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Quimby's Bookstore

1854 West North Avenue
Chicago, IL 60622
United States

773-342-0910; infoquimbys.com

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Web site: http://www.quimbys.com/

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Gregory Kiewiet (March 17 at 7:00pm)
Gregory Kiewiet reads from In the Company of Words.
"What people are saying about In the Company of Words:

'Closely watched scenes; ringing shifts, gaps; breathtaking progressions, appear in and make up Gregory Kiewiet’s remarkable collection. This book reverberates. It beautifully provokes, moves, even unsettles.' Lynn Crawford

'To seek ... (more)the company of words is to cultivate the silence in which language speaks. It is as much a matter of listening as of writing, and a willingness to think with words as they exist. In their wry compassion for “a world that needs no introduction” and their fierce humility in the face of its “barbed wire hang-ups,” these poems compel and reward our attention.' Ted Pearson

'There are brilliant traceries in these structures - the poem as filament, the poem as grid. Within them a keen interplay between the abstract and the pointedly concrete. Much of the work of language here goes on in the synapse, in the gap between losses, distances, political “things” at work, climates and unnamed cultural weather, the sudden detail, tatters of conversation, something overheard . . . these themes or movements carried through in an impressive variety of forms and approaches: at first this variety is disarming, but the altercations between stripped and scattered structures and established devices, between the word-driven lyric and something like the memory narrative (done ever so lightly), between translations and poems conceived by the author in Dutch and rendered then into English, becomes at last, by a kind of wonderful accetion, an intriguing and appealing collection, something to be picked up and carried around.' Edward Haworth Hoeppner

Gregory Kiewiet recieved his B. A. in English and Art History from Oakland University (Rochester, MI) and M. A. in English (Creative Writing) from Wayne State University (Detroit, MI) - he is currently pursuing an MFA in Writing at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Previous work has appeared in http://www.markszine.com/ Dispatch Detroit, Graffiti Rag, Woodward Magazine, and Box."

--from Quimbys.com
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Spencer Dew (April 4 at 7:30pm)
Spencer Dew reads from Songs of Insurgency.
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Chavisa Woods (April 5 at 7:00pm)
Chavisa Woods reads from Love Does Not Make Me Gentle or Kind.
"Love Does Not Make Me Gentle or Kind is a collection of short stories focusing on the formative and tumultuous moments in the lives of two women as children and adults, whose relationship to one another is cast in an ambiguous light, and whose characters are abstracted within the context of each story. ... (more)Primarily set in rural America and other transient realms, this book combines realism with elements of meta-fiction, magnifying the extraordinary interpersonal worlds created by the circumstances of their outer reality.

Chavisa Woods is the Author of Love Does Not Make Me Gentle or Kind, her first full-length book. Her previous short stories and poetry have been published nationally and internationally in such publications as: Matador (Spain), Prima Materia (NY), Blue Fog (Figi) 4 AM Poetry, Cake, Big Tex(t), The Bard Gay and Lesbian Review, Howl 10003, Tribes Magazine, Wildflowers, Fuzion, Chronogram, Agenzia Catalogue, What Happens Next?, Where We Live, In the Fray, and Rhapsodist the documentary

Her work has been featured in performance at such venues as: the Annual Vision Festival, , the Howl festival, Sarah Lawrence College, Bard College, I Love NY Poetry, Pink Pony Reading Series, CBS Morning show, HOT Festival at the Dixon Place Theater, The portable Theater Company, Salient Saturdays at the Bowery Poetry Club, Poetic License, The Hidden Treasure Reading Series, the Annual Charlie Parker Festival, Beat Bush Woodstock, WOW Theater- 2006 Bloom Festival, The fresh Fruit Festival, The Telephone Bar Library Lounge ,Red Dreams at the Cornelia Street Cafe, L.E.S. 2002 and 2003 National Poetry Slam

Chavisa will be on hand to read and sign copies of her new book"

---from Quimbys.com
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Mike Adams (April 12 at 7:00pm)
Mike Adams reads from Toilet Bowl Soup.
"Mike Adams book Toilet Bowl Soup is a collection of twisted short stories dealing with junky amputees, rabid beasts, satanic Hispanics, sadistic rednecks, big dick retards and more."

---from QUimbys.com
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10 Year Anniversary Celebration for "A Day In The Air (ADITA)": Bradley Adita (April 17 at 8:00pm)
Bradley Adita reads from A Day In The Air (ADITA).
A Day In The Air (ADITA) is celebrating 10 years of publishing this April. The first issue #0 (powerline/steeple) was publishing in April of 1998. Join Bradley Adita as he reads one brief passage from each zine at Quimbys. A visual and musical presentation will also accompany the reading. Selected back ... (more)issues, silk screen prints, and other art will be available for purchase. The first 10 guests will recieved a free copy of the lastest zine.
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Rachel Bradley, Luca Dipierro, Chris Leo, and John Sheppard (April 18 at 7:00pm)
Rachel Bradley reads from Santi: Lives of Modern Saints.; Luca Dipierro.; Chris Leo.; John Sheppard .
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Panic Attack presents a night of Zine Readings (April 19 at 7:00pm)
Matt Coppens reads from Panic Attack.; Mike Conway reads from Hot Food.; Krystle reads from Milk Milk Lemonaid.; Rik V.
A night of zine readings with:

Rik V: Reading unpublished stories and poetry.

