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SUMMARY:Ananda Lima & Daniel Borzutzky In Conversation
DESCRIPTION:A special conversation and reading with award-winning authors Ananda Lima and Daniel Borzutzky about their latest releases\, moderated by poet Alex Wells Shapiro. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnanda Lima is a poet\, fiction writer\, and translator\, the author of Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil (Tor Books\, 2024) and Mother/land (Black Lawrence Press\, 2021)\, winner of the Hudson Prize.  Her work has appeared in four chapbooks\, including Amblyopia (Bull City Press)\, as well as publications such as The American Poetry Review\, Poets.org\, Kenyon Review\, Gulf Coast\, Witness\,  and elsewhere.   She has been awarded the inaugural WIP Fellowship by Latinx-in-Publishing\, sponsored by Macmillan Publishers and has served as a mentor at the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Immigrant Artist Program. Lima currently serves as a Contributing Editor at Poets & Writers and Program Curator at StoryStudio\, Chicago. She has an MA in Linguistics from UCLA and an MFA in Creative Writing in Fiction from Rutgers University\, Newark. Craft\, her fiction debut\, has received starred reviews from Kirkus Review\, Publishers Weekly and Library Journal\, and The New York Times describes it as “a remarkable debut that announces the arrival of a towering talent.” Originally from Brazil\, she lives in Chicago. \n\n\n\nDaniel Borzutzky is a poet and translator. His most recent book is Written After a Massacre in the Year 2018. His 2016 collection\, The Performance of Becoming Human received the National Book Award. Lake Michigan (2018) was a finalist for the Griffin International Poetry Prize. His most recent translation is Paula Ilabaca Nuñez’s The Loose Pearl (2022)\, winner of the PEN Award for Poetry in Translation. His translation of Galo Ghigliotto’s Valdivia received ALTA’s 2017 National Translation Award\, and he has also translated collections by Raúl Zurita\, and Jaime Luis Huenún. He teaches English and Latin American and Latino Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago. A forthcoming collection\, The Murmuring Grief of the Americas (Coffee House Press)\, will be published in 2024.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/ananda-lima-daniel-borzutzky-in-conversation/
LOCATION:Pilsen Community Books\, 1102 W 18th St.\, Chicago\, Illinois\, 60608\, United States
CATEGORIES:Applied Words,Exhibit B
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SUMMARY:Transvengence | September 2024
DESCRIPTION:September’s Transvengence features Aza Greenlee with your host\, Joss Barton. \n\n\n\nDoors open and open mic sign-up begins at 7pm.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAza Greenlee is a body artist and co-conspirator at No Nation Tangential Unspace Art Lab. This coalescence is one to galavant in dreamscapes\, ancestral juke joints\, chaturbate masturbation web temples\, loose-tooth tanks\, and The Heartspace. They organize “Smudge Cinema Project”\, a now-and-then-wait-when? screening series that takes a look at what happens when a film is projected on a wall for people to watch. Metabolization seems to be what they appear to do\, lately.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/transvengence-september-2024/
LOCATION:Clash on Clark\, 4416 N. Clark St.\, Chicago\, Illinois\, 60640
CATEGORIES:Press Room,Transvengence
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SUMMARY:Printers Row Lit Fest: Exhibit B
DESCRIPTION:Christian Aldana\, Lindsay Hunter\, Jessica Nirvana Ram\, and Dan “Sully” Sullivan join Exhibit B for a special reading at the Midwest’s largest literary festival\, Printers’ Row Lit Festival! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPrinters Row Lit Fest is a free event on the streets of South Dearborn\, from Ida B. Wells to Polk Street in Chicago\, IL. The literary festival will run from 10am-6pm on Saturday\, 9/7\, and Sunday\, 9/8. Learn more about the festival here.  \n\n\n\nLocation: Center Stage
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/printers-row-lit-fest-exhibit-b/
LOCATION:Printers Row Lit Festival\, Dearborn and Polk Streets\, Chicago\, 60605\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibit B
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240908T160000
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SUMMARY:Printers Row Lit Fest | Annie Allen — Now: A Conversation
DESCRIPTION:As its 75th anniversary approaches\, Nora Brooks Blakely (Brooks Permissions) and Reginald Gibbons (Northwestern University) discuss the modern relevance and contemporary ideas from Gwendolyn Brooks’ Pulitzer Prize-wining book Annie Allen.  \n\n\n\nProgram moderated by Adrian Matejka\, Editor of Poetry magazine.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPrinters Row Lit Fest is a free event on the streets of South Dearborn\, from Ida B. Wells to Polk Street in Chicago\, IL. The literary festival will run from 10am-6pm on Saturday\, 9/7\, and Sunday\, 9/8. Learn more about the festival here. \n\n\n\nLocation: Center Stage
