1
Anne Carson
(Mandel Hall, University of Chicago)
Anne Carson gives the first of three public lectures, “Stillness”; free admission is first-come, first-served.
December 3
2
Tomi Adeyemi
(Gary Comer Youth Center)
The author reads from “Children of Virtue and Vengeance,” the sequel to the bestselling YA novel “Children of Blood and Bone.”
December 10
3
Willie Perdomo
(Poetry Foundation)
Willie Perdomo reads from his latest poetry collection “The Crazy Bunch.”
December 11
4
Nami Mun, Kevin Coval and Jennifer Steele
(Hungry Brain)
The three poets read as part of the Sunday Reading Series.
December 15
5
Aaron Cohen
(2112 Chicago)
Cohen discusses his book “Move On Up: Chicago Soul Music and Black Cultural Power,” which chronicles the history of soul music artists in Chicago from the 1960s through the 1980s.
December 18
Tara Betts is the author of “Break the Habit” and “Arc & Hue.” Her interviews and features have appeared in publications such as Hello Giggles, Mosaic Magazine, NYLON, The Source, Sixty Inches from Center, and Poetry magazine. She also hosts author chats at the Seminary Co-Op bookstores in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood.