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Home » Megan Stielstra

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Posted inFood & Drink

The Bongo Room turns 25: A look back at Wicker Park’s beloved brunch spot

by Sarah Nardi July 5, 2018August 18, 2021

“We’d just sit over pancakes and have these big dreams. … It’s amazing to see what so many of those women have become.”

Posted inBlogs

It’s time once again for the two-day book bonanza that’s the Printers Row Lit Fest

by Aimee Levitt June 8, 2018August 18, 2021

Books! Books! Authors! Food! Books!

Posted inBlogs

Windy City Rubber Ducky Derby, Megan Stielstra’s book launch party, and more of the best things to do this week

by Emily Wasielewski July 31, 2017August 18, 2021

Leftist comedy in Monkey Wrench, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf: The Good Parts, and more happenings 7/31-8/3

Posted inArts & Culture

Megan Stielstra, as seen through the people she admires

by Aimee Levitt July 26, 2017August 18, 2021

The author’s family and friends reflect on her work—and the gratifying (and sometimes thorny) experience of being a subject of her writing.

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

Printers Row Lit Fest preview

by Taylor Tolbert June 1, 2014August 18, 2021

Printers Row Lit Fest’s 30th year brings hundreds of authors and booksellers to the South Loop.

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

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

Reader’s Agenda Thu 3/27: The Jesus Lizard Book, Earth and Mark McGuire, and whisk(e)y

by Drew Hunt March 27, 2014August 18, 2021

What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Thursday, March 27

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