Rob V : Reading lyrics from I-Attack and S.S.EX

Mike Conway: Reading/showing illustrations from his zine/comic Hot Food

Krystle: From Milk Milk Lemonaid to read from her new zine.

Matt Coppens: To read selections ... (more)from his zine Panic Attack.
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Earth Day Celebration: Conrad Lawrence (April 21 at 7:00pm)
Conrad Lawrence reads from The Council to Save the Planet.
Lawrence celebrates Earth Day with a reading from his book, The Council to Save the Planet, a collection of “speculative fiction” about the end of the world.

For additional information visit: http://quimbys.com/blog/?m=20080421&c...
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Geoff Herbach (April 25 at 7:00pm)
Geoff Herbach promotes The Miracle Letters of T. Rimberg.
Geoff is the author of The Miracle Letters of T. Rimberg, a novel from Three Rivers Press. He is also the Co-founder of the Lit 6 Project, a performance literary group that gives readings in rock clubs and art galleries, and also holds classes. And, co-founder of The Electric Arc Radio Show, a literary ... (more)tragi-comedy.
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Low Brow Art Blow Out!: DvA Gallery/BFSA Group Show and Book Signing (May 1 at 4:00pm)
multiple Artists in attendance signs their various books.
On Saturday, April 26th, DvA Gallery in collaboration with Billy Shire Fine Arts in California will be having a gallery show and booksigning with all your favorite artists. The book signing event will be from 4-6pm and the gallery opening is from 7-11pm. Artists in attendance include Dave Cooper, Elizabeth ... (more)McGrath, Daniel Martin Diaz, Glann Barr, Bob Dob, Martha Rich and many more. We will also have other merchandise for signing such as t-shirts, toys and posters.

This event is also made possible by our sponsors Quimby’s Bookstore, Chicago Comics and Pabst Blue Ribbon.
Event location: DvA Gallery, 2568 North Lincoln Avenue, Chicago, IL 60614 (773) 871-4382
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Jessica Abel (May 3 at 7:00pm)
Jessica Abel promotes Drawing Words and Writing Pictures: Making Comics from Manga to Graphic Novels.
More info TBA
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Release Party: New Books and Publications by Nine Author/Artist/Publishers (May 5 at 7:00pm)
Quimby’s will host an evening of new books and publications by nine author/artist/publishers.

Devin Bustin, Rebecca Cooling-Mallard, Cortney Philip and Sean O’Connell consider the object of the book and the act of reading as integral to the generation of textual projects. Mary Kiolbasa, Stephanie ... (more)Sauer, Kristine Servia, and Dannielle Sommer have constructed printed publications that reflect collaborative projects.

Devin Bustin plays music in a band called Asher Lev, teaching Chicago’s suburbs to rock. He’ll present a book of sentences that do the work of a chiropractor, that adjust the angle of the neck.

Rebecca Cooling-Mallard is combing the dust off her skin with the language brush. She will present a reading and diagrams of the constellations of the southern hemisphere as filtered through the shape of Adrienne Rich’s poem “The Planetarium.”

Sean O’Connell is textually engaged in the aftermath of music and poetry in the twenty-first century: most often inhabiting a body that has lasted twenty-three years and exists in proximity to books: but at other times occurs digitally via telewebpresence. His project: books made: to be musical instruments and the score simultaneously, to be read through tactical performance, to be handled and sounded.

Cortney Philip is a Chicago writer who never loses at cribbage. A Food Family History reconstructs a family narrative through food verbiage and cardboard boxes.

Mary Kiolbasa is a graduate student, studying poetry at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her Popsicle recipe book is one component of a larger project, which makes a close study of ice, in terms of consumption.

Stephanie Sauer’s work focuses on intersections of various kinds, from myth and culture to language and medium. Her current publication features a collection of sketches by General Esteban Villa of the Royal Chicano Air Force.

Exercise 1: Evident and Invisible Interactions is a correspondence exchange project between groups in the Caribbean and North America. The booklet “EXERCISE I,” published by Fold Press, gathers all the documentation generated within the exchange. Fold Press is an independent publishing project founded by Kristine Servia, a first year graduate student in the Fiber and Material Studies department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Danielle Sommer is an artist and writer earning her Masters in Visual and Critical Studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Here/Now (March 15, 2008) is the first publication in a series designed to document how individuals understand the idea of “here” while at the same time creating a tangible connection between a variety of perspectives and communities. Everyone who participates in the documentation receives a copy of the finished publication and is asked to pass the name of the project on to others for future documentations.
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David Samuels (May 8 at 7:00pm)
David Samuels signs Only Love Can Break Your Heart.; and, The Runner: A True Account of the Amazing Lies and Fantastical Adventures of the Ivy League Impostor James Hogue.
Join author David Samuels as he reads and signs from his first two books ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART and THE RUNNER at Quimby’s.

