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SUMMARY:35 Writers to Watch: Celebration Party
DESCRIPTION:The Guild Complex’s 35 Writers to Watch list celebrates the Guild’s 35+ years of innovative programming by featuring local writers whose careers represent the future of the literary arts in Chicago\, and whose work reflects the spirit and values of the Guild Complex today. Names were put forth by our folks from our diverse literary network of writers and organizers from across Chicago’s geographies and communities (and beyond). \nJoin us in the Catacombs at Epiphany Center for the Arts for an exciting party and social to celebrate these authors\, enjoy music\, refreshments\, fellowship\, and the opportunity to rub elbows with emerging literary icons you’ll be proud to say you knew when. \nPurchase tickets (required) here. Includes 1 free drink.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/35-writers-to-watch/
LOCATION:Epiphany Center for the Arts\, 201 South Ashland Ave.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60647\, United States
CATEGORIES:Writers to Watch
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SUMMARY:The Lonely (a Writers to Watch reading)
DESCRIPTION:This reading  draws inspiration from the work of the featured writers\, each of them exploring themes of loneliness\, longing\, and love. There is desire\, and there is dread. There is even decency. \nUsing personal stories\, fiction\, and fairy tales\, authors Keith Ecker\, Jac Jamc and Cecilia Pinto—three of the Guild’s 25 Writers to Watch—will navigate the not-necessarily-fraught territory of isolation with humor\, wit\, and understanding. \nThe Lonely will take place in the upstairs event space of Schubas Tavern (3159 N Southport). Admission is pay-what-you-can ($5 suggested donation). A full bar and food menu is available. \n  \nABOUT THE AUTHORS \n  \nKeith Ecker is the co-creator and executive producer of PleasureTown\, a serial audio drama featured on the WBEZ podcast network. He is also the creator of two of Chicago’s most notable live lit series\, Guts & Glory and Essay Fiesta. Keith has performed his personal essays throughout Chicago at venues as Printers Row Lit Fest\, the Chicago Writers Conference\, Write Club and Story Club\, among many others. \n  \n  \n  \nJac Jemc‘s first story collection\, A Different Bed Time\, was named one of Amazon’s Best Short Story Collections of 2014. Her novel\, My Only Wife was a finalist for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction and winner of the Paula Anderson Book Award. She is the nonfiction editor for Hobart Web. Jac teaches fiction at the University of Notre Dame. \n  \n  \nCecilia Pinto‘s writing has appeared in a variety of publications including Esquire\, Fence\, Quarter After Eight\, Diagram\, and TriQuarterly. Her anthologized work appears in Saints of Hysteria\, Sonneteering\, Mentor and Muse\, Billet-Doux\, and elsewhere. She has worked with students in the Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Park District\, and has taught for the Center for Talent Development at Northwestern\, the Graham School at the University of Chicago\, and the Poetry Center of Chicago among others. She received degrees in writing from Knox College and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Cecilia’s chapbook\, A Small Woman\, is forthcoming from Dancing Girl Press. \n  \n 
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/the-lonely-a-writers-to-watch-reading/
LOCATION:Schubas Tavern\, 3159 N Southport\, Chicago\, IL\, 60657\, United States
CATEGORIES:Writers to Watch
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SUMMARY:BrooksDay 2015 - By Any Art Necessary
DESCRIPTION:June 7\, 2015 marks the Third Annual BrooksDay and promises to be an exciting continuation of The Guild Literary Complex’s signature event with nonstop readings and performances this year in a new location: the stunning Reva and David Logan Arts Center located on the University of Chicago’s Campus\, 915 East 60th Street\, Chicago\, Illinois 60637. BrooksDay is free and open to the public. \nOn June 7\, 2015 from Noon-6:00 pm readers from previous years will mix with new participants all celebrating the life and work of our great Illinois poet\, Gwendolyn Brooks. Emcees Kevin Coval\, Richard Steele and Andrea Change will keep BrooksDay moving as performances by Young Chicago Authors\, Aurora Performance Group\, In the Spirit\, Rebirth\, Lyrically Xplicit bring to this BrooksDay a mix of arts and talents. \nThis is the anniversary of Gwendolyn Brooks’ birthday\, so of course cake will be served.  