It’s time once again for the Printers Row Lit Fest, which combines three of the greatest pleasures in life: walking, talking about books, and the serendipitous discovery of new books (sometimes at incredible prices). The fest goes on all weekend in the south Loop near the intersection of Dearborn and Polk with events inside Jones College Prep (700 S. State).
Arlene Stein and Rebecca Makkai, noon Stein is a sociologist and professor and the author of Unbound: Transgender Men and the Remaking of Identity, which follows four strangers who meet in Florida while awaiting top surgery.
Ben Austen, Sarah Kendzior, and Ethan Michaeli, 1:30 PM Austen wrote High Risers: Cabrini-Green and the Fate of American Public Housing, Kendzior wrote The View From Flyover Country and regularly and intelligently eviscerates Donald Trump on Twitter, and Michaeli wrote The Defender: How the Legendary Black Newspaper Changed America. It’s likely they’ll be covering some of the territory Almond and Trice did this morning, but from an entirely different angle.
Linda Gartz and Hermene Hartman, 5 PM Gartz, the author of the new memoir Redlined about growing up during West Garfield Park’s transition from majority white to majority black, and Hartman, publisher of N’digo Magapaper, discuss the absence of African-Americans in mainstream media.
Black Girl Magic Performance & Conversation, 2:30 PM Hosted by Jamila Woods, featuring Eve Ewing, Raych Jackson, and other contributors to the recent poetry collection also called Black Girl Magic.