David has been turning out excellent work for Harper’s, The New Yorker, The American Scholar, and The New York Times Magazine for more than a decade. He is a two-time ... (more)National Magazine Award finalist for feature writing and reporting; his work has been included in Da Capo Best Music Writing 2000, The Best American Political Reporting 2004, and The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2006. He was named one of the Columbia Journalism Review’s Ten Best Feature Writers 35 and Under and one of Editor and Publisher’s Fifty Nonfiction Writers to Watch.
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Michel Valdes (May 10 at 7:00pm)
Michel Valdes reads from School Daze.
Join Michel Valdes as he reads form the new issue of School Daze.
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Chip Kidd (May 14 at 7:00pm)
Chip Kidd reads from The Learners: A Novel.
Chip Kidd will read from his new book The Learners, the follow up to The Cheese Monkeys.
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PEEL Event: Dave Combs and Holly Combs (May 17 at 7:00pm)
Dave Combs signs Peel: The Art of the Sticker.; Holly Combs signs Peel: The Art of the Sticker.
Dave and Holly Combs, creators of PEEL Magazine and co-authors of the new book, PEEL: The Art of the Sticker will be signing copies of the book. There will also be free stickers available.

More info TBA
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Alix Lambert (May 20 at 7:00pm)
Alix Lambert reads from Crime: A Series of Extraordinary Interviews Exposing the World of Crime - Real and Imangined.
Author Alix Lambert will read from and sign copies of her book CRIME: A Series of Extraordinary Interviews Exposing the World of Crime - Real and
Imagined.
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Jim Munroe (May 22 at 7:00pm)
Jim Munroe discusses Therefore, Repent!.
Author Jim Munroe will be on hand to discuss his graphic novel Therefore Repent! and sign copies.

What if the religious right… are right?

Therefore Repent! is a graphic novel set in a Chicago neighborhood after the Rapture. Once the Christians have floated bodily into the sky, life goes on pretty ... (more)much as usual for the immoral majority… except that magic works, if you’re willing to risk demonic mutations. CNN reports that Mr. Christ and Mr. Bush are on a speaking tour of the red states. And an angelic army appears to have been deployed to mop up the sinners. But through it all, outsiders Raven and Mummy face the possibility of a bigger problem than the end of the world: the end of their relationship.
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Kevin Sampsell, James Stegall, and Jackie Corley (May 24 at 7:00pm)
Kevin Sampsell reads from Creamy Bullets.; James Stegall .; Jackie Corley reads from The Suburban Swindle.
Independent press publishers Kevin Sampsell (Future Tense Books), James Stegall (So New Media) and Jackie Corley (Word Riot) will read their latest work.
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Mods vs. Rockers Comic Release Party (June 5 at 7:00pm)
Martin Cimek promotes Mods vs. Rockers #1.
Join us for the release of Mods vs. Rockers #1, a 20-page comic book. This will be a meet and greet with artist/writer, Martin Cimek and Co-Publisher, Larry Fletcher of the Ton-Up Club Chicago Motorcycle Club. Enjoy complementary Hobgoblin English Ale while supplies last. Pick up a copy of the comic ... (more)and get it signed by the creators. There will also be Mods vs. Rockers t-shirts, patches and posters for sale. This release will coincide with the 4th annual Mods vs. Rockers vintage motorcycle and scooter show (held at Delilah’s & Bottom Lounge June 14th).

About The Performers:

Martin Cimek: The bold imagery of Mods vs. Rockers is the product of graphic designer and illustrator, Martin Cimek. Since relocating in 1991 to Chicago from Grand Rapids, Michigan his career has included: logos, magazines, annual reports, advertisement, music packaging and websites. In 2002 he started his own company, Martin Cimek Design (MCD), and has also become a well known and published silkscreen poster artist. He has done numerous posters and commissions for many of Chicago’s most popular rock venues.

Larry Fletcher: Larry has been a longtime fixture on the local Chicago scene. He worked for years in the nightclub industry managing China Club and Kaboom and later serving as VIP ambassador at Crobar. His love of vintage motorcycles led him to open the Ace Cafe Chicago in 1997, An English style pub/cafe that had a vintage motorcycle motif. It’s at the Ace that Larry started hosting motorcycle events and shows. Through the years, his motorcycle shows have grown and evolved. In early 2005, Larry founded the Ton Up Club Chicago and immediately began planning Mods vs. Rockers I with his longtime friend Mike Miller of Delilah’s. 2008 marks the 11th anniversary of his first show at the Ace Cafe.
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Ray Bawarchi (June 14 at 7:00pm)
Ray Bawarchi reads from The Dirt People.
Ray Bawarchi will read a chapter and discuss the book, The Dirt People.

About The Dirt People:
In the future, environmental degradation has forced humanity to live within giant domed cities. The Corporate Sponsors, which have supplanted nation states, have brought humans to the pinnacle of civilization ... (more)through a social order determined only by wealth. Information along with everything else has become a commodity. Life is good and only silly myths about “Dirt Men” plague the society. Follow one man as he challenges the social order and witness his transformation to a reluctant revolutionary.

