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SUMMARY:Palabra Pura\, curated by Eduardo Arocho
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, April 16\n7:30 p.m.–9:00 p.m.\nLa Bruquena\, upstairs\n2726 W. Division St. \nFrom left to right: Laurie Ann Guerrero\, Eduardo Arocho (curator)\, Rich Villar.\nFirst Class: Celebrating the first full-collections of poetry by two emerging Latino Poets: Rich Villar\, author of Comprehending Forever\, and Laurie Ann Guerrero\, author of A Tongue in the Mouth of the Dying. Curated by poet Eduardo Arocho.\nThis program is co-presented with the Poetry Foundation. \nABOUT THE READERS\nLaurie Ann Guerrero was born and raised in the South Side of San Antonio\, she received the Academy of American Poets Prize\, among others\, at Smith College. Winner of the 2012 Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize\, her first full-length collection\, A Tongue in the Mouth of the Dying\, selected by Francisco X. Alarcón\, was released by University of Notre Dame Press in 2013. Guerrero’s poetry and critical work have appeared in Huizache\, Texas Monthly\, Bellevue Review\, Women’s Studies Quarterly\, Global City Review\, Texas Observer\, Chicana/Latina Studies\, Feminist Studies\, and others. Guerrero holds a B.A. in English Language & Literature from Smith College and an MFA in poetry from Drew University. Guerrero’s chapbook\, Babies under the Skin (2008)\, won the Panhandler Publishing Award\, chosen by Naomi Shihab Nye. A CantoMundo fellow and member of the Macondo Writers’ Workshop\, Guerrero’s work has been highlighted in the LA Review of Books\, The Poetry Foundation/Harriet Blog\, and Poets & Writers Magazine in which she was named one of ten top-emerging poets in 2013. Other honors include fellowships from the Alfredo Cisneros del Moral Award Foundation and the Artist Foundation of San Antonio. Guerrero has served on the faculty at Palo Alto College\, University of the Incarnate Word\, University of Texas-El Paso\, and Gemini Ink\, a community-centered literary arts organization in San Antonio. She where she is a visiting writer at Our Lady of the Lake University. \nRich Villar is a writer originally from Paterson\, New Jersey. He directs Acentos\, an organization fostering audiences and community around Latino/a literature. He has been quoted on Latino literature and culture by both The New York Times and the Daily News\, and his poetry and essays have appeared or are forthcoming in Black Renaissance Noire\, Hanging Loose\, Beltway Poetry Quarterly\, and Sou’wester. His first collection\, COMPREHENDING FOREVER\, is forthcoming in 2014 from Willow Books. \nABOUT THE CURATOR\nEduardo Arocho was born and raised in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood where he currently resides.He is the author of six self-published chapbooks of poetry including: Highway Island  (2008)\, The 4th Tassel (2006)\, Poems Behind The Máscara (2002). His latest collection of poetry is Hot Wings (2013). His poems have also been published in Cantologia I: El Amor (Palabra Pura Poets) by Pandora Lobo Estepario Press\, Chicago 2013\,  El CENTRO JOURNAL\, Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College\, New York\, NY\, (2001)\, Power Lines: Anthology by Tia Chucha Press\, (2000); and Open Fist: Anthology of Young Illinois Poets by Tia Chucha Press\, (1993). A graduate of Spertus College of Nonprofit Management\, with a Masters of Science in Human Services Administration\, he is currently completing work on his forthcoming collection of poems Nacio Maestro. \n 
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/palabra-pura-april/
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CATEGORIES:Palabra Pura
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SUMMARY:Gwendolyn Brooks Community Reading
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, April 12\, 2:00 p.m.\nWoodson Regional Library (Auditorium)\, 9525 South Halsted\n  \nIn conjunction with Brooksday—the Guild’s annual tribute to author Gwendolyn Brooks—we’re pleased to present the Gwendolyn Brooks Community Reading series in collaboration with the American Writers Museum and their traveling exhibition From Our Neighborhoods: Four Chicago Writers Who Changed America. \nRead aloud your favorite Gwendolyn Brooks poem on Saturday\, April 12. Bring your favorite Brooks poem with you or choose from a selection we will have on hand.\n\n  \n  \n 
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/gwendolyn-brooks-community-reading-woodson/
LOCATION:Woodson Library\, 9525 South Halsted
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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SUMMARY:Applied Words: Unseen Worlds
DESCRIPTION:Schubas Tavern\n3159 N. Southport Ave. \nFrom left to right: Paul Gorski\, Joe Austin II\, PhD\, Stephanie Levi (Curator)\, Anne Yoder\, Vojislav Pejović.\nFROM THE CURATOR\, STEPHANIE LEVI\, PhD: \nI am delighted to be curating this month’s Applied Words series. The theme of Unseen Worlds stemmed from my experience as a microscopist originally. When I was working on my graduate degree\, I did intensive light\, fluorescence\, and electron microscopy\, which is a technique that enables one to look at microscopic objects at both high magnification and high resolution. I was captivated by the images I saw and collected\, as well as the idea that there were worlds that were visible far beyond what our naked eye is capable of visualizing. Although we can’t see them unaided they still exist\, and they are captivating\, inspiring us to think about life at scales that we aren’t able to see. Analagously\, when we view the Earth from space\, it looks like a blue marble\, but those of us here know that there are high peaks and deep depths\, and that the planet is teeming with life. I’ve often thought about the secret lives of the objects and living things at the microscopic level —what are there love stories\, their dramas\, their routines? \nThese ideas and images were the spark for the theme\, and beyond this\, I was intrigued by the many subcontexts of the theme as well. There are communities of people who can’t necessarily access science easily or are underrepresented in STEM\, and I see the theme as an opportunity to highlight these communities and populations\, understand the connection between science and social justice\, and support their engagement and interest in science and math. The theme also crosses disciplines\, exploring how science and the arts and humanities intersect\, and what happens when they do. \nIn putting the group of readers together\, I sought to feature scientists as writers\, and science-curious artists to explore the union of the two. My hope is that attendees and the general public leave the event with a better appreciation of scientists as artists in their own right\, cultural creators who offer comment on our shared experience from vantages not normally witnessed. \nABOUT THE ARTISTS: \nJotham (Joe) Austin\, II\, was born and raised in Philadelphia\, PA. He received his BS in Biology from Penn State University-Behrend\, but when not in the lab he was busy writing short stories and poems. He attended graduate school at Arizona State University\, where he received his PhD in Botany. One could say his love of writing continued to blossom: Joe started reading his poems at coffeehouses and small venues around Tempe\, AZ\, and eventually formed a poetry/music combo with Robbie Roberson\, director of Electron Microscopy. After taking a Postdoctoral position in Microscopy in Boulder\, CO\, he made his way to Chicago where he currently is Director of the University of Chicago’s Electron Microscopy Core Facility. Joe returned to creative writing after tearing his Achilles tendon\, finishing his first novel\, Pretty Small Things. He now knows the true meaning of rejection as he chases publication\, but everyone loves his homebrew. \nPaul Gorski majored in biology and chemistry before taking a job as a technical copywriter. After coordinating his marketing department’s move to digital publishing in the early ‘90s\, he moved on to develop and support digital publishing systems used by ad agencies\, newspapers and publishers. Paul currently supports publishing workflows at the American Dental Association in Chicago. He also writes two weekly columns for The Rock River Times newspaper in Rockford\, where he lives with his wife and children. Somewhere between Chicago and Rockford he pauses long enough to manage www.nwuchicago.org\, the National Writers Union–Chicago website. \nVojislav Pejović (“voice-love peyovich”) is a neurobiologist by training and earns his living as a medical writer. In 2008\, he published a critically acclaimed novel in his native Montenegro\, and in 2010\, translations of Charles Simic’s poetry in Serbo-Croatian. He also wrote a couple of movie scripts. His current project is a collection of stories in English and Serbo-Croatian. He lives in Evanston with his wife and their two sons. \nAnne K. Yoder is a staff writer for the online literary magazine The Millions and is the co-editrix of Projecttile\, a journal of nontraditional writing with a feminist bent. When she’s not dealing in words\, she’s dealing in pharmaceuticals\, legally. She’s a registered pharmacist in three states and she’s moonlighted as a hospital pharmacist for over ten years to support her writing habit. Her fiction\, nonfiction\, and criticism have appeared in Fence\, Bomb\, and Tin House\, among other publications. \nABOUT THE CURATOR: \nStephanie Levi received her Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology at the University of Chicago\, and created a variety of science outreach\, communication and mentoring opportunities during her pre-doctoral years. After completing her Ph.D.\, she centered her career at the nexus of science\, outreach\, education and communication\, focusing on improving student recruitment\, retention and success in the sciences\, technology\, engineering and math (STEM)\, particularly underrepresented students\, first generation and low income students\, and individuals with disabilities. Her impact has led to programmatic success and student achievement at a variety of venues\, including the Midwest’s only four-year Hispanic-Serving Institution\, a national non-profit\, local youth-serving organizations\, museums and libraries\, among others.  Public education and outreach with science\, technology\, engineering and math are critical components of her professional interests\, particularly as they focus on adults. She is the creator of Night Lab and Science is Sexy\, public outreach initiatives to build a bridge between the scientific community and the general public to foster public education\, engagement and interest in science. \nClick the logo below to learn more about Science is Sexy:
