Director of Programming, Printers Row Lit Fest | Board President, Chicago Literary Hall of Fame | Editorial Project Manager, Newcity
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Apr 24
Get ready for the 41st Annual Printers Row Lit Fest, the Midwest’s largest outdoor literary celebration (and it’s FREE)!
Sat., Sept. 12 & Sun., Sep. 13
10 AM - 6 PM
Chicago IL - South Dearborn Street, from Ida B. Wells to Polk Street, in the heart of historic Printers Row.
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Mar 17
Tomorrow night!
Free and open to all, but registration is required:
sistersincrime-org.zoom.us/w…
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17 Nov 2025
Saturday afternoon’s music-filled celebration of the new book THE PLAN OF CHICAGO: A CITY IN STORIES by Nelson Algren Award-winner Barry Pearce, published by Cornerstone Press. Huge congrats, Barry! So excited to dig in!
Book details: publishersweekly.com/9781968…
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14 Nov 2025
Every year, CSPAN’s Book TV records a number of programs at Printers Row Lit Fest. You can now view this year’s recorded programs here, along with programs from previous years: c-span.org/search/?searchtyp…
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6 Nov 2025
Next Tue. (11/11), in celebration of Mark Turcotte's appointment as the Illinois Poet Laureate (!!!), DePaul University's English Department is hosting a special reading. Free and open to the public. Stop through!
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18 Oct 2025
TODAY: 6PM-8PM
Chicago's 11th Annual ARTS IN THE DARK PARADE
Parade will move south down N. State from W. Randolph to W. Van Buren
Anyone interested in joining the Poets and Writers Guild, show up at 4pm on W. Wacker between Dearborn and State
artsinthedark.com/
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14 Oct 2025
SAT., 10/18 is the 11th annual ARTS IN THE DARK PARADE, a rare and wonderful opportunity for kindred spirits to bring creative energy to downtown Chicago and participate in playful solidarity.
For details and to sign up: tinyurl.com/4e8bpzks
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6 Oct 2025
It's Banned Books Week (10/5-11, 2025)
Join the fight against censorship by celebrating the right to read.
For information about Chicago area events this week, visit: facebook.com/events/17104070…
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29 Sep 2025
10/20 at the @blackensemble, the @ChicagoLitHoF will present Jackie Taylor - author of more than 100 plays and musical bios, thousands of poems, a screenplay, & two books - w/this year’s Fuller Award for her lifetime achievements.
eventbrite.com/e/2025-fuller…
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27 Sep 2025
Flashback Friday to that gorgeous weekend earlier in the month when several city streets in Chicago's Printers Row neighborhood were transformed into a booklover's paradise.
Photos: Don Seeley
@PrintersRowFest
#2025printersrowlitfest #PrintersRowLitFest2025 #litfest
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23 Sep 2025
Thur., 10/2 at 18th Street Casa de Cultura, the @ChicagoLitHoF presents Nuestros Corazones Literarios (Our Literary Hearts).
Free and open to the public.
For details and to RSVP: tinyurl.com/mu388d9v
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9 Sep 2025
This year's Harold Washington Literary Award-winner Sandra Cisneros with Booklist’s Editor in Chief Donna Seaman ❤️🎉
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4 Sep 2025
Mayor Brandon Johnson just proclaimed today SANDRA CISNEROS DAY and September LITERARY MONTH IN CHICAGO. 🎉❤️🙌📚
Join us Saturday at Printers Row Lit Fest where Sandra will headline, kicking off a full weekend of rich & diverse literary programming. FREE & Open to the public.
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2 Sep 2025
It's the 40th anniversary of Printers Row Lit Fest and Newcity published a gorgeous "oral history" - a collective mosaic of stories about Lit Fest. Read here: lit.newcity.com/2025/09/01/a…
And join us this weekend: 10am-6pm on Sat., 9/6 & Sun., 9/7
#2025printersrowlitfest #newcity
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2 Sep 2025
In case you missed my chat with voice of Chicago Rick Kogan, you can listen to it here: wgnradio.com/after-hours-wit…
(And if you listen close enough, you'll hear our dog Tino's debut on radio.)
After Hours with Rick Kogan | WGN Radio
#2025printersrowlitfest #PrintersRowLitFest2025
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31 Aug 2025
Will be talkin' Printers Row Lit Fest w/Rick Kogan on After Hours with Rick Kogan tonight (Sun., 8/31) around 6:30pm. Tune in! wgnradio.com/on-air/
#2025printersrowlitfest @PrintersRowFest @rickkogan @WGNRadio
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28 Aug 2025
The ARTS IN THE DARK PARADE’s poets and writers guild is calling all poets, writers, and bibliophiles at large to get involved in this year’s parade – whether it's sharing ideas, helping us get organized, participating in the parade, or promoting it. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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27 Aug 2025
We’re thrilled to have a powerful lineup for the 40th Annual Printers Row Lit Fest. We have 7 Pulitzer Prize-winners in the mix! For details: printersrowlitfest.org/
Sat., 9/6 & Sun., 9/7
10am-6pm
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