Ray Bawarchi is a writer who lives in Asheville, NC. He is the author of the novel, The Dirt People. His next novel, Voltaire’s Walkabout, will be in the Stores by Christmas 2008. He has recently written several Opinion and Analysis columns for New Europe: The European Weekly, a newspaper serving Europe and the world.
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Kathleen Rooney, Jasmine Dreame Wagner, and Samuel Wharton (June 17 at 7:00pm)
Kathleen Rooney reads from That Tiny Insane Voluptuousness.; Jasmine Dreame Wagner reads from Songs about Ghosts #2.; Samuel Wharton reads from Welcome Home.
Join authors/poets Kathleen Rooney, Jasmine Dreame Wagner and Samuel Wharton as they read from their new books.
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First Line Event (June 24 at 7:00pm)
An event for the popular lit journal The First Line.
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Jessica Abel and Matt Madden (June 25 at 7:00pm)
Jessica Abel discusses Drawing Words and Writing Pictures: Making Comics from Manga to Graphic Novels.; Matt Madden discusses Drawing Words and Writing Pictures: Making Comics from Manga to Graphic Novels.
Drawing Words & Writing Pictures is a systematic course on that teaches the alchemical art of combining words and pictures to make comics. In it, Jessica and Matt have laid out a complete, structured syllabus that guides students from creating narrative within a single drawing to orchestrating all the ... (more)skills involved in creating a multi-page, complex story.

Life Sucks is the story of Dave Marshall. The girl he’s in love with doesn’t know he exists, he hates his job, and ever since his boss turned him into a vampire, he can’t go out in daylight without starting to charbroil. Undead life in its uncoolest incarnation yet is on display in this cinematic, supernatural drama told with gallons of humor and hemoglobin. In striking, colorful, B-movie style artwork and light-hearted, intelligent writing by Jessica Abel, Gabe Soria, and Warren Pleece, Dave Marshall’s story comes alive – in a vampiric kind of way.

La Perdida is the story of Carla, an American estranged from her Mexican father, who heads to Mexico City to “find herself.” Her intense desire to make a connection with Mexico and her unwillingness to see the impact of her own history on her understanding combine to turn an innocent journey down a dark path. A story about the youthful desire to live an authentic life and the consequences of trusting easy answers, La Perdida is a story about finding yourself by getting lost.
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Jessica Abel (June 26 at 7:00pm)
Jessica Abel promotes Life Sucks: Collector's Edition.
More info TBA.
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Bizarro Fiction Night (July 10 at 7:00pm)
Eckhard Gerdes.; D. Harlan Wilson.; David Agranoff .; Garrett Cook.
Eckhard Gerdes, D. Harlan Wilson, David Agranoiff and Garrett Cook will be reading selections from their Bizarro Fiction books!

The Performers:
Eckhard Gerdes is the author of My Landlady the Lobotmist, The Million-Year Centipede, and Przewalski’s Horse. Eckhard publishes The Journal of Experimental ... (more)Fiction. At times, he writes about literature for The Review of Contemporary Fiction, American Book Review, and Electronic Book Review. His fiction appears in various journals every now and then.

D. Harlan Wilson is the author of Dr Identity, Pseudo City; The Kafka Effekt, and Stranger on the Loose. Currently he is the editor-in-chief of The Dream People, a journal of Bizarro literature, and is contributing editor for Guide Dog Books.

David Agranoff is the author of Screams from a Duying World.

Garrett Cook is the author of Murderland Part I: h8.

Other info:
www.bizarrocentral.com
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Sean Carswell, Mickey Hess and Scott Stealey (July 12 at 7:00pm)
Sean Carswell reads from Train Wreck Girl: A Novel.; Mickey Hess reads from Big wheel at the cracker factory.; Scott Stealey reads from Letter from the Seaway.
Join authors Sean Carswell, Mickey Hess and Scott Stealey as they read and sign their recent books.

Sean Carswell is the author of the novel Drinks for the Little Guy (1999) and two short story collections: Glue and Ink Rebellion (2002) and Barney’s Crew (2005). His fiction has appeared in dozens ... (more)literary journals over the fifteen dozen years. He has been a staff writer for Flipside Magazine, READ, Clamor, and Ink 19, and is a regular contributor to Razorcake. He is a co-founder of both Razorcake Magazine and Gorsky Press. He is on tour promoting his new novel, Train Wreck Girl.

Mickey Hess lives and writes in Lawrenceville, NJ, where he likewise teaches at Rider University. He is the author of much, including the memoirish novel Big Wheel at the Cracker Factory and the collections One Thousand Pound Locket and El Cumpleanos de Paco. He edited the Greenwood Press anthology the Icons of Hip-hop (2007).