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/applied-words-unseen-worlds/
LOCATION:Schubas Tavern
CATEGORIES:Applied Words
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SUMMARY:Gwendolyn Brooks Community Reading
DESCRIPTION:From Our Neighborhoods: Four Chicago Writers Who Changed America showcases four great Chicago authors whose neighborhoods were both the inspiration and subject of their work.\n\nRead aloud your favorite Gwendolyn Brooks poem on Tuesday\, March 25\, 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. The American Writers Museum in partnership with Guild Literary Complex hosts a Gwendolyn Brooks Community Reading. Bring your favorite Brooks poem with you or choose from a selection we will have on hand.\n\nThe event is a prelude to the Guild’s annual tribute to Gwendolyn Brooks—Brooksday—held in June.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/from-our-neighborhoods-four-chicago-writers-who-changed-america-gwendolyn-brooks/
LOCATION:Chicago Public Library—George Cleveland Hall Branch\, 4801 South Michigan Avenue\, Chicago\, 60615\, United States
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SUMMARY:Literary Rock & Roll: a life tribute to David Hernandez
DESCRIPTION:David Hernandez in rehearsal. (Photo by Tanya Tucka)\nThe Guild Literary Complex and Columbia College Creative Writing Department are pleased to celebrate the life of David Hernandez in this one-of-a-kind event in conjunction with Story Week 2014: \n“Street Sounds take music\, lyrics and song a stimulating step further.” – Chicago Sun Times \nChicago’s “unofficial Poet Laureate\,” David Hernandez (1946-2013) impressed audiences everywhere with his singular poetic style. Centering his work on the rhythms of urban life\, Hernandez captured universal themes inside a humorous and resonating voice. As the first Puerto Rican poet to be published in Chicago\, Hernandez was a significant member of the region’s literary\, artistic and cultural community through his role as a poet\, educator\, administrator\, events organizer\, and performer. \nA founding member of the Latino Arts Movement\, he received the Puerto Rican Cultural Heritage Award 2002. Hernandez maintained his position as master artist through his commitments as a board member\, editor\, panelist\, and teacher. Born in Puerto Rico\, Hernandez grew up in Chicago\, published seven collections of poetry and edited others\, was a visiting professor at DePaul University\, and read poetry for the inauguration of Mayor Harold Washington\, among other career highlights. Most recently\, he was Poet-in-Residence at the A.N. Pritzker School in Wicker Park. \nIn 1971\, Hernandez and guitarist Dean Karabatsos co-founded Street Sounds\, an award-winning performance ensemble of music\, songs and poems. The group uses original music and lyrics with Latin Jazz\, Blues\, Contemporary Jazz\, Afro-Caribbean\, Folk\, Classical and Cover tune elements. Playing with the band during Literary Rock & Roll will be a wealth of Chicago-based musicians. Original poems by David Hernandez will be performed by Eduardo Arocho\, Marta Collazo\, Carlos Cumpián. \nOur Partners\n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nThank You to Our Funder\n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/literary-rock-roll/
LOCATION:Metro\, 3730 N Clark St\, Chicago
CATEGORIES:Special Events,Story Week 2014
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SUMMARY:Palabra Pura: Noche de novelas II / Night of Novels II (Story Week edition)
DESCRIPTION:Noche de novelas II— Story Week Edition\nWednesday\, March 19\, 7:00 p.m.\nHumboldt Park Fieldhouse\, 1400 N. Humboldt Dr.  (North of Division) \nHosted by Juana Iris Goergen with readings by Raúl Dorantes and Fernando Olszanski\, and featuring Valeria Luiselli—as a part of Story Week 2014 with Columbia College’s Creative Creative Writing Department. In this month’s Palabra Pura\, authors read excerpts of their novels in Spanish\, with English supertitles. See and hear the compelling work of these acclaimed authors through a truly bilingual experience. The event is hosted by Juana Iris Goergen\, and music will be provided by Bianca Lisa Araujo. \nFeatured Writer: Valeria Luiselli\nValeria Luiselli\n\nValeria Luiselli was born in Mexico City in 1983 and grew up in South Africa. Her novels and essays have been translated into many languages\, and her work has appeared in publications including the New York Times\,Granta\, and McSweeney’s. Some of her recent projects include a ballet libretto for the choreographer Christopher Wheeldon\, performed by the New York City Ballet in Lincoln Center in 2010; a pedestrian sound installation for the Serpentine Gallery in London; and a novella in installments for workers in a juice factory in Mexico. She lives in New York City. \n\n\n  \n  \n  \n\n  \nAbout the Participants:\n \nRaul Dorantes was born in Queretaro\, Mexico\, in 1968. He immigrated to the city of Chicago at the end of 1986. Since then\, he has been an active editorial board member of several literary magazines: Fe de Erratas\, Zorros y Erizos\, Tropel\, and Contratiempo. In 2007\, together with Febronio Zatarain\, he published a collection of essays titled Y nos vinimos de mojados with a prologue written by a well known Mexican author Carlos Montsivais. As a playwright\, Raul Dorantes has created numerous plays some of those have been put on stage; two of them by Aguijon Theater Company: Hasta los gorriones dejan su nido (2008) and El lunes de Leon Rodriguez (2009). In 2010\, his play De camino al ahorita was awarded the second prize of the national competition Nuestras Voces organized by New York based theater company Repertorio Español. Currently\, Dorantes works as a professor of Latin American literature at St. Augustine College. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \nFernando Olszanski was born in Buenos Aires\, Argentina. He is the author of the novel Rezos de marihuana (Marihuana Prayers)\, The book of short stories El orden natural de las cosas (The Natural Order of Things) which was awarded with the second place in the International Latino Book Award for Best Popular Fiction in 2011\, the poetry collection Parte del polvo (Part of the Dust)\, and is also co-editor of the the anthology América Nuestra\, Anthology of Narrative in Spanish in the United States. As a visual artist\,  he has participated in exhibitions in the US\, Japan\, and Argentina. He is also Chief Editor of the Revista Consenso\, of the Northeastern Illinois University. He holds a Master in Education from Dominican University. He has lived in Scotland\, Ecuador\, Japan\, and currently lives in Chicago. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nAbout the Host:\nJuana Iris Goergen (Puerto Rico). Poet. Professor of Spanish\, Latin American/U.S. Latino Literature and Peace Studies at DePaul University\, Chicago. As a poet she has published La sal de las brujas (finalist of Letras de Oro and published by Betania 1997) and  La piel a medias (2001)\,  Las Ilusas/Dreamers (Vocesueltas\, 2008) as well as poems published in anthologies: Astillas de luz/Shards of Light (1998)\, Nosotros los otros (1996) Between the Heart and the Land/Entre el corazón y la tierra (2001)\, Generación (2001) among others. She is the editor of the anthologies: Susurros para disipar las sombras (2011) and Rapsodia de los sentidos (2012) (Erato ediciones\, Poesía en abril International Poetry Festival V & VI). She founded and co-organizes in Chicago\, Poesía en abril: International Poetry Festival in Spanish. She has two unpublished poetry collections: La celda de Lilith and ContraOda al sueño americano. At present she is working in another poetry manuscript Mar en los huesos. \nThis event is produced in partnership with Columbia College’s Story Week and presented in special collaboration with Chicago Park District. This program is made possible by a generous grant from The Chicago Community Trust. \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nCity of Chicago\nRahm Emanuel\, Mayor\nChicago Park District\nBoard of Commissioners\nMichael P. Kelly\, General Superintendent & CEO
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/palabra-pura-noche-de-novelas-ii-night-of-novels-ii-story-week-edition/
LOCATION:Humboldt Park Field House\, 1440 N Humboldt Drive\, Chicago
CATEGORIES:Palabra Pura,Story Week 2014
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SUMMARY:Meet-and-Greet
DESCRIPTION:PALABRA PURA: Meet & Greet\nWednesday\, March 19\, 6:00 p.m.\nHumboldt Park Fieldhouse\, 1400 N. Humboldt Dr.  (North of Division) \nMeet the panelists from Translation Matters and talk to the authors reading during Noche de novelas / Night of Novels during this social hour. Light refreshments will be provided. Books by the authors will be available for purchase. \nOur Partners: \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/meet-and-greet/
