1
Rabia Chaudry
(Seminary Co-op)
The lawyer who came to fame in the Adnan Syed case discusses her book, “Fatty Fatty Boom Boom: a Memoir of Food, Fat & Family” with Brie Loskota.
December 1, 6pm, registration required
2
Helen Shiller
(Chicago Public Library Uptown and Seminary Co-op)
The retired longtime progressive city council member discusses her memoir, “Daring to Struggle, Daring to Win.”
December 3, 2pm at Uptown Branch CPL; December 8, 6pm at Seminary Co-op with Bill Ayers.
3
Eileen Myles
(Seminary Co-op)
The iconic poet discusses their new collection as editor, “Pathetic Literature,” with Nate Lippens.
December 6, 6pm
4
Sylvia Aguilar Zéleny, Kemi Alabi, Benji Hart, blake nemec
(Poetry Foundation)
Three Chicago poets and one from Texas read their work as part of Poetry’s long-running Open Door series.
December 8, 7pm
5
Scott Branson and Peter Gelderloos
(Pilsen Community Books)
The two authors of recent activist books will be in a conversation entitled, “Surviving the City: Communal life and healing in the metropolis in an age of ecological collapse, urban revolt, and an increasingly apocalyptic State.”
December 10, 6pm