Scott Stealey is the editor of the online literary magazine, Please Don’t (please-dont.com), and author of the Featherproof mini-book, Letter from the Seaway.
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Sparkplug Comics Presents an event for The Windy Corner (July 18 at 7:00pm)
Austin English signs Windy Corner Magazine V.1 No.1.; Jeremi Onsmith signs Windy Corner Magazine V.1 No.1.; John Hanciewicz signs Windy Corner Magazine V.1 No.1.
Cartoonists Austin English, Jeremi Onsmith and John Hanciewicz will be signing copies of the 2nd issue of Sparkplug Comic Books’ most unique offering - Windy Corner. Windy Corner is a hybrid of a comic and a magazine that features comics by some of the brightest and best up and comers in indie comics ... (more)as well as comics criticism and interviews. Special guests may also be in attendance!
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Eddie Campbell (July 28 at 7:00pm)
Eddie Campbell signs The Amazing Remarkable Monsieur Leotard.
Join comic artist Eddie Campbell as he signs copies of his new graphic novel THE AMAZING REMARKABLE MONSIEUR LEOTARD (First Second).

‘He flies through the air with the greatest of ease – the daring young man on the flying trapeze!’

Step right up, Ladies and Gentlemen, for a glorious spectacle ... (more)of graphic literature beyond your wildest imaginings, in which young Etienne discovers that replacing his uncle as the Amazing Remarkable Monsieur Leotard, world-renowned acrobat and head of a circus troupe, is every bit as difficult as it appears to be. Etienne is swept up in wonder and work even as he struggles to keep up his grandiose façade, while every day his chances for happiness slip further away. For Etienne, taking a stand for his own happiness is as daring as any trick the Amazing Remarkable Leotard could perform. Eddie Campbell and Dan Best bring to life the historical story of the daring young man on the flying trapeze in a tale filled with wonders and marvels.

Eddie Campbell has earned an international following. For over 25 years, he has blazed a trail in the world of graphic novels, and his work has earned nearly every honor in the field, including the Eisner, Ignatz, and Harvey awards.

With Alan Moore he created the towering opus From Hell, later adapted by Hollywood. Among the multitude of solo works he has produced, the epic series Bacchus brings the adventures of the Greek god of wine bang up to date, along the way adding such anomalies as the Eyeball Kid to the ancient pantheon. His autobiographical Alec has also garnered praise, notably for the memorable graphic novels Alec: the King Canute Crowd, and Alec: how to be an Artist.
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Joe Carducci (August 2 at 7:00pm)
Joe Carducci signs Rock & the Pop Narcotic.; Joe Carducci signs Enter Naomi: SST, L.A. and All That....; Joe Carducci signs Wyoming Storie.
Join Joe Carducci as he talks about his time in the west coast music underground, 1976-1986, and then about the three books he has written and published; Rock and the Pop Narcotic, Enter Naomi, and Wyoming Stories. Joe will also do a short Q & A, and sign books.

Joe Carducci. Was born in 1955 in ... (more)Merced, California and grew up in Naperville, Illinois. He moved to the west coast in 1976. Achievements of note: Founded Systematic Record Distribution and its label Optional Music (featuring bands: Dead Kennedys, Voice Farm, Negativland); founded the Thermidor label (featuring bands: Ono, Oil Tasters, Toiling Midgets, Nig-Heist, Birthday Party, SPK), and came into Black Flag’s label, SST Records, in 1981 until 1986. Then he moved back to Chicago to write Rock and the Pop Narcotic and started Redoubt Press in 1990. He also started Provisional for videotape releases in 1992. Moved to Wyoming in 1995 and still resides there today.
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Erotic Harry Potter Night with Cecilia Tan (August 6 at 7:00pm)
Cecilia Tan promotes White Flames: Erotic Dreams .
Who knew that the vanguard of erotic fiction could be found amongst the devotees of J. K. Rowling’s boy wizard Harry Potter? Quimby’s, of course! Critically-acclaimed erotica writer Cecilia Tan comes to Chicago under her nom de plume “Ravenna” to gather together some of the world’s best-known ... (more)writers of erotic fanfiction for a group reading on Wednesday, August 6 at 7pm.

“Fanfic is the hottest stuff,” says Tan, who wrote sexy fan stories as a teenager featuring her friends meeting the teen idols of the day, but moved into writing Harry Potter fanfic in recent years after establishing a career as a leading erotica author and editor. On tour to support the release of her latest book of erotic short stories (White Flames, published by Running Press, 2008), Tan’s visit coincides in Chicago with Terminus, a huge Harry Potter fan convention. “Erotic fanfic has its roots in the mainstream, but then subverts it completely.”

Joining Tan in this erotic celebration will be two authors from Chicago, and from as far away as Copenhagen, Toronto, and Kansas City. Come expecting to hear short, homoerotic excerpts pairing Harry with Draco Malfoy, Severus Snape, and other characters. A special commemorative zine, “The Erotic Harry Potter,” is being produced specially for the event and will only be available through the weekend.
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Ryan Claytor's "2008 Moving to Michigan Tour" (August 8 at 7:00pm)
Ryan Claytor signs Concatenations: Autobiography in Comics.
Starting July 2008, recent Master of Fine Arts graduate and Autobiographical Cartoonist, Ryan Claytor, will begin a comic book signing tour to promote the release of his self-published master’s thesis on autobiographical comics. Claytor says, “I finished school, my girlfriend got a great job out ... (more)of state (and was able to swing me a partner hire), and I have a new book coming out. It all seemed to come together serendipitously.”