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/printers-row-lit-fest-annie-allen-now-a-conversation/
LOCATION:Printers Row Lit Festival\, Dearborn and Polk Streets\, Chicago\, 60605\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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SUMMARY:Slam Diáspora En Vivo
DESCRIPTION:6:30– Doors open/Sign Up7:00– Slam Starts8:30– Open Mic9:00– ¡ADIOS! \n\n\n\n¡Abierto a poetas de todos estilos y edades!Desde quien apenas esta empezando a escribir\, a quienes llevan décadas escribiendo– todos están bienvenidos a participar.Sólo necesitas dos poemas (en español/spanglish) para el Slam o un poema/canción/relato etc en cualquier idioma para el Open Mic.Se puede registrar en línea o el mismo día en persona: https://bit.ly/vivoslamCreemos que la poesía le pertenece a todxs\, y que todxs traemos poesía adentro. Este Slam es para experimentar\, jugar\, y dejar que la palabra fluya.Recuerden: el punto no son los puntos\, sino la comuna. Queremos crecer como comunidad poética\, e invitar a nuevas personas a participar como audiencia\, cómo poetas\, y cómo amantes de la palabra viva.Slam Diáspora es el primer slam de poesía en español de los EEUU y busca crear un espacio que une poetas Latinx en los EEUU con poetas en Latinoamérica para fomentar una comunidad poética a pesar de las fronteras.¡Participantes y ganadores del año pasado pueden participar de nuevo!Gracias a Guild Literary Comple por apoyar este proyecto *******Open to poets of all styles and ages! From anyone who is just starting\, to anyone who has been writing for decades\, are all welcome to participate. All you need to Slam are 2 poems– for the open mic you can bring anything in any language at all to share.You can register online or on the same day\, in person:https://bit.ly/vivoslamRemember: the point is not the points\, the point is the community. We want to nurture a poetic community\, and invite new people to participate as audience members\, as poets\, and as spoken-word lovers.We believe that poetry pertains to everyone\, and that all of us carry it within us. This slam is to experiment\, play\, and to let the words flow.Slam Diáspora is the first Spanish slam in the U.S. and aims to create a space that unites Latinx poets in the US with poets in Latin America\, to form a poetry community despite borders.Participants and winners from last year can participate again!Thank you to the Guild Literary Complex 
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/slam-diaspora-en-vivo/
LOCATION:18th Street Casa de Cultura\, 2057 West 18th Street\, Chicago\, IL\, 60608\, United States
CATEGORIES:Partner Event,Slam Diáspora
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SUMMARY:A Performance Happening 3 @ Alma Art & Interiors
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special night of artistic brilliance with “A PERFORMANCE HAPPENING ” at ALMA Art and Interiors. We are thrilled to host this event\, bringing together an all-star lineup of dancers and musicians\, surrounded by stunning visual art. \n\n\n\nAbout the Event\n\n\n\nPrepare for an unforgettable experience as you immerse yourself in a vibrant atmosphere filled with music\, dance\, and creativity. This is the third installment of our exciting event series\, and we can’t wait to share it with you. Mark your calendars\, bring your friends\, and join us for an evening of entertainment and fun. \n\n\n\nPerformances by:\n\n\n\n\nBLUE COLLAR ROCK STARS\n\n\n\nCHICAGO MASK ENSEMBLE\n\n\n\nALTHEA TEAMER\n\n\n\nHOBBYIST\n\n\n\nTHE GRATES & SILIS101\n\n\n\nJESSE DARNAY\n\n\n\nAMANDA SAUCEDO\n\n\n\nBILLY TUGGLE\n\n\n\nKAO RA ZEN\n\n\n\nTHESSELONIOUS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCurated by: Kao Ra Zen
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/a-performance-happening-3-alma-art-interiors/
LOCATION:ALMA Art and Interiors\, 3636 S Iron St\, Chicago\, 60609\, United States
CATEGORIES:Musicality of Poetry
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240924T190000
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SUMMARY:CLHoF Fuller Award: Alex Kotlowitz
