sycamore and Fleischmann read in a virtual event.
December 4, 7pm

3
Riva Lehrer
(Chicago Public Libraries)
Artist and author Riva Lehrer discusses her book, “Golem Girl,” with Lawrence Weschler. This event is on Zoom; registration required.
December 9, 6:30pm

4
“Black Futures” with Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham
(Seminary Co-Op Bookstore)
Curator Kimberly Drew and editor Jenna Wortham in conversation with Dr. Eve Ewing about an anthology that speculates on the possibilities of Blackness.
December 14, 7pm

5
Open Door Series Online: Beth McDermott and Maya Marshall
(Poetry Foundation)
An installment of Open Door features Beth McDermott and Maya Marshall, along with two of their students, Eva Bruno and Katherine Grace de Jesus Flores.
December 15, 7pm

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.