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No Stars in Jefferson Park
Maggie Andersen
“An instant Chicago classic… Andersen boldly wrestles with the essential questions of love, loyalty, freedom, sacrifice, collaboration, self-discovery, betrayal, tenacity, forgiveness, and the intimate power of bearing witness to another’s whole life. This book is a gift.” —Gina Frangello
Everything We Could Do
David McGlynn
“This stunning debut is a beautiful and riveting portrait of parents living through heart-wrenching life experiences that offer no easy answers… Everything We Could Do is a gorgeous novel from a writer destined for a major career.” —Ann Packer
The Drinking Gourd Chapbook Poetry Prize
This year’s Drinking Gourd Chapbook Poetry Prize, a first-book award for poets of color, is now open for submissions.
The deadline for entry is October 31.
The Unreliable Tree
Margot Kahn
“Kahn speaks for our time, making full use of all the traditions of poetry, but the poems are the products of a completely unique sensibility. These poems are full of suggestion and mystery, full of strong music and vivid imagery; I have never read this kind of poetry before, and my life would be lesser if I never had.” —Laura Kasischke, author of Lightning Falls in Love
Featured Titles
Incidental Noyes
Never Done Learning: Justice, Life, and Chicago Theater by Maggie Andersen
As I write, internet trolls and Fox News pundits are attacking the city where I was raised, the city where I raise my child. ICE agents are arresting our neighbors…
Read MoreCollaborative Research and Worker Power: Ella Parry-Davies and Mimi Jalmasco in Conversation
Intimate Inequalities is a study of the everyday performance enacted by migrant domestic workers in the UK and Lebanon, analysing a collection of soundwalks recorded and co-edited with workers themselves….
Read MoreThe Image That Won’t Go Away by David McGlynn
Everything We Could Do is not an autobiographical novel, but it is rooted to a very personal moment. Two days after my younger son was born, he had to be transported…
Read MoreRecent & Upcoming Events
No Stars in Jefferson Park Book Launch
October 28 @ 8:00 pm - October 28 @ 10:00 pm
Post/Revolutionary Conditions: Renewed Visions of the Iranian Freedom Struggle
October 22 @ 3:00 pm - October 22 @ 4:30 pm
Sunday Reading Series: Poetry, Prose, & Cocktails
October 19 @ 7:00 pm - October 19 @ 8:30 pm