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SUMMARY:Panel: Translation Matters
DESCRIPTION:PANEL: TRANSLATION MATTERS\nWednesday\, March 19\, 5:00 p.m.\nHumboldt Park Fieldhouse\n1400 N. Sacramento (North of Division)\nFREE\nProduced in partnership with Story Week and presented in special collaboration with Chicago Park District. \nDuring this panel\, celebrated authors and translators will discuss the crucial role literature plays in increasing global understanding\, the need to teach literature in translation\, and other topics. \nFeaturing\nCristina Garcia\, author of King of Cuba\nKolin Jordan\, translator for 7Vientos\nAchy Obejas\, author of Ruins\nValeria Luiselli\, author of Faces in the Crowd and Sidewalks \nHost\nSusan Harris\, editorial director of Words Without Borders \nAbout the Panel:\nCristina García is the author of six novels: King of Cuba (Scribner\, 2013); The Lady Matador’s Hotel (Scribner\, 2010); A Handbook to Luck(Knopf\, 2007); Monkey Hunting (Knopf\, 2003); The Agüero Sisters (Knopf\, 1997)\, winner of the Janet Heidiger Kafka Prize; and Dreaming in Cuban(Knopf\, 1992)\, finalist for the National Book Award. García has edited two anthologies\, Bordering Fires: The Vintage Book of Contemporary Mexican and Chicano/a Literature (2006) and Cubanísimo: The Vintage Book of Contemporary Cuban Literature (2003). She is also the author of three works for young readers: Dreams of Significant Girls (2011)\, a young adult novel set in a Swiss boarding school in the 1970s; The Dog Who Loved the Moon\, illustrated by Sebastia Serra (Atheneum\, 2008); and I Wanna Be Your Shoebox (Simon and Schuster\, 2008). A collection of poetry\, The Lesser Tragedy of Death (Akashic Books)\, was published in 2010. Photo by Isabelle Selby. \n  \nIn 2010 Kolin Jordan co-founded 7Vientos (7V)\, an independent publishing company in Chicago. Since then 7V has published three books with a fourth slated for release in March 2014. Two of those books (Saturnalia\, 2013 and Flowers/The Illustrated Biography of Mishima\, 2014) were translated from Spanish to English by Jordan\, himself. He has been a lifelong speaker and student of the Spanish language and graduated from DePaul with a BA in Spanish in 2005. Photo by Ariana Drule. \n  \n Valeria Luiselli was born in Mexico City in 1983 and grew up in South Africa. Her novels and essays have been translated into many languages\, and her work has appeared in publications including the New York Times\,Granta\, and McSweeney’s. Some of her recent projects include a ballet libretto for the choreographer Christopher Wheeldon\, performed by the New York City Ballet in Lincoln Center in 2010; a pedestrian sound installation for the Serpentine Gallery in London; and a novella in installments for workers in a juice factory in Mexico. She lives in New York City. Photo by Alfredo Pelcastre. \n  \nAchy Obejas was born in Cuba and moved to the United States when she was six years old. Her newest work\, an anthology of recent immigrant fiction called Immigrant Voices: 21st Century Stories\, co-edited with Megan Bayles\, will be released this month by the Great Books Foundation. Her most recent books are Ruins\, a novel\, and This is What Happened in Our Other Life\, a bestselling poetry chapbook. She’s the translator of Junot Diaz’s The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao and This is How You Lose Her (both from English to Spanish)\, among many others. She was part of the Chicago Tribune Pulitzer Prize-winning team in 2001\, won several Peter Lisagor journalism honors\, two Lambda Literary Awards\, and an NEA poetry fellowship. Her articles have appeared in the Washington Post\, Village Voice\, Vogue\, Playboy\, Los Angeles Times\, MS\, and others\, including In These Times\, where she writes a monthly column. She is currently the Distinguished Visiting Writer at Mills College in Oakland\, California. www.achyobejas.com Photo by Kaloian. \n  \nABOUT THE MODERATOR: \nSusan Harris is the editorial director of Words Without Borders (www.wordswithoutborders.org) and the coeditor\, with Ilya Kaminsky\, of The Ecco Anthology of International Poetry. \n\nOur Partners\n\n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nThank You to Our Funder\n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/panel-translation-matters/
LOCATION:Humboldt Park Field House\, 1440 N Humboldt Drive\, Chicago
CATEGORIES:Story Week 2014
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SUMMARY:Reading\, Conversation\, and Book Signing: Cristina García
DESCRIPTION:READING\, CONVERSATION\, AND BOOK SIGNING:\nCRISTINA GARCIA\, author of King of Cuba \nTuesday\, March 18\, 6:00 p.m.\nHarold Washington Library\nCindy Pritzker Auditorium\n400 South State Street\nFREE \n \nAs a part of Story Week 2014\, the Guild has collaborated with Columbia College to bring you an evening with renowned author Cristina García . \nCristina García is the author of six novels: King of Cuba (Scribner\, 2013); The Lady Matador’s Hotel (Scribner\, 2010); A Handbook to Luck (Knopf\, 2007); Monkey Hunting (Knopf\, 2003); The Agüero Sisters (Knopf\, 1997)\, winner of the Janet Heidiger Kafka Prize; and Dreaming in Cuban (Knopf\, 1992)\, finalist for the National Book Award. García has edited two anthologies\, Bordering Fires: The Vintage Book of Contemporary Mexican and Chicano/a Literature (2006) and Cubanísimo: The Vintage Book of Contemporary Cuban Literature (2003). She is also the author of three works for young readers: Dreams of Significant Girls (2011)\, a young adult novel set in a Swiss boarding school in the 1970s; The Dog Who Loved the Moon\, illustrated by Sebastia Serra (Atheneum\, 2008); and I Wanna Be Your Shoebox (Simon and Schuster\, 2008). A collection of poetry\, The Lesser Tragedy of Death (Akashic Books)\, was published in 2010. \n 
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/cristina-garcia/
LOCATION:Harold Washington Library\, 400 S. State St.\, Chicago
CATEGORIES:Story Week 2014
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SUMMARY:Applied Words: It Gets Better
DESCRIPTION:pictured left to right: Precious\, Jill Howe\, Tamale (curator/host)\, Greg Ledger\, Lily Be\n“It Gets Better” is curated and hosted by the fabulous Tamale and features great comic voices responding to the themes of history\, mythology\, gender\, and high school. This reading is co-sponsored by About Face Theatre and is presented in connection to their spring production of Brahman/i: A One-Hijra Stand-Up Comedy Show by Aditi Brennan Kapil—co-produced with Silk Road Rising. \nIt Gets Better is supported in part by a generous donation from Bridgeport Mind and Body. \nThere will be door prizes\, including tickets to Brahman/i\, courtesy of About Face Theatre\, and a sexy gift basket worth $50\, kindly donated by Early To Bed. \nPlease note: This is a 21+ program and is free to attendees. \n  \nABOUT THE PERFORMERS: \nThere is nothing a bio can tell you that will truly introduce you to this wise Mexican badass Lily Be from Humboldt Park. She’s a WNEP Maelstrom winner\, first Latina Moth GrandSLAM champion\, and producer/host of Stoop-Style Stories Live at Rosa’s Blues Lounge. \nJill Howe spends most of her time on stories… her own and others. She organizes fellow writers in sharing their latest work at her monthly workshop\, Friends with Words\, while also co-producing Story Sessions (www.storysessionschicago.com)\, a monthly show and weekly podcast. The next theme is “Phoenix Rising”\, tales of triumph over adversity\, March 16th at City Winery. Jill has experienced story panic attacks before reading at Mortified\, Chicago Solo Theatre\, Ignite Chicago at the 1871 tech lab\, Essay Fiesta\, Story Club Bridgeport and many more. \nGreg Ledger was born in Ohio\, did some time in Canada\, and settled in Chicago\, which is where he as spent  most of his life\, so consider him a “native.” He cohosts the podcast\, “A Dear School\,” performs with the live lit ensemble “Is This a Thing\,” and occasionally with the improv group\, “Tiny Nugget.” He has told true-life stories at Story Lab\, Write Club\, You’re Being Ridiculous\, WNEP Theater\, and Seven Deadly Sins. A web front end developer by day\, he lives in Rogers Park with his partner and an extremely annoying parrot. \nPrecious is Youth Outreach Coordinator at Center on Halsted and coordinates Youth programming surrounding HIV prevention\, Transgender advocacy\, and cultural awareness. Precious is a native Nebraskan\, a 2013 graduate of Columbia College Chicago with a Bachelors of Arts in Musical Theatre\, and was recently awarded the prestigious “30 under 30” award from Windy City Times.  Precious stays busy as an artistic associate with  About Face Theatre and a facilitator with the National Conference for Community and Justice STL’s Anytown program. \n  \nABOUT THE CURATOR/EMCEE \nTamale was born in Arizona\, homeschooled\, and mercilessly teased in public high school. An avid member of the 4-H and the Future Farmers of America\, she discovered a love for all things agriculture that led her to earn a BS in both Agricultural Education and Agricultural Technology Management at the University of Arizona. After college\, she chose to pursue her love of comedy in Chicago\, which had the added benefit of keeping her from being killed with fire and sticks when she came out as a queer lady. She now drives a big black motorcycle with an eyelash\, performs comedy\, and travels the world collaborating with other performers to create amazing multidisciplinary shows. In March\, she will be returning to Europe with the Windy City Blenders for their ten year reunion show in Dublin. The week before\, she has booked her own European tour. You can see examples of her work at BrassChucklesComedy.com and TamaleRocks.com. She loves tiny hats more than most people think is healthy. \n  \nOUR PARTNERS \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \nAbout Face Theatre creates exceptional\, innovative\, and adventurous plays to advance the national dialogue on gender and sexual identity\, and to challenge and entertain audiences in Chicago\, across the country\, and around the world. \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \nSilk Road Rising (formerly known as Silk Road Theatre Project) creates live theatre and online videos that tell stories through primarily Asian American and Middle Eastern American lenses. In representing communities that intersect and overlap\, we advance a polycultural worldview. \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \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. \n  \n \n  \n  \nA sex positive\, woman-oriented shop where people of all genders can feel comfortable taking control of their sexual selves. Since opening in 2001\, Early to Bed has not only provided sex toys and information to countless people\, but also has worked hard to spread a sex-positive message everywhere they can\, giving workshops and talks throughout the community. \n  \n 