Claytor is most well-known for publishing his all-ages autobiographical comic book series entitled, “And Then One Day” under the moniker, “Elephant Eater Comics.” Claytor recently announced the final line-up for his ambitious North American Comic Book Tour, which will take him to 17 different locations in 10 states on his way from California to his new home in Lansing, MI.

Additional tour and book information can be found at Ryan Claytor’s website: www.ElephantEater.com
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Erick Lyle (a.k.a. Iggy Scam) (August 11 at 7:00pm)
Erick Lyle reads from On the Lower Frequencies.
Join Erick Lyle as he reads from his new book On the Lower Frequencies: A Secret History of The City.

On the Lower Frequencies is at once a manual, memoir, and history of creative resistance in a world awash with war and poverty. With these tales of squatting the ruins of the dot-com era, playing ... (more)hit-and-run punk shows in the streets and organizing neighborhood anti-war parades, the editor of the underground classic SCAM magazine, Erick Lyle, traces not only the evolution of cities, but of his own thinking — and in so doing, gives the reader inspiration for living defiantly.

Erick Lyle, once upon a time known as Iggy Scam, has been editing SCAM magazine and traveling around the nation in various bands since 1991. Lyle will be playing in Chicago a few days before with his band BLACK RAINBOW at the Mauled By Tigers fest.
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ADRIENNE PINE (August 25 at 7:00pm)
Adrienne Pine discusses Working Hard, Drinking Hard: On Violence and Survival in Honduras.
Anthropologist Adrienne Pine will present Working Hard, Drinking Hard: On Violence and Survival in Honduras. The event highlights links between Mano Dura and mercenaries, the war on terror, IMF and World Bank policy, the prison-industrial complex, Honduran massacres, gangs, and sweatshop labor.

Adrienne ... (more)Pine is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the American University in Cairo, Egypt.
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LLOYD DANGLE (August 29 at 7:00pm)
Lloyd Dangle signs Troubletown Told You So: Comics that Could've Saved Us from this Mess.
Lloyd Dangle will perform his 20 Years of Troubletown humorous slide show floor show and sign copies of his book Troubletown Told You So, Comics that Could’ve Saved Us From This Mess.

Troubletown, by Lloyd Dangle, was first published in the San Francisco Bay Guardian in 1988 and has since grown ... (more)to become a widely syndicated cartoon feature in alternative newsweeklies and lefty political magazines.

Lloyd’s cartoons and illustrations have appeared in over 100 magazines and newspapers of every type from the crusty corporate mainstream to the bleeding, subcommercial edge. Lloyd’s work has been featured in publications including American Lawyer, Cosmopolitan, Entertainment Weekly, San Francisco Chronicle, Shape, Sierra, Mother Jones, The Nation, The New York Times, Outside, Time Magazine, Utne Reader, Village Voice and Wired. His drawings also adorn the packaging of Airborne effervescent cold remedy, which the company claims has been one fastest-selling products in retail history.

Lloyd was also the first cartoonist assigned to cover the Republican National Convention in New York City armed with nothing but a pen and a blank sketchbook, the resulting cartoon was selected for Houghton-Mifflin’s series, The Best American Comics. When not on the road covering bizarre and dangerous political events, he works out of his converted garage in Oakland, California.
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BOB CALHOUN and FLOYD WEBB (September 5 at 7:00pm)
Bob Calhoun reads from Beer, Blood & Cornmeal: Seven Years of Strange Wrestling.
Join us for a night delving into the continuing Count Dante phenomenon. Filmmaker Floyd Webb will discuss his film and the Count Dante legend and then introduce Bob Calhoun, who will read from his punk wrestling memoir and sign copies of his book Beer, Blood and Cornmeal: Seven Years of Incredibly Strange ... (more)Wrestling after a Q&A.

BOB CALHOUN is the author of Beer, Blood and Cornmeal: Seven Years of Incredibly Strange Wrestling. In the mid 1990s, San Francisco rocker Bob Calhoun took the name of Chicago comic book kung fu huckster Count Dante and joined the punk rock wrestling troupe Incredibly Strange Wrestling (ISW). ISW emerged from the back alleys and seedy clubs of San Francisco’s South of Market scene to headline the historic Fillmore and barnstorm North America on the Van’s Warped Tour. At the height of its popularity, Green Day’s Billy Joe Armstrong and Metallica’s James Hetfield could be seen tossing tortillas (which the promoters supplied) at ringside with the rest of the hell heads, boozehounds and tattooed party girls that made up ISW’s rabid following. It’s a story of urban misfits risking their necks for local celebrity in one of America’s most famous cities all told against the backdrop of the dot com boom and bust and an increasingly corporate entertainment industry.

