| May |
| 31 |
| 7:00 pm |
Don’t miss John Porcellino (King-Cat) and Chris Fink (Add This to the List of Things That You Are) visiting Quimby’s to talk about Forage Like a Bear, their collaborative book of gentle micro-essays on nature, family, and life on Saturday, May 31st at 7pm!
This beautiful book by Chris Fink collects twenty of his short, luminous radio essays as heard on Northern Public Radio WNIJ FM in DeKalb, Illinois. Low-key and plainspoken, he explores quiet moments in nature and with family in a classic Midwestern style. It features spiders, trains, dogs, geese, ducks, chipmunks, mulberries and more, all illustrated with simple line drawings by comics luminary John Porcellino.
Porcellino will read (with slides) selections from recent issues of King-Cat, with Chris Fink reading afterwards from Forage Like a Bear. A Q+A and signing will follow. Books will be available for purchase.
Long-time friend of Quimby’s John Porcellino has been publishing King-Cat Comics since 1989. When he does events at Quimby’s he lovingly refers to us as the place where he does the first event on the tour to experiment, and we are therefore the “sacrifical pancake.” He runs Spit and a Half Distro and goes to the post office on most days. Follow him on Patreon +@johnporcellino on IG among other places.
Chris Fink is editor of the Beloit Fiction Journal and author of Farmer’s Almanac: A Work of Fiction and Add This to the List of Things That You Are. He is a professor of English and Environmental Studies at Beloit College and was a founding faculty member of the Master of Fine Arts program at San Jose State University, where he taught for five years. He received the 2003 Silicon Valley Artist’s Grant and founded the John Steinbeck Award for the Short Story.
Yes! Quimby’s will stay open later for this event! Quimby’s is located at 1854 W. North Ave, Chicago, IL 60622. This event is free.