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/applied-words-comedy-part-1/
LOCATION:Schubas Tavern\, 3159 N Southport\, Chicago\, IL\, 60657\, United States
CATEGORIES:Applied Words
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140222T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140222T235500
DTSTAMP:20260424T072936
CREATED:20131226T173122Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20140124T201008Z
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SUMMARY:An evening with Mario Bellatin: book party for Flowers / The Illustrated Biography of Mishima
DESCRIPTION:7Vientos (7V)\, an independent publishing house located in Chicago\, is releasing two novellas by Mario Bellatin\, one of the greatest writers of contemporary Latin American literature. He has published over forty books and his work has been translated into fifteen different languages. The book now published by 7V is a hardcover “flip” edition housing Bellatin’s work translated to English along with its original Spanish version. This marks the first time his novellas\, Flowers/Flores and The Illustrated Biography of Mishima/Biografía ilustrada de Mishima have been translated into English. \nMario Bellatin has been invited by Guild Literary Complex and 7Vientos to celebrate the release of the book with a presentation in Chicago. The free party will include a reading\, visual art\, music\, and bar. \n  \n7Vientos (7V)\, editorial independiente en Chicago\, estará lanzando dos novelas de Mario Bellatin\, uno de los escritores más prominentes de la literatura contemporánea en Latinoamérica. Bellatin ha publicado más de cuarenta libros\, algunos de los cuales han sido traducidos a quince idiomas distintos. El libro\, ahora publicado por 7V\, es una edición flip\, en tapa dura\, la cual contiene la traducción al inglés y la versión original en español de ambas obras. Esta es la primicia de la publicación de Flores/Flowers y Biografía Ilustrada de Mishima/The Illustrated Biography of Mishima en el idioma inglés. \nPor invitación de Guild Literary Complex y 7Vientos\,  Mario Bellatin estará presente durante el lanzamiento de este libro\, el cual se llevará a cabo el 22 de febrero a las 7pm\, en el Chicago Urban Art Society en el 600 W. Cermak Rd. Complejo 1B. \n  \nABOUT THE ARTIST \nMario Bellatin’s approach to an experimental consciousness marks the standard of convex writing in contemporary Latin American literature. Bellatin was born in Mexico\, grew up in Peru\, and studied screenwriting in Cuba. Among his more well-known works is his book Flowers\, which won the Premio Xavier Villaurrutia in 2001 and will be published together with his novel The Illustrated Biography of Mishima in a “flip” edition by the independent Chicago publishing house 7Vientos. This is the first time that these books will be available in English. \nLa conciencia experimentalista de Mario Bellatin marca la pauta de la palabra convexa en la literatura latinoamericana contemporánea. Bellatin nació en México\, creció en el Perú y estudió guión cinematográfico en Cuba. Dentro de sus obras más reconocidas se encuentra su libro titulado Flores (Premio Xavier Villaurrutia 2001)\, el cual es editado ahora en versión flip junto con su fotonovela Biografía Ilustrada de Mishima. Ambas obras aparecen por primera vez en inglés en un mismo libro publicado por la editorial independiente 7Vientos en Chicago. \n  \nABOUT 7VIENTOS \n7Vientos is an independent publisher located in Chicago\, but with roots in Latin America. Since 2010\, its mission has been to promote diversity of thought through translating and publishing works by forgotten and underrepresented authors. \n7Vientos es una editorial independiente con sede Chicago pero con raíces en toda América Latina. Desde el 2010\, 7V busca atender a ese mundo de confluencias que es la América actual. El objetivo es simple: llevar del inglés al español y/o del español al inglés\, textos importantes que por una u otra razón no se encuentran en el otro idioma y así promover la diversidad de culturas e ideologías\, a través de la literatura. \n  \nPARTNERS \n7Vientos \nStory Week\, a program of Columbia College Chicago \nChicago Community Trust \nChicago Urban Art Society
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/an-evening-with-mario-bellatin/
LOCATION:Chicago Urban Art Society\, 600 W. Cermak Rd. Unit 1B\, Chicago
CATEGORIES:Book Event,Story Week 2014
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140219T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140219T210000
DTSTAMP:20260424T072936
CREATED:20131226T165110Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20131226T195347Z
UID:2359-1392838200-1392843600@guildcomplex.org
SUMMARY:Palabra Pura: Greater Than The Sum Of Parts
DESCRIPTION:“As Latin@s born and bred in the U.S.\, our sense of identity\, culture\, mother tongue and family are often complicated and contradictory. We are not a uniform group and sometimes don’t play well with others – even with our own gente. Yet on our life’s journey\, aided by our writing\, we find the integrity as individuals to stand firmly in self-definition\, unafraid to acknowledge those aspects of ourselves that make our antepasados shudder with aversion. February’s Palabra Pura presents work by fearless\, complex\, authentic voices that deny the easy definitions we are often thrust into as 21st Century Latin@s.” ~ Teresa Vázquez\, February Palabra Pura curator and host \nl to r: Emmanuel Ortiz\, Lucrecia Guerrero\, Elizabeth Marino\, Paul Martínez-Pompa\, Teresa Vázquez\nGuest authors include: Lucrecia Guerrero and Emmanuel Ortiz from Indiana\, and Elizabeth Marino and Paul Martínez-Pompa from Chicago. \n  \nABOUT THE ARTISTS \nLucrecia Guerrero grew up on the U.S./Mexico border in a bilingual and bicultural home.  Both her mother\, from Kentucky\, and her father\, from Puebla\, Mexico\, were proud of their respective cultures and shared that with Guerrero and her siblings.  Her short stories have been published in literary journals such as “The Antioch Review” and “The Louisville Review\,” and have been anthologized in Fasntastmas: Supernatural Stories by Mexican-American Writers (Bilingual Press) and Best of the West 2009 (U of Texas Press).  Chasing Shadows\, her collection of linked short stories was published by Chronicle Books\, and Bilingual Press/Arizona State U. published her novel Tree of Sighs.  Her novel received a Christopher Isherwood Fellowship and the Premio Aztlán Literary Award.  She leaves and teaches in the Midwest. \nElizabeth Marino is a Puerto Rican poet and educator\, based in Chicago. Her chapbook\, Debris: Poems and Memoir\, went into a second printing (Puddin’head Press 2011). She was awarded Hispanic Serving Institution funding from NEIU for her Latina/o Community Creative Non-Fiction Workshop and received a 2012 CAAP grant and conference scholarship to attend the initial Las Dos Brujas Writers’ Workshops\, where she studied with Juan Philipe Herrera\, poet laureate of California. She was a Ragdale resident and holds an MA from UIC’s Writers’ Program in addition to having studied literature at Oxford University on academic scholarship. Elizabeth’s poetry has appeared in print journals\, anthologies and live performance. Currently\, she is working on a second chapbook\, Ceremonies(forthcoming from Dancing Girl Press)\, and conducts a creative writing workshop for GLBTT seniors at The Center on Halsted. Most recently\, her work was given a critical review in Femficatio (London)\, and also appeared in the national Latino blog of culture and literature “La Bloga\,” along with the FB page “Poets Responding to SB 1070.” \nPaul Martínez-Pompa\, English Faculty-Triton College is the author of Pepper Spray (Momotombo Press 2006) and My Kill Adore Him (University of Notre Dame Press 2009)\, which was awarded the 2008 Andres Montoya Poetry Prize. \nEmmanuel Ortiz is a Latino writer and community organizer. He is a founding member of Palabristas: Latin@ Wordslingers\,  – a Latina/o poets collective based in Minnesota. He has authored 2 books of poetry: The Word Is a Machete: Post-Pocho/Puerto Rican Poems of the Personal and Political (Pocho Rican Press\, 2003)\, and Brown unLike Me: Poems From The Second Layer Of Our Skin (2008\, Calaca Press). He received the Verve Grant for spoken word poets in 2005. His writing has appeared in numerous publications\, and he has performed his work across the country. \nTeresa Vázquez (curator) released “Audio Chapbook 001: A Woman Loving” in 2000.  She appears in March Abrazo Press’s Between the Heart and the Land/Entre el corazón y la tierra. She holds a Bachelor’s in Creative Writing from Oberlin College\, and an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. \n  \nABOUT PALABRA PURA \nPalabra Pura promotes literary expression in more than one tongue through a monthly bilingual poetry reading featuring Chicano and Latino artists. With an aim to foster dialogue through literature in Chicago and beyond\, many evenings pair a local poet with a visiting writer along with an open mic to engage the interaction of diverse voices\, ideas\, and aesthetics. The readings are held the third Wednesday of every month (except August and December). \n  \nPARTNERS \nStory Week\, a program of Columbia College Chicago \nChicago Community Trust
