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A tiny triangle of Chicago surrounded by interstates was once overseen by St. Jude, Patron of the Hopeless Cause. In a new essay, Joe Drogos looks at these odd blocks and sees the Roman hearthgods and Virgil’s terrified pigeons. Take a tour of this neighborhood and others in Joe’s blog, The Silver-Colored Yesterday, one of MAKE’s online features.
Joe Drogos’s newest essay makes use of Bertrand Goldberg, Billy Wimsatt, Hamish Fulton, and rogue coyotes, while it tries to explain the importance of incongruity and emptiness in the city’s culture. Take a peek at it and other entries in Joe’s blog, The Silver-Colored Yesterday, one of MAKE’s online features.
The Danny’s Reading Series
Wednesday, October 14th
7:30PM
Poetry by Jen Hofer & Patrick Durgin
Jen Hofer’s recent publications include The Route, a collaboration with Patrick Durgin (Atelos, 2008), sexoPUROsexoVELOZ and Septiembre, a translation from Dolores Dorantes by Dolores Dorantes (Counterpath Press and Kenning Editions, 2008), and lip wolf, a translation of Laura Solórzano’s lobo de labio (Action Books, 2007). Her forthcoming books are from the valley of death (Ponzipo), Laws (Dusie Books), one (Palm Press), and a translation of Guatemalan poet Alan Mills’ Síncopes (Piedra Santa). She currently teaches at Goddard College, and in the MFA Writing Program at CalArts.
For MAKE issue 7, Jen interviewed novelist and translator Forrest Gander and Mexican poet Pura López-Colomé.
Patrick Durgin is a poet-critic whose most recent publications include The Route, a collaboration with Jen Hofer (Atelos, 2008), and contributions to Contemporary Women’s Writing, Denver Quarterly, The Journal of Modern Literature, Mark(s)zine, textsound.org and XCP: Cross-Cultural Poetics. New poems are forthcoming in the “A Tonalist” feature of the literary journal Aufgabe (edited by Laura Moriarty), and a new essay on the work of Lyn Hejinian is slated from Aerial: Contemporary Poetics as Critical Theory. Durgin teaches literature and writing at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
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Danny’s Tavern is located at 1951 W. Dickens (near the intersection of Armitage and Damen), 21+, please bring ID. 773-489-6457.
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So a Wounded Deer Leaps Highest
Another baseball season ends in futility, another summer ends in October rain, but wounded deer and Ron Kittle teach that the best way to win is by losing big. Read more.
The theme of Issue #9 is Myth, Magic & Ritual. One way of thinking about this theme is to consider the ways in which myth has been used–and continues to be used–as a means of explaining the world. But of course, we look forward to discovering how your submissions will expand or contradict what we had in mind when choosing this theme.
DEADLINE: OCTOBER 15, 2009
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!
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.
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?
Come see us! We’re sharing tables 327 -329 with Green Lantern Press and Featherproof Books.
New tote bags in the works and fest-only deals on subscriptions and individual copies.
You’d rather trade a pine cone, two rabbits feet, and a roll of Scotch tape than use cash? We’ll consider your offer.
