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Posted inArts & Culture

Megan Stielstra interviewing Samantha Irby: The right way to meet in real life

by Aimee Levitt July 26, 2017August 18, 2021

Two rising literary stars talk shop on the occasion of their new books.

Posted inArts & Culture

Curbside Splendor’s first storefront comes to Revival Food Hall

by KT Hawbaker August 25, 2016August 18, 2021

The independent press’s book and record store hopes to join in the downtown food court’s spirit of community.

Posted inMusic

An oral history of the Empty Bottle

by John Dugan April 20, 2016August 18, 2021

An excerpt from The Empty Bottle Chicago: 21+ Years of Music / Friendly / Dancing

Posted inBlogs

The essays in Tony Fitzpatrick’s Dime Stories are enlightening, funny as hell

by Jerome Ludwig July 10, 2015August 18, 2021

In this collection of Newcity columns, the artist-poet-writer renders strong opinions in lovely, frank prose.

Posted inBlogs

Catching up with writer/professor/Wrigley Field vendor Michael Czyzniejewski

by Gwynedd Stuart March 3, 2015August 18, 2021

The modern-day Renaissance man talks about his new book of short fiction, I Will Love You for the Rest of My Life: Breakup Stories.

Posted inArts & Culture

Lit and rock merge at Curbside Splendor’s Words + Music

by Megan Thielking October 14, 2014August 18, 2021

Indie imprint Curbside Splendor releases its first cassingle during Words + Music, October 16 at the Empty Bottle.

Posted inMusic

Gossip Wolf: Who’s in Elia Einhorn’s Fashion Brigade?

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil September 17, 2014August 18, 2021

A new project from Scotland Yard Gospel Choir’s Elia Einhorn, new bands with folks from Bloodiest and Fake Limbs, and more

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best New Book by a Former Chicago Golden Gloves Champ

by Jerome Ludwig June 25, 2014August 18, 2021

When he describes an ass whoopin’, you know he knows what he’s talking about.

Posted inArts & Culture

Megan Stielstra taps into the anxieties of early adulthood in Once I Was Cool

by Aimee Levitt April 28, 2014August 18, 2021

Megan Stielstra taps into the anxieties of early adulthood in Once I Was Cool, the Columbia College teacher’s new collection of personal essays.

Posted inBlogs

In Bill Hillmann’s novel The Old Neighborhood, Edgewater is rife with violence and revenge

by Jerome Ludwig April 17, 2014August 18, 2021

Bill Hillmann’s novel tells the story of a young man’s struggle to survive amid a world of gangs and racism.

Posted inArts & Culture

Chicago authors share their secrets

by Chicago Reader April 15, 2014August 18, 2021

Chicago authors with spring books coming out share methods for combating writer’s block and other secrets.

Posted inBlogs

Reader’s Agenda Thu 4/10: Words + Music, Everything Is Terrible!, and Juana Molina

by Lisa Schulz April 10, 2014August 18, 2021

What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Thursday, April 10

Posted inBlogs

Live forever in the upcoming Empty Bottle book

by Kevin Warwick December 5, 2013August 19, 2021

Curbside Splendor is soliciting stories for the up coming book, The Empty Bottle Chicago. An Oral History. 20-Something Years of Piss, Shit, and Broken Urinals.

Posted inArts & Culture

Bitches gotta write

by Marya Hornbacher September 23, 2013August 19, 2021

Samantha Irby, the acerbic author of the hyperpopular blog Bitches Gotta Eat, publishes her first book.

Posted inBlogs

Reader’s Agenda Sun 4/14: Pop-Up Book Fair, Bitchin’ Purge II, and the Chicago Television Project

by Drew Hunt April 14, 2013August 19, 2021

What’s on the Reader’s Agenda for Sunday, April 14, 2013

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