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/palabra-pura-greater-than-the-sum-of-parts/
LOCATION:La Bruquena Restaurant\, 2726 W. Division\, Chicago\, IL\, United States
CATEGORIES:Palabra Pura,Story Week 2014
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140215T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140215T160000
DTSTAMP:20260424T072936
CREATED:20131226T170927Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20140626T171238Z
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SUMMARY:Interdisciplinary Workshop: Dramaturgy of the Body with Rey Andújar
DESCRIPTION:Rey Andújar\, photo by Ariana Drule\nFor Rey Andújar movement\, theatre\, and writing are inextricably linked. Each facet of his art hinges on the others. In this workshop he will explain his process\, discuss his influences\, and present his muses. Writers\, actors\, and dancers alike will not want to miss this one-of-a-kind peek into this artist’s soul. \n**FREE**\, but rsvp is highly recommended. If you wish to participate\, email info@guildcomplex.org. \n[The workshop will be limited to 15 people and will be conducted mutually in English and Spanish.] \nDramaturgia del cuerpo—un taller de Rey Andújar \nLa escritura\, el teatro y el movimiento del cuerpo están intrínsecamente interconectados para Rey Andújar. En este taller\, se explicará el proceso creativo\, se discutirán las influencias y se platicará sobre las musas del escritor. Esta es una gran oportunidad para todas aquellas personas afines a la escritura\, la danza y el teatro\, para conocer la perspectiva y el alma de Andújar. \n  \nABOUT THE ARTIST \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\, and most recently Adújar won The Cuento y Poesía Consenso Award at Northeastern University. \nRey Andújar es artista y escritor de origen dominicano. Publica narrativa y teatro desde 2005. Su trabajo ha recibido numerosos premios\, entre ellos\, el Pen Club de Novela en Puerto Rico por Candela (Alfaguara\, 2007)\, el Premio Internacional de Cuento Joven por Amoricidio (Agentes Catalíticos\, 2007)\, el Premio Letras de Ultramar de Nueva York en la categoría de cuento por la colección Saturnario (Editorial 7Vientos\, 2013) y muy recientemente fue galardonado con el premio Cuento y Poesía Consenso por la Universidad Northwestern. Desde 2009 su performance Antípoda se ha presentado en Ámsterdam\, Chicago\, Miami\, Nueva York\, París\, San Juan\, Santo Domingo y recientemente en la Ciudad de México. \nPARTNERS
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/workshop-rey-andujar/
LOCATION:City Lit Books\, 2523 N Kedzie Blvd\, Chicago
CATEGORIES:Story Week 2014,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140129T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140129T210000
DTSTAMP:20260424T072936
CREATED:20140105T180721Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20140129T002433Z
UID:2394-1391023800-1391029200@guildcomplex.org
SUMMARY:Applied Words: Notes from the Mainframe
DESCRIPTION:In the 21st century\, we live inside technology like never before. For Applied Words “Notes from the Mainframe\,” the Guild Literary Complex invites writers employed in technology to read their work and discuss the poetics of art and science. \n“Notes from the Mainframe” will include readings by Catherine Halley (Director of Digital Programs\, Poetry Foundation)\, Daniel X. O’Neil (Executive Director of Smart Chicago Collaborative)\, and Stephanie Plenner (Founder of Chicago Literary Map). Artists will participate in a Q&A following the event. \nThe Applied Words series explores the intersection between creative writing and other fields. Ranging in discipline from art and architecture to social history and biology\, Applied Words attempts to use the literary arts to creatively describe and enhance our understanding of potentially disparate subjects. \nApplied Words: “Notes from the Mainframe” is co-sponsored by FreeGeek Chicago and Gapers Block. Gapers Block co-founder and editor Andrew Huff will join the fray to share a few technology-themed haiku poems. \nThere is an open mic for this event\, so feel free to bring a tech-inspired bit of writing. (2 min limit) \nShare this event on Facebook by clicking here! Poster design by Stephanie Plenner. \n  \nABOUT THE ARTISTS: \n \n  \nCatherine Halley is the director of digital programs at the Poetry Foundation\, where she serves as editor of poetryfoundation.org. She is working on a book about friendship and intimacy in the age of Facebook. \n  \n  \n \nDaniel X. O’Neil is some dude on the Internet. Also: he’s written three books of poetry. More here: http://juggernautco.com/ \n  \n  \n  \n \n  \nStephanie Plenner is a communication and object designer. She created the Chicago Literary Map\, a cartography project turned mobile app. Plenner holds a design and communication position at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. \n  \n  \nABOUT OUR PARTNERS: \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \nFreeGeek Chicago is a not-for-profit community organization that recycles used computers and parts to provide functional computers\, education\, internet access and job skills training to those who want them. \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \nGapers Block is a Chicago-centric web publication providing information on news\, events and other interesting stuff around town. Gapers Block wants you to slow down and check out your city! \n  \n 
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/notes-from-the-mainframe/
LOCATION:FreeGeek Chicago\, 3411 W Diversey Ave\, Chicago
CATEGORIES:Applied Words
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140115T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140115T210000
DTSTAMP:20260424T072936
CREATED:20131220T194444Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20140115T172155Z
UID:2350-1389814200-1389819600@guildcomplex.org
SUMMARY:PALABRA PURA: “ONE POET / ONE POEM”
DESCRIPTION:The Guild Literary Complex is pleased to kick off the ninth season of PALABRA PURA with “One Poet / One Poem”. \n2014 guest curators reveal their plans and past readers share a poem during this annual party celebrating poetry (and fiction) in more than one tongue. Contributing authors include: \nRey Andújar  |  Beatriz Badikian  |  Alexander Bonner  |  Cristina Correa  |  Raúl Dorantes  |  Jorge García de la Fe  |  Juana Goergen  | Dawn Herrera Helphand  |  Kolin Jordan  |  Nora Leon  |  Mark Litwicki  |  Olivia Maciel  |  Maribel Mares  |  Jennifer Patiño  |  Martha Cecilia Rivera  |  Martin Rubio  |  Beatriz Ruiz  |  Denise Ruiz  |  Xenia Ruiz  |  Jacob Saenz  |  Erika Sánchez  |  Sandra Santiago  |  Rafael Franco Steeves  |  Luis Tubens  |  Johanny Vázquez Paz  |  om ulloa  |  Febronio Zatarain \nThere will be a buffet of delicious Puerto Rican food prepared by our generous hosts at La Bruquena\, and plenty of essential liquids at the cash bar. \nClick here to share on Facebook. \n*** \nPalabra Pura promotes literary expression in more than one tongue through a monthly bilingual poetry reading featuring Chicano and Latino artists. With an aim to foster dialogue through literature in Chicago and beyond\, each evening often pairs a local poet with a visiting writer along with an open mic to engage the interaction of diverse voices\, ideas\, and aesthetics. The readings are held the third Wednesday of every month (except August and December) \nPalabra Pura se enfoca en la expresion literaria en varios idiomas a traves de una serie de lecturas mensuales bilingues con artistas Chicanos y Latinos. Nuestra meta es promover el dialogo a traves de la literatura en Chicago y mas alla. Con este fin\, cado lectura combina un poeta local con uno invitado\, ademas de un open mic para cultivar la interaccion de voces\, ideas esteticas diversas. Las lecturas se ofrecen el tercer miercoles de cada mes (con excepcion de agosto y diciembre). \n 
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/palabra-pura-one-poet-one-poem-2014/
LOCATION:La Bruquena Restaurant\, 2726 W. Division\, Chicago
CATEGORIES:Palabra Pura
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140108T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140108T210000
DTSTAMP:20260424T072936
CREATED:20131220T195741Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20131227T164002Z
UID:2352-1389209400-1389214800@guildcomplex.org
SUMMARY:An evening with M. Evelina Galang (wsg Angela Narciso Torres)
