As part of the most amazing Printers’ Ball yet, Opium Magazine brings their patented Literary Death Match to town. As you can see, MAKE has a man in the ring: Gabe Gudding. He will prevail. Oh, yes, he will.

“The third-ever Windy City LDM promises to be an absolute classic. We’ve teamed with The Printer’s Ball for Chicago Ep. 3 to bring together eight-count ‘em eight!-readers in a poetry-off for the ages. (But don’t worry, there’s a four-minute time limit for each reader.) Judges Jay Ryan (Animals and Objects In and Out of Water), Nami Mum (Miles from Nowhere) and comedian Barry Hite will preside over these poets (and who they’re reader-representing): Kathleen Rooney (Switchback), Adam Levin (Ninth Letter), Febronio Zatarain (contratiempo), Gabriel Gudding (MAKE), Spencer Dew (THE2NDHAND), Simone Muench (Poetry Magazine), Michael Czyzniejewski (ACM) and Paul Killebrew (Canarium Books).”

Hosted by: Todd Zuniga.
Co-produced by Fred Sasaki.

When: Friday, July 31; Doors at 7:00, show at 8:00 p.m. (sharp)

Where: Ludington Building
1104 S. Wabash Ave.

Cost: Free!

Issue 8 – This Everyday.

Twice as many pages, color artwork, total re-design, and over 30 contributors.

You can understand why we might be a touch behind schedule, right?

The Printers’ Ball is an annual celebration of print culture, featuring thousands of magazines, books, and broadsides available free of charge; live readings and music; letterpress, offset, and paper-making demonstrations; and much more.

Friday, July 31, 2009
5:00pm – 11:00pm
Ludington Building
1104 South Wabash Avenue

View the Facebook Invite
Go to printersball.org

Founded by Poetry magazine with other independent Chicago literary organizations, the Printers’ Ball is an annual celebration of print culture, featuring thousands of magazines, books, and broadsides available free of charge; live readings and music; letterpress, offset, and paper-making demonstrations; and much more. This year’s Printers’ Ball is co-produced with Columbia College Chicago and the Center for Book & Paper Arts, and is set to take place in the landmark Ludington Building, former home to the American Book Company. Select events during the Printers’ Ball are being recorded for Chicago Public Radio’s Chicago Amplified.

Congrats! Two MAKE contributors were selected as awardees!

Eula Biss for her creative nonfiction essay from issue 7 Nobody Knows Your Name and Gabe Gudding for his issue 6 poem Fifteen Minute Performative Masculinity New York School Name Dropping Poem for David Shapiro as Transcribed from his Interview at Pennsound

MAKE contributing editor Kathleen Rooney was also honored for her essay in ACM For You, For You I Am Trilling These Songs.

See the complete list here.

The Chicago Underground Library celebrates “The Science of Obscurity,” an
evening of new, unpublished, and in-progress works presented as science fair
experiments. The night will also feature a public book launch via catapult
and the mass purging of rejection letters–community literary rituals in
need of revival!
Date:
Friday, July 10, 2009
Time:
7:00pm – 10:00pm
Location:
Jupiter Outpost
1139 W. Fulton Market
Chicago, IL

Check out the Facebook page here.

MAKE will be on hand with a tri-fold display and maybe a Dolorean. How are people making Time Machines these days? Bunny suits and Cyborgs?