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Painting by Maya Hayuk. Words from Jenny Boully’s essay in this issue
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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This Everyday Release Party
Thursday, October 1, 7-10pm
Roots & Culture Gallery – 1034 N. Milwaukee
Sponsored by Metropolis Coffee, Carolan’s Irish Cream, Tullamore Dew Whiskey & PABST Blue Ribbon
Click the poster (by Lauren Anderson) for complete details.
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?
For one week in May, Amy Guth’sPilcrow Lit Fest brings authors, writers, poets, librarians, booksellers, and publishers from around the country together in support of small presses and independent media through small workshops, panel discussions, lectures and author readings in Chicago. Check their site for frequent updates, and subscribe to RSS feeds on the Pilcrow blog blog.
Thank you to everyone who made it to Zakopane for the Issue 7 Release Party/Fundraiser. Apologies to Jill Summer and Susie Kirkwood whose performance of HOTEL was bumped. You can check for future performances by the two here: callingallmonkeys.com
Pictures from the event, including all portraits, will soon be available online!
Thank you to our sponsors for the wonderful food and decor. Just to remind you: Jane’s = crab cakes and crostini; Kitchen Witches=beet pesto dip and spinach yogurt dip + crostini and pita chips; Innjoy = many, many pizzas and wings; Fifty/50 = meatball sliders!; Alliance = spritzers; Blumgarten = floral bouquets
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And a big thank you to The Plagiarists and Coupleskate for amazing performances!
Please join us for the issue 7 release party at the historic Polish bar Zakopane, 1734 W. Division St.
7pm, $10 donation, must be 21
The evening will include readings from contributors Jill Summers + Susie Kirkwood, Faisal Mohyuddin, and John Beer.
Peter Margasak - music critic for The Reader will provide the music.
Complimentary food provided by Division St. restaurants.
Get your portrait taken by Johnathan Crawford in a mini studio and have it turned into a wearable Busy Beaver button on the spot!
Featuring a performance based on Studs Terkel’s Division Street: America from Chicago theatre troupe The Plagiarists.
Late-night musical performance by Coupleskate. New album so-to-be-released!