DESCRIPTION:Angel de la Luna and the 5th Glorious Mystery\nM. Evelina Galang will read from her new young adult novel\, Angel de la Luna and the 5th Glorious Mystery at Women & Children First on Wednesday\, January 8th at 7:30 p.m. in an event co-presented by Guild Literary Complex and Coffee House Press. \nThe novel follows fifteen-year-old Angel after the death of her father and through her family’s move from Manila to Chicago. In grappling with her grief\, Angel becomes heavily involved in the Philippine People Power Revolution\, the only way she can think to help the surviving Filipina “Comfort Women” of WWII. It has been praised as “[A] vivid portrait of a culture” by Kirkus and “ethereal and immersive” by Publishers Weekly. \nAngela Narciso Torres will open the evening with a poetry reading\, and both authors will be available for a Q&A and signing following the event. A wine reception will conclude the evening. \n  \nIn honor of this literary event\, U.S. wireless subscribers can text the word AID to 80108 to give a $10 donation to The mGive Philippines Typhoon Disaster Relief Fund. All contributions will be distributed immediately to relief organizations that are providing food\, water and many other relief services to those most in need in the Philippines. \n  \nABOUT THE ARTISTS \nM. Evelina Galang\nM. Evelina Galang is the author of Her Wild American Self (Coffee House Press\, 1996) and the novel One Tribe (New Issues Press\, 2006). She has edited the anthology Screaming Monkeys: Critiques of Asian American Images (Coffee House Press\, 2003). Galang teaches in and directs the creative writing program at the University of Miami\, is core faculty for vona/Voices: Voices of Our Nation Arts Foundation\, and has been named one of the one hundred most influential Filipinas in the United States by Filipina Women’s Network. \n  \n  \n  \nAngela Narciso Torres\nAngela Narciso Torres is the winner of the Willow Books Literature Award for Poetry. Recent work appears in Cimarron Review\, Colorado Review\, and Cream City Review. A graduate of Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers and the Harvard Graduate School of Education\, Angela has received fellowships from the Illinois Arts Council\, Ragdale Foundation\, and Midwest Writing Center. Born in Brooklyn and raised in Manila\, she currently resides in Chicago\, where she teaches poetry workshops and serves as a senior poetry editor for RHINO. \n  \n  \nABOUT OUR PARTNERS \nLocated in Minneapolis\, Minnesota\, Coffee House Press is an independent\, nonprofit literary publisher of fiction\, poetry\, and nonfiction. The mission of Coffee House Press is to publish exciting\, vital\, and enduring authors of our time; to delight and inspire readers; to contribute to the cultural life of our community; and to enrich our literary heritage. More information\, and their full catalog\, is available at: coffeehousepress.org \nWomen & Children First (WCF) began in a modest storefront in 1979. Over the years they moved twice and are now in a northside Chicago neighborhood known for its diversity\, queer-friendliness\, women-owned businesses and community spirit. WCF staffers include teachers\, graduate students\, professional writers and storytellers\, political activists\, board members\, and poets. Each is a reader\, a feminist\, and a bookseller. The purpose in beginning the store 33 years ago was to promote the work of women writers and to create a place in which all women would find books reflecting their lives and interests. WCF strives to do this in an atmosphere in which all are respected\, valued\, and well-served. That remains their purpose still\, online as well as in the store. \nWomen & Children First is one of the largest feminist bookstores in the country\, stocking more than 30\,000 books by and about women\, children’s books for all ages\, and the best of lesbian and gay fiction and non-fiction. Anything not  in stock we usually be available in the store in a few days’ time\, even if it’s a title outside WCF’s specialty. They also carry cards\, magazines\, blank books and journals\, calendars\, CDs\, gift items like candles\, and pride products. More information can be found online at: www.womenandchildrenfirst.com \n  \n 
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/an-evening-with-m-evelina-galang/
LOCATION:Women & Children First bookstore\, 5233 N. Clark Street\, Chicago
CATEGORIES:Book Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20131205T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20131205T210000
DTSTAMP:20260424T072936
CREATED:20131007T175435Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20131007T175435Z
UID:2197-1386270000-1386277200@guildcomplex.org
SUMMARY:Poetry off the Shelf: Eduardo C. Corral\, Carmen Giménez-Smith\, Sheryl Luna and Deborah Paredez
DESCRIPTION:We are very pleased to be partnering with the Poetry Foundation for a special Poetry off the Shelf. \nInspired by Cave Canem and Kundiman\, CantoMundo is a national collective for Latina/o poets. Carmen Giménez-Smith is the author of four poetry collections—Milk and Filth\, Goodbye\, Flicker\, The City She Was\, and Odalisque in Pieces. Sheryl Luna received the Andres Montoya Prize for her first collection\, Pity the Drowned Horses. Eduardo C. Corral won the 2011 Yale Younger Prize for Slow Lighting. He is the recipient of a Whiting Writers’ Award\, a Ruth Lilly Fellowship\, and an NEA Fellowship. Deborah Paredez is the author of This Side of Skin\, and the critical study\, Selenidad: Selena\, Latinos\, and the Performance of Memory. She is the co-founder of CantoMundo. \nThis special event is Co-sponsored CantoMundo\, Letras Latinas and the Guild Literary Complex.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/poetry-off-the-shelf-eduardo-c-corral-carmen-gimenez-smith-sheryl-luna-and-deborah-paredez/
LOCATION:Poetry Foundation\, 61 West Superior Street
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20131124T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20131124T170000
DTSTAMP:20260424T072936
CREATED:20131118T231602Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20131120T160916Z
UID:2301-1385290800-1385312400@guildcomplex.org
SUMMARY:Chicago Book Expo
DESCRIPTION:The Guild will have a table at the Chicago Book Expo on Sunday\, November 24 from 11am-5pm. The Chicago Book Expo has “Chicago’s best independent publishers and authors selling books\, plus free author readings\, panel discussions\, writing workshops\, and bilingual/Spanish programs” available to the public for free! Visit our booth\, and enjoy the opportunity to investigate books and magazines from local publishers\, hear authors\, and see what other literary organizations are doing in town. \nFurther information and details about the Chicago Book Expo can be found on their website.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/chicago-book-expo/
LOCATION:St. Augustine College\, 1345 W. Argyle
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20131120T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20131120T210000
DTSTAMP:20260424T072936
CREATED:20130204T172152Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20131113T183658Z
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SUMMARY:Palabra Pura: El Amor
DESCRIPTION:Our monthly bilingual poetry night returns to its usual destination: the always-fabulous La Bruquena! Join us for this final Palabra Pura of the year as multimedia artist Miquel Lopez Lemus presents a cantologia on love. Twenty-seven (!) Palabra Pura poets contributed a new poem on the theme for this published collection\, and many will be on hand to read for this special event. What’s more\, you can purchase the volume and take the love home. Physical copies will available at the reading\, and digital copies can be found at Amazon.com. All proceeds from book sales benefit Palabra Pura. \nCantologia I. is published by Pandora/lobo estepario Press and features the work of: Rosemary Aceves\, Lisa Alvarado\, Eduardo Arocho\, Beatriz Badikian-Gartler\, Xánath Caraza\, Cristina Correa\, Dinorah Cortes-Velez\, Jorge García de la Fe\, Juanita Goergen\, Silvia Goldman\, Mary Hawley\, Miguel Lopez Lemus\, Elizabeth Marino\, Rita Martinez-Puccio\, Miguel Marzana\, Zulema Moret\, Yolanda Nieves\, Diana Pando\, Jennifer Patino\, Johanny Vázquez Paz\, Peter Ramos\, Martha Cecilia Rivera\, Martin Rubio Jr.\, Beatriz Ruiz\, Xenia Ruiz\, Sandra Santiago\, Teresa Vázquez\, Emanuel Xavier.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/palabra-pura-el-amor/
LOCATION:La Bruquena restaurant\, 2726 W. Division\, 2nd floor
CATEGORIES:Palabra Pura
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20131104T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20131104T220000
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CREATED:20131028T135803Z
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SUMMARY:TONIC: a soulful celebration
DESCRIPTION:You are cordially invited to TONIC: a soulful celebration!\nIt’s been a year of recognition and achievement for the Guild\, from inaugurating Brooksday to receiving a major MacArthur Foundation grant. We plan to celebrate with a night of music\, libations\, and the best company: YOU. \nIt will be a TONIC\, something good for the soul\, just in time for the fall harvest\, and on the eve of the Guild’s 25th anniversary in 2014. \nJoin us at Vincent Restaurant\, located at 1475 W Balmoral Ave\, for an evening of Soul Music by DJ RISA T and complimentary Gin Punch + Appetizers. \nTickets are $50 general admission / $25 for artists and arts administrators. \n \nAll proceeds benefit Guild Literary Complex\, a 501 (c)3 non-profit. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/tonic-a-soulful-celebration/
LOCATION:Vincent Restaurant\, 1475 W Balmoral \, Chicago 
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20131102T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20131102T153000
DTSTAMP:20260424T072936
CREATED:20130918T224129Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20131004T181101Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry Performance Incubator: Like Bread
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an in-progress performance of the brand new Poetry Performance Incubator production\, Like Bread. Inspired by the Roque Dalton poem “Like You\,” Like Bread will explore the relationship between writing and social struggles\, the way that writing can transform a life\, and how challenging (but joyful) it can be to claim oneself “a writer.” We are so pleased to again be collaborating with noted director Coya Paz on this new production. More details to come.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/poetry-performance-incubator-like-bread-2/
LOCATION:Free Street Theater\, 1419 W Blackhawk St
