Two rising literary stars talk shop on the occasion of their new books.
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Curbside Splendor’s first storefront comes to Revival Food Hall
The independent press’s book and record store hopes to join in the downtown food court’s spirit of community.
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An oral history of the Empty Bottle
An excerpt from The Empty Bottle Chicago: 21+ Years of Music / Friendly / Dancing
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The essays in Tony Fitzpatrick’s Dime Stories are enlightening, funny as hell
In this collection of Newcity columns, the artist-poet-writer renders strong opinions in lovely, frank prose.
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Catching up with writer/professor/Wrigley Field vendor Michael Czyzniejewski
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.
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Lit and rock merge at Curbside Splendor’s Words + Music
Indie imprint Curbside Splendor releases its first cassingle during Words + Music, October 16 at the Empty Bottle.
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Gossip Wolf: Who’s in Elia Einhorn’s Fashion Brigade?
A new project from Scotland Yard Gospel Choir’s Elia Einhorn, new bands with folks from Bloodiest and Fake Limbs, and more
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Best New Book by a Former Chicago Golden Gloves Champ
When he describes an ass whoopin’, you know he knows what he’s talking about.
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Megan Stielstra taps into the anxieties of early adulthood in Once I Was Cool
Megan Stielstra taps into the anxieties of early adulthood in Once I Was Cool, the Columbia College teacher’s new collection of personal essays.
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In Bill Hillmann’s novel The Old Neighborhood, Edgewater is rife with violence and revenge
Bill Hillmann’s novel tells the story of a young man’s struggle to survive amid a world of gangs and racism.
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Chicago authors share their secrets
Chicago authors with spring books coming out share methods for combating writer’s block and other secrets.
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Reader’s Agenda Thu 4/10: Words + Music, Everything Is Terrible!, and Juana Molina
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Thursday, April 10
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Live forever in the upcoming Empty Bottle book
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.
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Bitches gotta write
Samantha Irby, the acerbic author of the hyperpopular blog Bitches Gotta Eat, publishes her first book.
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Reader’s Agenda Sun 4/14: Pop-Up Book Fair, Bitchin’ Purge II, and the Chicago Television Project
What’s on the Reader’s Agenda for Sunday, April 14, 2013