We look forward to seeing you on June 7th to celebrate poetry\, art\, activism and all things Gwendolyn Brooks. \nCLICK HERE for a complete schedule.\nBrooksDay was created to honor and sustain the work of Gwendolyn Brooks. Brooks is one of the most important of American poets—an artist who broke through racial barriers in American literature and publishing\, who nurtured many younger writers\, and who with poetic virtuosity and courage changed American poetry into the larger realm it should be.  Each year’s program becomes more dynamically charged as we approach 2017\, the 100th anniversary year of the birth of Gwendolyn Brooks. \nBrooksDay presenting partners include: Third World Press\, Poetry Foundation\, American Writers Museum\, Brooks Permissions\, and the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts. \n  \nABOUT OUT PARTNERS \nThird World Press provides quality literature that primarily focuses on issues\, themes\, and critique related to an African American public. The Third World Press mission is to make this literature accessible to as many individuals as possible including our targeted market of primarily African American readers. \nThe Poetry Foundation\, publisher of Poetry magazine\, is an independent literary\norganization committed to a vigorous presence for poetry in our culture. It exists to discover and celebrate the best poetry and to place it before the largest possible audience. \nThe mission of the American Writers Museum Foundation is to establish the first national museum in the United States dedicated to engaging the public in celebrating American writers and exploring their influence on our history\, our identity\, our culture and our daily lives. \nBrooks Permissions\, founded in 2002\, manages the literary works of acclaimed poet Gwendolyn Brooks. Brooks Permissions processes numerous requests for Ms. Brooks’ works annually\, working with mainstream\, educational\, and independent publishers\, as well as individual artists for projects ranging from literary anthologies and academic course packs to theatrical performances\, multimedia projects\, etc. \nThe Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts advances arts practice\, inquiry\, and presentation at the University of Chicago\, and fosters meaningful collaboration and cultural engagement at the university\, on the south side\, and in the city of Chicago. \n 
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/brooksday-2015/
LOCATION:Logan Arts Center\, 915 E 60th St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events,Writers to Watch
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SUMMARY:Applied Words: On Belonging
DESCRIPTION:In a city—let alone a world—of vast geographies\, identities\, experience and more\, how do we understand our place? \nUsing personal stories\, our guest authors will navigate the territory of belonging in a special Applied Words program that highlights two of the Guild’s 25 Writers to Watch\, Rebecca Kling and Sahar Mustafah\, and includes José Ángel N.\, author of Illegal: Reflections of an Undocumented Immigrant. \nOn Belonging will take place in the upstairs event space of Schubas Tavern (3159 N Southport). Admission is pay-what-you-can ($5 suggested donation). A full bar and food menu is available. \n  \nABOUT OUR AUTHORS \nRebecca Kling is a transgender artist and educator who explores gender and identity through solo pieces and educational workshops. Her multidisciplinary performances incorporate conversational storytelling\, personal narrative\, humor\, and more. She regularly tours to colleges\, universities\, and theatre festivals across the country\, and has received praise from publications coast to coast. In 2013\, Kling was named as part of the inaugural Trans 100 list\, which aims to highlight and celebrate excellence in the trans community. www.rebeccakling.com \n  \n  \n  \nJosé Ángel N. is an undocumented immigrant who came to the US from Mexico in 1993. He received a bachelor’s and a master’s from UIC; he is a regular contributor for El BeiSMan; his book Illegal: Reflections of an Undocumented Immigrant has been recently chosen as book of the year for the One Book One College program at Moraine Valley Community College. He is author of the blog: https://joseangeln.wordpress.com/ \n  \n  \n  \n  \nSahar Mustafah writes about “the others”—Arabs in the United States and abroad\, who are often deemed strange and disparate from the larger racial community. Her work has appeared in anthologies and journals including Great Lakes Review\, Word Riot\, Flyleaf\, Hair Trigger\, and Chicago Literati\, and she’s performed with 2nd Story Chicago. She’s the recipient of a Pushcart nomination. She recently her MFA from Columbia College. She is a teacher and co-founder of Bird’s Thumb\, an online literary journal devoted to new and emerging voices. \n 