FLOYD WEBB: Director and producer of the documentary film “The Search For Count Dante.” From Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta and raised on Chicago’s Southside, Floyd Webb’s background includes global work in cinema, photojournalism, publishing and advertising. He has found all of these experiences useful as a convergent worker, designer and consultant for the Internet.
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THE2NDHAND #30: "Gives Birth to Monsters" Release Party: SPENCER DEW (January 9 at 7:00pm)
SPENCER DEW reads from THE2NDHAND #30: "Gives Birth to Monsters".
We convene for the release of the 30th installment of THE2NDHAND’s broadsheet series, marking the magazine’s ninth anniversary and eighth year of hosting Quimby’s events, coincidentally, for which opportunity we are always grateful, if not quite gracious in our gratefulness at all time. Yes, there ... (more)were pork chops involved, unfortunately, at one time. THE2NDHAND No. 30 features the “Gives Birth to Monsters” short by Spencer Dew, a tale of one man’s small heartbreak, the backdrop to a contemporary landscape of well-meaning but ultimately shallow political activism, fractured communicative lines, and more ultimately enduring drives toward total inebriation. In classic Dew fashion, he’ll have you laughing all the way to brink of the void. The issue also features excerpts from THE2NDHAND’s David Foster Wallace collaborative mini-tribute by THE2NDHAND editor Todd Dills and Bellingham, Wash.-based Doug Milam, author of our 27th broadsheet. Chicago editor C.T. Ballentine hosts this release event, featuring Dew, THE2NDHAND contributors Jill Summers and Y.Z. Chin, and Ballentine himself. This event is supported in part by Poets & Writers Event Grant Program by a donation from an anonymous donor. The Performers: Spencer Dew is the author of the short-story collection Songs of Insurgency (2008) and much else besides — he’s a prolific contributor to many literary venues, including THE2NDHAND’s online magazine, www.the2ndhand.com
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LILLI CARRE (January 15 at 7:00pm)
LILLI CARRE signs The Lagoon.
Join Lilli Carré as she signs copies of her new graphic novel The Lagoon. She will also sell prints and various little handmade book items. Refreshments will be served! In THE LAGOON, a family is seduced by a mysterious creature’s siren song that can be heard emanating from the lagoon after dark, ... (more)and how each member reacts to the song in THE LAGOON is the crux of the story. Lilli Carré was born in 1983 in Los Angeles and currently lives and works in Chicago, making animations, illustrations, and comics. Her animated films have shown in various festivals in the US and abroad, including the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, and her previous book of comics Tales of Woodsman Pete is a collection of her stories surrounding a hermit who’s slowly losing his wits.
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Old School Zine Reading Night with Featured Zinesters! (February 21 at 7:00pm)
MATT FAGAN.; ANDRE MALL.; LIZ MASON.; REY REY.
Join us for a zine reading hosted by Billy Roberts of Loop Distro and Proof I Exist zine and Aaron Cynic of Diatribe zine and formerly of Fall of Autumn Distro. With featured zinsters: Andrew Mall: In between time served in grad school, teaching, writing zine reviews for Zine world, and volunteering ... (more)with the Chicago Independent Radio Project, Andrew Mall consistently poses as an authority on all things hip and cool. While the most recent issue of his zine Living Proof is a year and a half old, he is currently editing the next issue with hopes for a late spring release. Matt Fagan: Matt Fagan is a zinester and artist from Oregon who now lives in Chicago. He runs Meniscus Enterprises, out of which he publishes his zines and comics. Matt is also the co-owner of a comic book store called Brainstorm. ReyRey: Rachel does a zine called Stream of Consciousness, now in its third issue. Liz Mason: Liz Mason manages Quimby’s bookstore, the greatest bookstore ever, publishes a zine called Caboose, and thoroughly enjoys karaoke.
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Off-Site Event: Editors of The Nation and "The Nation Guide to the Nation" at No Exit Cafe (February 28 at 7:00pm)
Sponsored by Drinking Liberally and Laughing Liberally. Part Whole Earth Catalog, part 1,000 Places to See Before You Die, and part Zagat Guide, THE NATION GUIDE TO THE NATION is the essential lifestyle guide for liberals across the land, a one-stop-shop for liberals and progressives all over America. ... (more)Inside THE NATION GUIDE TO THE NATION: * Studs Terkel’s favorite Chicago restaurant * Ray Bradbury’s regular bookstore * The best progressive diner in Iowa City * Stuart Klawans’s 25 greatest political films * Summer camps to foster liberal ideals in your children * Blogs, museums, bookstores, churches, and more
Event location: No Exit Cafe, 6970 North Glenwood Avenue, Chicago, IL 60626, 773-743-3355
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Filmmaker MICHEL GONDRY (March 14 at 6:00pm)
MICHEL GONDRY signs Michel Gondry: You'll Like This Film Because You're In It (Picturebox Books).