CATEGORIES:Poetry Performance Incubator
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20131101T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20131101T203000
DTSTAMP:20260424T072936
CREATED:20130918T224028Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20131004T181133Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry Performance Incubator: Like Bread
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an in-progress performance of the brand new Poetry Performance Incubator production\, Like Bread. Inspired by the Roque Dalton poem “Like You\,” Like Bread will explore the relationship between writing and social struggles\, the way that writing can transform a life\, and how challenging (but joyful) it can be to claim oneself “a writer.” We are so pleased to again be collaborating with noted director Coya Paz on this new production. More details to come. \n 
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/poetry-performance-incubator-like-bread/
LOCATION:Free Street Theater\, 1419 W Blackhawk St
CATEGORIES:Poetry Performance Incubator
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20131024T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20131024T203000
DTSTAMP:20260424T072936
CREATED:20130204T170826Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20131004T181014Z
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SUMMARY:Palabra Pura: Letras Latinas
DESCRIPTION:We very pleased to be partnering with Poetry Foundation and Red Hen Press for this month’s Palabra Pura. \nCelebrate the inaugural winner and judge of the Letras Latinas/Red Hen Poetry Prize. Judge Orlando Ricardo Menes directs the creative writing program at the University of Notre Dame. His third full-length collection\, Fetish\, won the 2012 Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry and was published in 2013 by the University of Nebraska Press. Winner Dan Vera is a writer\, editor and literary historian in Washington\, DC. In addition to his winning volume\, Speaking Wiri Wiri\, he is the author of The Space Between Our Danger and Delight (Beothuk Books\, 2008). A booksigning and reception follow. \nThis is a Poetry Foundation event co-sponsored with Letras Latinas\, Red Hen Press\, Guild Complex\, and the Ragdale Foundation.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/palabra-pura-letras-latinas/
LOCATION:The Poetry Foundation\, 61 W Superior St\, Chicago\, IL\, United States
CATEGORIES:Palabra Pura
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20131023T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20131023T210000
DTSTAMP:20260424T072936
CREATED:20130204T171036Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20131015T184709Z
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SUMMARY:2013 Prose Awards
DESCRIPTION:Every fall we recognize outstanding short fiction and non-fiction from across the State of Illinois and award $250 cash prizes to one outstanding writer in each category. Please join us on October 23\, 7:30 pm\, at the Chopin Theater\, located at 1543 W. Division Street\, as we celebrate the authors at a special reading and award event featuring all six finalists. \nAdmission: $7 general and $5 students \n  \nNON-FICTION FINALISTS \nBenjamin Capps for “Pigs\, Dogs\, and Guns” \nJH Palmer for “How to Rescue a Feral Cat” \nGina P. Vozenilek for “Waxwing” \n  \nFICTION FINALISTS \nJoseph Arzac for “Legacy” \nRebecca Keller for “Meals of a Lifetime” \nCyn Vargas “That Girl” \n  \nThe 2013 Prose Awards were judged by Cristina Henríquez (fiction) and Miles Harvey (non-fiction). This year’s Prose Awards is sponsored in part by Wicker Park Bucktown\, SSA #33. WPB SSA#33 is administered by the WPB Chamber of Commerce. \n  \nABOUT THE FINALISTS \n  \nJoe Arzac is a strategic planning professional by day and a writer by night. He earned a law degree from the University of Chicago and was a finalist in the Rosemary Sazonoff Writing Contest. He is currently hard at work on a novel\, an excerpt of which is titled “Legacy.” \n  \nBenjamin Capps studied theatre\, coming to Chicago in 1999 to pursue stage\, music and film.  He has produced seven short-films and several works on stage under the moniker\, The Inner Below.  Benjamin also penned a collection of non-fiction works based on childhood traumas\, of which his current piece is a part. \n  \nRebecca Keller is an artist and writer. Her art is shown internationally\, including next month at Chicago’s MCA. Her artwork and essays are featured in “Excavating History” (Stepsister Press). Her fiction has appeared in several literary journals\, and earned the Joan Jakobsen Award (Wesleyan) and the Betty Gabehart prize. \n  \nJ.H. Palmer co-produces the live lit series That’s All She Wrote\, and has appeared at a number of live lit venues including: Story Club\, Guts & Glory\, 2nd Story\, SKALD\, Mortified\, WRITE CLUB! and The Moth GrandSLAM. She is pursuing a Certificate in Creative Nonfiction at the University of Chicago. \n  \nCyn Vargas holds an MFA in Creative Writing- Fiction from Columbia College Chicago.  She received two top citations from Glimmer Train in their Short Story Award for New Writers contests. Her work’s appeared in Word Riot\, Curbside Splendor\, and elsewhere.  Writing’s her way of legally exposing herself in public. \n  \nGina P. Vozenilek has an MFA from Northwestern and MA from U Iowa. One of her essays won the 2012 AWP Intro Journal Award and another was nominated for a Pushcart and was named Best of the Net by Sundress Publications. “Waxwing” is from her thesis\, a collection of essays about place and identity. \n  \nPARTNER LINKS: \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n(Wicker Park Bucktown SSA #33) \n \n  \n(Chopin Theatre)
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/2013-prose-awards/
LOCATION:Chopin Theater\, 1543 W Division
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20131019T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20131019T160000
DTSTAMP:20260424T072936
CREATED:20130816T174534Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20131014T160955Z
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SUMMARY:Applied Words: Re-Built: Writers on Architecture and the Urban Plan
DESCRIPTION:If urban design is the language of the city\, where is the story – and who tells it? In “Re-Built: Writers on Architecture and the Urban Plan” the Guild Literary Complex presents Chicago authors examining human-scale relationships with the built environment\, the history of Homan Square\, and what comes next. This reading is part of Open House Chicago\, a program of the Chicago Architecture Foundation. Stop by for stories built brick by brick! \nThe event will featuring readings by Nwaji Nefahito\, Sandra Seaton\, and Benjamin van Loon\, along with students from Henry Ford Academy: Power House High. An open-mic starts the program. Sign-up for the open-mic begins at 1:30 pm. \nThe venue\, a 14-story brick tower in a Neo-Classical style\, was once part of the world’s largest commercial building\, a 3.3 million square foot warehouse for the old Sears Roebuck and Company. \nApplied Words: “Re-Built” is programmed in partnership with Open House Chicago\, a program of the Chicago Architecture Foundation\, and is generously underwritten by the Foundation for Homan Square. \nABOUT THE ARTISTS: \n \nSandra Seaton is the author of twelve plays. Her libretto for the song cycle From the Diary of Sally Hemings\, a collaboration with Pulitzer Prize-winning composer William Bolcom\, is available as a CD from White Pine Music and as a score from Hal Leonard. Famed actor Ruby Dee appeared in a 1998 Ann Arbor production of The Bridge Party\, Seaton’s first play. In 2009\, A Chance Meeting (adapted from the short story by Chicago author Cyrus Colter) premiered at the University of Michigan starring acclaimed Met tenor George Shirley. A recent play\, Music History\, set at the University of Illinois at Champaign in 1963\, focuses on African American college students from Chicago and their responses to the struggle for civil rights in the South. In 2012 Seaton received the Mark Twain Award “for distinguished contributions to Midwestern literature” from the Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature. \n  \nBenjamin van Loon is a writer living in Chicago\, IL. He is the co-founder of Anobium (an experimental literary publication); a former staff writer for Green Building & Design magazine; a runner-up for the Calvino Prize for Fiction; and is presently participating in the Communications\, Media\, and Theater graduate program at Northeastern Illinois University. \n  \n  \nNwaji Nefahito was born and raised in the Lawndale district.  She currently resides on the West Side of Chicago\, where she is a longtime community activist. Ms. Harris is also a baker and an African dance performer.  Her West Side roots have continued to influence her perspective on contemporary life\, which has also been enriched by her extensive travels throughout the world\, including visits to West Africa\, Egypt and Haiti. Ms. Harris attended the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana and Southern University at New Orleans. She has the ability of a lifelong Westsider to reflect on the ways things have changed in Chicago beyond downtown and the lakefront. \nPARTNER LINKS:
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/applied-words-re-built-writers-on-architecture-and-the-urban-plan/
LOCATION:The Original Sears Tower\, 930 S. Homan Ave.
CATEGORIES:Applied Words
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20131006T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20131006T210000
DTSTAMP:20260424T072936
CREATED:20130923T192803Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130923T192803Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry: What's Class Got To Do With It??!!