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/on-belonging/
LOCATION:Schubas Tavern\, 3159 N Southport\, Chicago\, IL\, 60657\, United States
CATEGORIES:Applied Words,Special Events,Writers to Watch
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SUMMARY:Applied Words: A Dose of Mind and Body
DESCRIPTION:For this Applied Words event\, we ask our featured artists to give us a dose of health-connected stories of the body and/or mind. Tonight’s line-up includes two “Writers to Watch\,” Rey Andújar and Megan Stielstra\, along with special guests Andrew Huff and Samantha Irby. \nAnd to make the program more body related\, we have partnered with the International Museum of Surgical Science (1524 N Lake Shore Dr) to host the event. Your admission to the reading will include admission to the museum (normally $15)\, and the venue will be open a full hour early so you can explore all the exhibits on hand. Click HERE for directions and parking information. \n“Dose” is pay-what-you-can ($10 suggested donation). Audience contributions support honorariums for featured authors. \nREMEMBER: The reading starts at 7:30 p.m.\, but the museum will be open to Guild Complex guests as early as 6:30 p.m. Hooray! \n  \nABOUT THE AUTHORS \nRey Andújar is a Dominican writer and dramaturgist. His books have won various awards including: The International Award from Casa de Teatro\, for his book of short stories\, El factor carne (IslaNegra\, 2005); The Puerto Rican Pen Club Award for his novel Candela (Alfaguara\, 2007); The Story Award from the International Book Fair in Santo Domingo for Amoricidio (AgentesCatalíticos\, 2007); The Ultramar Letters Award (New York\, 2011) for Saturnalia (7Vientos\, 2011); and most recently Adújar won The Cuento y Poesía Consenso Award at Northeastern University. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nAndrew Huff is the editor and publisher of Gapers Block\, an award-winning Chicago-centric news and events webzine he co-founded in 2003\, and the co-host of the eclectic reading series Tuesday Funk. In addition\, he has worked for several years as a professional blogger for corporate clients\, and is a sought-after consultant on content oriented web projects. Andrew holds a journalism degree from The Ohio State University and a certificate in medical writing and editing from the University of Chicago\, and spent 10 years in public relations\, working primarily with clients in the healthcare and biotech industries. He has taught in the journalism departments at Loyola University Chicago and Columbia College\, and is a frequent speaker at SXSW Interactive and other conferences. In 2009 was named to the Crain’s Chicago Business 40 Under 40 list. \n  \nSamantha Irby is the author of Meaty\, a collection of essays chosen by Barnes & Noble as a Discover Great New Writers selection in addition to being named one of the Big Indie Books of Fall 2013 by Publisher’s Weekly. Samantha writes the wildly hilarious blog\, BITCHES GOTTA EAT\, co-hosts Guts & Glory\, a reading series featuring essayists\, and has performed all over Chicago. She has been profiled in the Chicago Sun-Times\, Chicago Reader\, Chicago Tribune\, as well as in TimeOut Chicago. Her work has appeared on The Rumpus\, XO Jane\, and Jezebel. \n  \nMegan Stielstra is the author of the essay collection Once I Was Cool. Her writing appears in The Best American Essays\, The New York Times\, Chicago Tribune\, Poets & Writers\, The Rumpus\, and elsewhere\, and her essays have been recorded for NPR\, Chicago Public Radio\, and Radio National Australia. She’s a company member of the critically-acclaimed 2nd Story storytelling series and has told stories for all sorts of theaters\, festivals\, and bars (many\, many bars) including the Goodman\, Steppenwolf\, Museum of Contemporary Art\, Neo-Futurarium\, and regularly with The Paper Machete live news magazine at The Green Mill. She is the Associate Director of The Center For Innovation in Teaching Excellence at Columbia College Chicago and teaches in the MFA Program at Northwestern University. \n  \nABOUT OUR VENUE PARTNER \n  \n \n  \n  \nThe mission of the International Museum of Surgical Science (IMSS) is to enrich people’s lives by enhancing their appreciation and understanding of the history\, development\, and advances of surgery and related subjects in health and medicine. In support of this\, IMSS is committed to: \n\nPortraying through exhibits and other appropriate media\, the art and science of surgery\, and related subjects.\nProviding programs and services for the education and enjoyment of the public\, students\, and the medical profession.\nPreserving the IMSS collection for the education\, inspiration\, and aesthetic enrichment of future generations.\nGaining recognition as a leader among medical and health museums worldwide.\n\n  \n 