DESCRIPTION:Registration is now open. On September 24\, Alex Kotlowitz will become the 17th recipient of the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame’s Fuller Award for his lifetime achievements. The ceremony will be free and open to the public\, with a reception to follow. Ben Austen will lead a speaking lineup that includes Stuart Dybek\, Julie Justicz\, Meribah Knight\, and Mary Rowland. The Chopin Theatre ceremony will highlight Kotlowitz’s lasting importance as one of our greatest storytellers. At the end of the program\, Dawn Turner will lead a conversation with Alex. The ceremony\, starting at 7 p.m.\, and the following reception are free and open to the public. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Registration is required. Along with the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame and Chopin Theatre\, co-presenters for the evening include American Writers Museum\, Bookends & Beginnings\, David Black Agency\, Frame Warehouse\, Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism\, Ragdale Foundation\, and Write On\, Door County. \n\n\n\nAs a Manhattan native\, Alex Kotlowitz’s career in journalism sent him around the country. He took a reporting position for The Wall Street Journal\, which sent him to Chicago\, and it wasn’t long before Kotlowitz fell in love with the city. For forty years\, Kotlowitz has been telling deeply intimatetales of struggle and perseverance. He is the author of four books\, including his most recent\, An American Summer: Love and Death in Chicago (2019)\, which received the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize. His other books include the Chicago-based Never a City So Real (2004) and the national bestseller There Are No Children Here (1991)\, which the New York Public Library selected as one of the 150 most important books of the twentieth century. It was selected by The New York Times as a Notable Book of the Year along with his second book\, The Other Side of the River (1998) which also received The Chicago Tribune’s Heartland Prize for Nonfiction.  \n\n\n\nA former staff writer at The Wall Street Journal\, Kotlowitz’s work has appeared in The New Yorker\, The New York Times Magazine\, and This American Life. His stories have been featured in Granta\, Rolling Stone\, The Chicago Tribune\, Slate\, and The Washington Post\, as well as on PBS and NPR’s All Things Considered and Morning Edition. His play\, An Unobstructed View\, written with Amy Drozdowska\, premiered in Chicago in June 2005. \n\n\n\nKotlowitz has also produced a significant body of film and radio work. His documentary\, The Interrupters (2011)\, a collaboration with Steve James\, was cited as one of the best films of the year by The New Yorker\, The Chicago Tribune\, Entertainment Weekly\, and The LA Times. He received an Emmy\, a Cinema Eye Award\, and an Independent Spirit Award for the film.  \n\n\n\nKotlowitz has been honored in all three mediums\, including two Peabodys\, two Columbia duPonts\, the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award\, and the George Polk Award. He’s the recipient of eight honorary degrees\, the John LaFarge Memorial Award for Interracial Justice given by New York’s Catholic Interracial Council\, the Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award from the Academy of Arts and Letters\, one of Chicago Magazine’s 2019 Chicagoans of the Year\, and the 2019 Harold Washington Literary Award.  \n\n\n\nAlex is currently a professor at Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism\, where he’s been teaching since 1999. He’s been a writer-in-residence at the University of Chicago\, a visiting professor for seven years at the University of Notre Dame\, a Montgomery Fellow at Dartmouth College\, and a Distinguished Visitor at the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.  \n\n\n\nRegistration for the Fuller Award ceremony will open soon.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/clhof-fuller-award-alex-kotlowitz/
LOCATION:Chopin Theatre\, 1543 West Division Street\, Chicago\, IL\, 60642\, United States
CATEGORIES:Chicago Literary Hall of Fame,Partner Event
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SUMMARY:ECOS Pop-up Gallery Readings with Guild Literary Complex
DESCRIPTION:This event is part of ECOS: A Chicago Latine Poetry Festival\, which celebrates Chicago’s relationship with and influence on Latine poetry. Sponsored by the Poetry Foundation\, the festival features free\, bilingual Spanish and English programming. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSometimes a poem is the perfect accompaniment to visual art! Join poets from the Guild Literary Complex as they recite poems in the galleries of the National Museum of Mexican Art. Take advantage of this unique opportunity to enjoy art and poetry at the same time! Approximate schedule with readers below: \n\n\n\n2:00-2:40pm Palabra Pura Poets\n\n\n\n\nRuben Quesada\n\n\n\nféi hernandez\n\n\n\nMarisa Tirado\n\n\n\nAngelique Zorbitz\n\n\n\n\n2:45pm – 3:30pm eXpuestXs Poets\n\n\n\n\nMiguel Mendez Arbizu\n\n\n\nom ulloa\n\n\n\nLuis Tubens\n\n\n\n\nThis event is free and open to the public. Guests are encouraged to register in advance. For more information about accessibility\, visit the National Museum of Mexican Art’s Accessibility Page. 
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/ecos-pop-up-gallery-readings-with-guild-literary-complex/
LOCATION:National Museum of Mexican Art\, 1852 W 19th St.\, Chicago\, Illinois\, 60608\, United States
CATEGORIES:Palabra Pura
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