DESCRIPTION:A reading on the theme of “working class poetry\,” this is a program of Occupy Rogers Park Chicago and is co-sponsored by Guild Complex and Chicago Consortium For Working-Class Studies. Featured readers include poet and scholar Jeanetta Calhoun Mish and poet Adam Gottlieb. An open mic begins the program\, so bring your own poetry related to the theme. And if you can\, bring a dish to share at the potluck. \nAbout the readers: \nPoet Jeanetta Calhoun Mish is a writer\, scholar\, and professor\, and is editor of Mongrel Empire Press. She earned her Ph.D. in American Studies with an emphasis on contemporary American poetry and working-class studies. Her poetry collection\, Work Is Love Made Visible\, published by West End Press in March 2009\, won three major awards in 2010. She comes to us on a reading tour from New Mexico. \nAdam Gottlieb is a graduate of Hampshire College and accomplished slam poet featured in the film Louder than a Bomb. Adam curates the weekly open mic “Mondays at the Royal Café” in Rogers Park. For Gottlieb\, poetry is about communication and connecting with others. Slam\, he says\, is just the venue to bring people together\, but it’s not as important as the poetry itself.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/poetry-whats-class-got-to-do-with-it/
LOCATION:Lunt Lake Co-op Apartments (Community Room)\, 1138 W Lunt\, Chicago\, IL\, 60626\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20131005T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20131005T210000
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SUMMARY:Poetry: Work Is Love Made Visible
DESCRIPTION:Work Is Love Made Visible will feature visiting poet Jeanetta Calhoun Mish and include Chicago authors Quaraysh Ali Lansana and Eduardo Arocho for an evening of working class poetry and observations. Bring your poetry on the theme to share in the open mic that starts the event! \nAbout the authors: \nJeanetta Calhoun Mish is a writer\, scholar\, and professor\, and the editor of Mongrel Empire Press. She earned her Ph.D. in American Studies with an emphasis on contemporary American poetry and working-class studies. Her poetry collection\, Work Is Love Made Visible\, published by West End Press in March 2009\, won three major awards in 2010. She comes to us on a reading tour from New Mexico. \nQuraysh Ali Lansana’s books of poetry include cockroach children: corner poems and street psalms (1995)\, Southside Rain (2000)\, They Shall Run (2004) and Mystic Turf (2012). Lansana received the 1999 Henry Blakely Award (presented by Gwendolyn Brooks) and the 2000 Poet of the Year Award from Chicago’s Black Book Fair. He is co-editor of Dream of a Word: The Tia Chucha Press Poetry Anthology (2006) and Role Call: A Generational Anthology of Social and Political Black Literature and Art (2002). \nEduardo Arocho has been writing and performing poetry since 1992. He has been featured in many venues in Chicago including Citiverse Poetry Series at the Sultzer Library and The Institute for Puerto Rican Arts and Culture\, among others. His poetry has been published in OPEN FIST: Anthology of Young Illinois Poets\, by Tia Chucha Press (1993)\, POWERLINES: A Decade of Poetry from Chicago’s Guild Complex\, by Tia Chucha Press (2000) and EL CENTRO JOURNAL\, Center for Puerto Rican Studies\, Hunter College New York\, NY\, (2001). His recently published book is Hot Wings. \nThis is one of two Chicago readings featuring Jeanetta Calhoun Mish and is co-sponsored by Chicago Consortium For Working-Class Studies and Guild Complex.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/poetry-work-is-love-made-visible/
LOCATION:Jak’s Tap\, 901 W. Jackson\, Chicago\, IL\, 60607\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20130918T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20130918T210000
DTSTAMP:20260424T072936
CREATED:20130204T170104Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130904T163057Z
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SUMMARY:Palabra Pura: Inspiration
DESCRIPTION:Poets meet muse at the September installment of our monthly bilingual poetry series\, Palabra Pura\, curated by Irasema Gonzalez and featuring poets Diana Pando and Xánath Caraza. “Inspiration” takes place Wednesday\, September 18\, 2013\, at 7:30 PM at La Bruquena restaurant\, 2726 W. Division. The program will be spoken in English and Spanish. Admission is free. \nThe dynamic between artist and inspiration is at times a lovely dance and at others a bitter duel.  Join us as we discover how two poets responded when Federico Garcia Lorca’s version of duende\, “that mysterious power that everyone feels but no philosopher can explain\,” extended a hand for a dance on the page. \nIrasema Gonzalez  has presented work at 2nd Story\, the Poetry Performance Incubator and Palabra Pura.  Her story Love in the Time of Crushed Cherries and Aqua Net broadcasted on Vocalo on WBEZ.  Her poems appeared in the chapbook\, Afternoon Wine: Vicios\, Sueños y Confesiones\, Ariel XXVIII\, and Between the Heart and the Land: An Anthology of Midwestern Latina Poets by March Abrazo Press. She is a founding member of Proyecto Latina\, a multi-media project that spotlights the work of Latinas and she shares an essay in their recently published anthology Rebeldes. \n \nXánath Caraza is a traveler\, educator\, poet and short story writer. Her published works include Sílabas de viento (Mammoth Publications\, 2014)\, Lo que trae la marea/ What the Tide Brings\, Conjuro\, and Corazón Pintado: Ekphrastic Poems. Caraza was the winner of the 2003 Ediciones Nuevo Espacio international short story contest\, an International Book Awards finalist in 2013\, and was named a 2013 Top Ten “New” Latino Authors to Watch by Latinostories.com. \n  \n \nDiana Pando is a poet\, writer\, and a founder of the Proyecto Latina Reading Series. In 2012\, her poem Coatlique Rising was selected to be part of the Rites of Passage anthology and was a finalist for the Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Competition. In 2010 her ten-minute play Thirst was presented at Teatro Luna’s 10X10 play festival. Currently she is part of the Con Tinta literary advisory board\n.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/palabra-pura-8/
LOCATION:La Bruquena restaurant\, 2726 W. Division\, 2nd floor
CATEGORIES:Palabra Pura
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20130903T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20130903T200000
DTSTAMP:20260424T072936
CREATED:20130521T145828Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130709T165750Z
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SUMMARY:Applied Words: Broken Windows
DESCRIPTION:If urban design is the language of the city\, where is the story – and who tells it? In Applied Words: on Architecture and the Urban Plan\, the Guild Literary Complex invites writers to examine our relationships with the built environment. \n“Broken Windows\,” the first reading in a series of three to continue from now until October\, will take place on Tuesday\, September 3\, from 6pm-8pm\, in the Polish Triangle located at the intersection of Division Street\, Ashland Avenue\, and Milwaukee Avenue. The free event will include an open mic and stories from Paul Durica\, Maribel Mares\, and Sarah Ross. A free afternoon workshop on “place making” will be lead by architect Katherine Darnstadt\, founder of Latent Design\, from 3pm-5pm. Open mic sign-up begins at 5:30 pm. \nThe “broken windows” social theory states that community ailments such as trash\, graffiti\, and loitering\, when left unchecked\, invite larger criminal problems. But if the “broken windows” are fixed\, a community invites economic development and social prosperity. In practice\, the concept can evolve into zero tolerance for behavior or people considered disruptive or unwanted. Our readers will present stories from the middle\, tales that examine conflict and offer surprise as they foreground the human element in urban design. \nThe Applied Words series explores creative writings intersection with other fields. Ranging in discipline from art and architecture to social history and biology\, Applied Words attempts to use the literary arts to enhance and/or creatively describe other fields. Applied Words: “Broken Windows” is part of summer programming by the Polish Triangle Coalition. It is co-sponsored by SOILED Magazine and generously underwritten by Studio Gang Architects. \nABOUT THE ARTISTS: \nKatherine Darnstadt is the founder and principal of LATENT DESIGN\, a collaborative of individuals whose projects focus on social\, economic and environmental impact beyond the building. She has been published\, exhibited\, and featured widely\, most notably at the International Venice Biennale\, Core 77 Design Awards\, Chicago Ideas Week\, NPR\, and as the 2013 American Institute of Architects Young Architects Honor Award winner. \n  \nPaul Durica has an MFA in creative writing from the University of Michigan and a PhD in English from the University of Chicago. His writing has appeared in Poetry\, The Chicagoan\, Tin House\, Mid-American Review\, and Indiana Review among other places. With Bill Savage\, he edited Chicago by Day and Night: The Pleasure Seeker’s Guide to the Paris of America. He is the founder of Pocket Guide to Hell\, a series of free and interactive talks\, walks\, and reenactments that deal with Chicago’s past. \nMaribel Mares is an author\, educator\, and organizer. She is a founding member of the Division Collective\, a salon series featuring emerging writers\, artists\, musicians\, architects\, designers\, and thinkers. She is also the co-creator of Kid City Chicago. Her writing explores the cultural and regional identity of Mexican American families. \n  \nSarah Ross is an artist and organizer. She is a co-organizer of the Prison and Neighrborhood Arts Project\, a new art and humanities initiative at Stateville Prison. She is the recipient of grants from the Propeller Fund\, Graham Foundation\, and the University of California Institute for Research in the Arts. Ross’ work in sculpture\, video\, and photo visualizes struggles around space\, class\, access\, and gender. \n  \nCo-sponsor: \n \n  \n  \n  \nSOILED – a dirty architecture magazine – tells messy stories about architecture. The stories are unexpected\, they’re accessible\, and they instigate mischief. Collectively\, the stories reach across disciplines to bring a diverse group of people into a public conversation about architecture. SOILED is published twice a year on each solstice. It is an interactive\, physical artifact\, simultaneously disposable and precious. More information at: www.soiledzine.org \nUnderwriting partner: \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nMacArthur Fellow Jeanne Gang is the founder of Studio Gang Architects\, a Chicago-based collective of architects\, designers\, and thinkers practicing internationally. Jeanne uses architecture as a medium of active response to contemporary issues and their impact on human experience. Each of her projects resonates with its specific site and culture while addressing larger global themes such as urbanization\, climate\, and sustainability. With this approach\, Studio Gang has produced some of today’s most innovative and visually compelling architecture. http://studiogang.net/ \nABOUT POLISH TRIANGLE COALITION: \nThe Polish Triangle Coalition is formed to improve the surroundings around the area bounded by Ashland\, Milwaukee\, and Division Street. Neighborhood community groups\, merchants and local schools are working to create a more pleasant and lively area at the Polish Triangle. www.polishtrianglecoalition.org
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/applied-words-broken-windows/
LOCATION:Polish Triangle\, Chicago 
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20130725T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20130725T213000
DTSTAMP:20260424T072936
CREATED:20130712T155711Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130716T154506Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry Performance Incubator Auditions
DESCRIPTION:The Poetry Performance Incubator is seeking poets and other writers to collaborate on the creation of a workshop production of Like Bread\, a new theatrical performance about making space for a creative life. We are particularly interested in working with poets from a broad range of aesthetics\, backgrounds\, ages\, and Chicago communities. \nInspired by the Roque Dalton poem “Like You\,” Like Bread will explore the relationship between writing and social struggles\, the way that writing can transform a life\, and how challenging (but joyful) it can be to claim oneself “a writer.” \nNoted director (and longtime Incubator artist lead) Coya Paz will facilitate this project. The Guild is particularly interested in working with a multigenerational cast\, and writers of all ages are encouraged to audition. \nTo Audition: \nAuditions will be Thursday\, July 25\, 6:30 PM\, at Free Street Theatre (1419 W. Blackhawk St). Audition slots are 30 minutes and will include you giving a 2-3 minute recital of your original written material\, on-the-spot writing from prompts\, and group theatre exercises. The call back will be Saturday\, July 27\, and by invitation only. The call back will be a full group audition for two hours. \nTo schedule an audition\, email aromero@guildcomplex.org with “Auditions” in subject line\, and give your name\, phone number\, and what time(s) you’re available July 25\, 6:30pm-8:30pm. Then we’ll call you back to schedule your audition.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/poetry-performance-incubator-auditions/
LOCATION:Free Street Theatre\, 1419 W. Blackhawk St\, Chicago\, IL\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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