Reading # 76
We're Thankful for Topical Haiku
The Dec. 2nd edition of Tuesday Funk saw co-host Andrew Huff reflecting on Thanksgiving and the reason for the season. Now that Black Friday Stars on Thanksgiving Thursday, watch out Black Wednesday. Few things are better thank leftover turkey and...
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December debriefing
December feels like a month of Mondays. EXCEPT when it's Tuesday Funk! Hoo-wee! Then it feels, ah, funky? Anyway. We started out the evening with a Tuesday Funk newbie, Clayton Smith, and he killed it with an excerpt from his...
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Reminder: Tuesday Funk #76 is tonight!
Did Thanksgiving take a toll on your mind and body? Then come refresh yourself with beers and literature tonight at Tuesday Funk #76! It'll stuff your turkey! Or something. Join your lionhearted cohosts Andrew Huff and Eden Robins, as well...
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Meet Our Readers: G.P.A. (Greatest Poet Alive)
G.P.A.(Greatest Poet Alive) aka James Gordon is from the South Side of Chicago. He is the author of six books of Poetry, including the award winning Readers' Favorite Poetry Book (Love and Romance) Revenge of the Orgasm and the Children's...
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Meet Our Readers: Jonathan Eig
Jonathan Eig is a former Wall Street Journal reporter and the New York Times best-selling author of four books: Luckiest Man, Opening Day, Get Capone, and, most recently, The Birth of the Pill. Ken Burns has called Eig a "master...
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Meet Our Readers: Jac Jemc
Jac Jemc's first story collection, A Different Bed Every Time, is newly out from Dzanc Books. Her novel, My Only Wife, was a finalist for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction and winner of the Paula Anderson Book...
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Meet Our Readers: Clayton Smith
Clayton Smith is a writer of speculative fiction and an avid curser of winter weather. He writes novels, short stories, and plays, mostly. His work has been featured on the popular Internet site Amazon, and his plays have been produced...
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Meet Our Readers: Karen Genelly
Karen Genelly is a native Chicagoan who has traveled a lot but always returns home. As a docent for the Chicago Architecture Foundation, she tells stories of Chicago and the people that make it a great city. Two years ago,...
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Tuesday Funk #76: Dec. 2, 2014
Our next event takes place Tuesday, December 2, 2014, with readings by Jac Jemc, Clayton Smith, Karen Genelly, James Gordon, and Jonathan Eig.
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