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/applied-words-a-dose-of-mind-and-body/
LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 N Lake Shore Dr\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States
CATEGORIES:Applied Words,Special Events,Writers to Watch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150225T193000
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SUMMARY:Uncharted: a "25 Writers to Watch" kick-off
DESCRIPTION:As part of the Guild’s 25th anniversary last year\, we highlighted 25 Chicago area Writers to Watch. This year\, we program all of them—starting now! \n“Uncharted” features readings by Eric Charles May\, Coya Paz\, Roger Reeves\, and Kathleen Rooney. The theme is an open field for the imagination\, but expect to hear stories about adventure\, wandering\, crossing boundaries\, and more. \nUncharted is pay-what-you-can ($5 suggested donation). Audience contributions support honorariums for featured authors. \nClick here to RSVP on Facebook. \nVENUE: Schubas Tavern\, 3159 North Southport Avenue (21+ venue) \n  \nABOUT THE AUTHORS \nEric Charles May is the author of the novel Bedrock Faith. An associate professor in the Fiction Writing Program at Columbia College Chicago and a former reporter for The Washington Post\, his fiction and nonfiction have been published in such literary anthologies as Criminal Class Review\, Briefly Knocked Unconscious By a Low-flying Duck\, Fish Stories: Collective I\, Sport Literate\, Angels in My Oven\, and f Magazine. His writing has also appeared in the Chicago Tribune.\n\n  \n \nCoya Paz is a poet\, Artistic Director of Free Street Theater\, and an Assistant Professor in the Theatre School at DePaul University. She is also a founding member of Proyecto Latina\, and the co-founder of Teatro Luna\, where she served as co-Artistic Director from 2000-2009. Recent projects include Nerds\, Sluts\, (Commies) and Jocks and DOPE at Free Street Theater\, and The Americans\, based on interviews. Coya holds a PhD in Performance Studies at Northwestern University and is a regular commentator on race\, media\, and pop culture for Vocalo.org (FM 90.7). \n  \n  \nAwarded a 2014-2015 Hodder Fellowship from Princeton University\, a 2013 National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship\, and 2008 Ruth Lilly Fellowship\, Roger Reeves’ poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Best American Poetry\, Poetry\, Ploughshares\, American Poetry Review\, Boston Review\, Tin House\, and 2014 Pushcart Prize. King Me\, his first book of poems\, was published by Copper Canyon Press in 2013. He is an assistant professor of poetry at the University of Illinois at Chicago. \n  \nKathleen Rooney is a founding editor of Rose Metal Press and a founding member of Poems While You Wait. The author of seven books of poetry\, fiction\, and nonfiction\, she is the winner of a Ruth Lilly Award from Poetry magazine and her novel in poems Robinson Alone (Gold Wake\, 2012) won the Eric Hoffer Award in Poetry. Her debut novel O\, Democracy!  has just been released by Fifth Star Press. Her latest chapbook with Elisa Gabbert is The Kind of Beauty that has Nowhere to Go  (Hyacinth Girl Press\, 2013)\, and recent essays and criticism have appeared or are forthcoming in The New York Times Magazine\, The Chicago Sun Times\, Salon\, The Believer\, Coldfront and The Rumpus. \n  \n  \nABOUT THE VENUE \n \n  \n  \n  \nA diverse line-up of live music seven nights a week. Indie Rock\, Folk\, Country\, Rap\, Jazz– it’s all here at Schubas. And food\, too.  Schubas is located at 3159 N Southport.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/uncharted-a-25-writers-to-watch-kick-off/
LOCATION:Schubas Tavern\, 3159 N Southport\, Chicago\, IL\, 60657\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events,Writers to Watch
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