Join leading filmmaker Michel Gondry as he signs his new memoir You’ll Like This Flim Because Your in It at Quimby’s Michel Gondry’s debut book is a functional memoir of his quest to put the tools of filmmaking in the hands of as many people as possible. At New York’s Deitch Projects, in February ... (more)and March of 2008, Gondry emulated the heroic example of his characters, constructing a do-it-yourself film studio in which any visitor could assemble their own film from extant plot summaries and rent the results. His aim: “I intend to prove that people can enjoy their time without being part of the commercial system and serving it…Ultimately, I am hoping to create a network of creativity and communication that is guaranteed to be free and independent from any commercial institution.” This book chronicles Gondry’s journey towards what he calls “The Be Kind Rewind Protocol”, and serves as an inspirational guide to creativity and the art of having fun. Michel Gondry is the filmmaker of the features Human Nature, the Oscar-winning Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Science of Sleep, Dave Chapelle’s Block Party, and Be Kind Rewind. He has created groundbreaking videos for artists including the White Stripes, Bjork, The Chemical Brothers and Daft Punk. Gondry is also the author of a comic book, We Lost the War But Not the Battle, published by PictureBox. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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Reading /Launch Party for the Oyez Review (April 3 at 7:00pm)
editors and contributors of the Oyez Review, reading poems and excepts from stories.
This is a reading/launch party for Oyez Review. Oyez Review is an award-winning literary magazine published annually by Roosevelt University’s Creative Writing Program. It features poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, and a portfolio of artwork. Some of the editors as well as a couple of the contributors ... (more)of Oyez review will be reading poems and excepts from stories. more info at www.roosevelt.edu/oyezreview
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JON GINOLI (April 8 at 7:00pm)
JON GINOLI reads from Deflowered: My Life in Pansy Division.
Join Jon Ginoli the lead singer and founding member of the first openly gay punk band, Pansy Division as he reads and signs his new memoir Deflowered: My Life in Pansy Division.
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GABRIEL BOYER (April 10 at 7:00pm)
GABRIEL BOYER reads from A Survey of My Failures this Far.
In summer of ‘03 Mutable Press (a company founded by Zachary Katz and Gabriel Boyer) released its first book, a collection of manifestoes edited by Mr. Boyer. In the winter of that same year Mutable Press released How to Tell the Living from the Dead, a novel by Gabriel Boyer. In the course of the ... (more)following year Mutable Press released four books, among which was Seven Nights in the Bedroom, a memoir of Bedroom Theater, also by Gabriel Boyer. Then Mr. Boyer moved to China for a year to contemplate what he had done. Afterwards, relocating to an anarchist commune just south of Eugene, OR, where he filmed an anarchist musical entitled Free-Thinking Man as Commodity. After a brief stint working in a fish processing plant in the Bering Strait, he and Malcolm Felder recorded a radioplay, Twilight at the Lady Jane Grey College for Little Ladies in the spring of ‘08 at Shady Pines Studios. He now resides in Chicago, IL where he and Felder run Mutable Sound. Gabriel Boyer will read from his new book, A Survey of My Failures this Far, which is actually a collection of seven books. For more info: www.mutablesound.com/home
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Microcosm Publishing DIY Skill-Shares Tour 2009 (April 13 at 6:30pm)
John Isaacson discusses Do It Yourself Screenprinting.; Moe Bowstern discusses Xtra Tuf!.; Joe Biel discusses Make a Zine.; Shelley Jackson discusses Chainbreaker.; Joshua Ploeg discusses In Search of the Lost Taste.
Microcosm Publishing is heading out on tour! This time around we’re sending some of our authors and artists to teach you a little somethin’ (and hopefully entertain you in the meantime!)
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Bizarro Fiction Night (April 18 at 6:30pm)
D.Harlan Wilson, Andersen Prunty, Eckhard Gerdes and Garrett Cook.
Join four authors from the Bizarro fiction movement: D.Harlan Wilson, Andersen Prunty, Eckhard Gerdes and Garrett Cook as they read from and sign their books. The material is sometimes profane, sometimes funny, but always weird and engaging. D. Harlan Wilson is an award-winning novelist, short story ... (more)writer, literary critic, screenwriter, and assistant professor of English at Wright State University-Lake Campus. His recent books include a novel, Blankety Blank: A Memoir of Vulgaria (Raw Dog Screaming Press 2008), a novella, Peckinpah: An Ultraviolent Romance (Shroud 2009), and a book of cultural theory, Technologized Desire: Selfhood & the Body in Postcapitalist Science Fiction (Guide Dog Books 2009). Visit him online at www.dharlanwilson.com Andersen Prunty is the author of The Overwhelming Urge, Jack and Mr. Grin, Zerostrata, Market Adjustment and Other Tales of Avarice, and The Sorrow King (forthcoming). He naps in Dayton, Ohio. You can call him Andy and visit him on the web at www.andersenprunty.com Eckhard Gerdes is the author of several unusual novels, including My Landlady the Lobotomist (a top-five selection for novel of the year in the Preditor’s and Editors Poll), The Million-Year Centipede (a top-ten selection the year prior and a nominee for the Wonderland Award), Przewalski’s Horse (which won the Bissell Award), and Cistern Tawdry (nominated for the Georgia Author of the Year Award). He teaches at Lake Forest College, DePaul University, and Triton College. He has three sons and lives in the Chicago area. Garrett Cook is a Bizarro, horror and crossgenre novelist currently residing in Warrenville, IL. While he is not reading submissions for Evil Nerd Empire publishing (www.evilnerdempire.com) or dealing with his duties as Associate Editor of Bust Down the Door and Eat All the Chickens magazine, he is promoting his book Murderland Part 1: H8. Other info: find out more about Bizarro fiction at www.bizarrocentral.com
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