Sondra Morin lives in Chicago and is a small town New Englander at heart. She earned her B.A. in English from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and poems have appeared in vis a tergo and Curbside Splendor. When she...  read

Dave Snyder is a poet and gardener. Dave's poems have appeared in Quarterly West, Denver Quarterly, Best American Poetry, and elsewhere. Dave has received fellowships and awards from the Illinois Arts Council, the Iowa Review, Writers @ Work, and the...  read

Lori Ann Stephens's debut novel, Song of the Orange Moons, will be released in November 2010 by Blooming Tree Press. When she's not writing or teaching writing, she dabbles in gardening, dancing, and eating the best gourmet, home-cooked meals. She...  read

Lauryn Allison Lewis lives and writes in Evanston, Illinois. Her work has appeared in Bartleby Snopes, Dogzplot, Mad Licks Magazine, the inaugural issue of Chicago Pulp Stories, and most recently, an interview with author Stuart Dybek in Knee Jerk Magazine....  read

Kristin Lueke was born and raised in the suburbs of Los Angeles, California, an experience which in no way prepared her for real life. After graduating from Princeton in 2005, she moved to Chicago for a boy. Normal 21-year-old stuff....  read

Our next event, Tuesday, November 2, 2010, features readings from Lori Ann Stephens, Lauryn Allison Lewis, Kristin Lueke, Dave Snyder, and Sondra Morin.  read

We at Tuesday Funk love The Paper Machete, a weekly "live magazine" where the readers comment on current events. It's always lively and unpredictable, and this week's lineup includes Tuesday Funk friend Scott Smith, Director of Digital Strategy for Chicago...  read

We're hungry for Tamale Hut Cafe Presents: open mic and arts series, that is! On Saturday, October 23, 7-9 p.m., THC Presents: Mercedes, a musical performance. The open mic performances will start the night, which is a great opportunity to...  read

Thanks to everyone who came out to last night's fantastic Tuesday Funk reading at Hopleaf. If you weren't there, you missed plenty of good stuff. Jackie Adamski, in only his second public reading, knocked us out with a profane meditation...  read

Please remember to come out to Hopleaf tonight—Tuesday, October 5th—for our 27th entry in the theoretically infinite Tuesday Funk reading series. We're bringing you brawny fall fiction from the likes of Connor Coyne, Jackie Adamski, and William Shunn. That's three...  read