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Granta’s Best of Young Brazilian Novelists Launches at Quimby’s 11/13

Published on October 18, 2012 0 Comments
Nov ’12
13
7:00 pm

As part of a global event series, Granta is coming to Chicago to launch The Best of Young Brazilian Novelists. Visiting Brazilian authors Cristhiano Aguiar, Miguel del Castillo and current Chicago-local Chico Mattoso will join Granta editor John Freeman to read from and explore their first works translated into English. From the story of a family marked by guerilla resistance to the military dictatorship in Uruguay to the memory of lost love to a man whose ennui drives him to check out of his life by checking into a hotel, these are the bold, cosmopolitan new voices of Brazil. Granta 121: The Best of Young Brazilian Novelists is the English-language edition of the best-selling collection from Granta em portugues, Granta’s Brazilian partner.

 ‘Here are Jorge Amado’s vibrant offspring; proof that one of the great pleasures of reading is finding the unexpected, the voices we didn’t even know we needed,’ says Freeman.

Chico Mattoso is currently studying screenwriting at Northwestern, is the author of two novels and has worked as a magazine editor and journalist. Writer and essayist Cristhiano Aguiar is a visiting researcher at UC Berkeley and was the editor of two experimental Brazilian literary magazines. Once an architecture student and editor of Noz architecture magazine, Miguel del Castillo is a prize-winning author who also works as an editor at Cosac Naify publishing house. 

Tuesday, November 13th, 7pm – Free Event

For more info: granta.com

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All The Writers I Know Series Presents “Things Already Said” 11/17

Published on October 18, 2012 0 Comments
Nov ’12
17
7:00 pm

Queer literary showcase All The Writers I Know will be hosting a night of spoken word performances titled “Things Already Said” about influences in queer art and life on November 17th. Co-produced by Patrick Gill and Mar Curran, ATWIK strives to showcase local queer spoken word talent in an all-ages setting.

“Our goal is to bring queer artists together in a space that is safe for them to share their work and also affirming of their queerness,” Gill (pictured) said. Curran added, “We hope that exploring who has influenced their poetry, spoken word, storytelling, or fiction will be a way for our performers to celebrate who they’ve become. We want the audience to see it as both an homage to those before us and a love letter to who they have developed into.”

Hosting the event is Curran, known for performing his poetry at local showcases such as Word Is Out and Homolatte, in addition to writing for In Our Words blog. Featured performers include H. Melt, Ali Scott, and Jayson Brooks; three other performers will be announced before the showcase.

For more info: visit ATWIK’s Facebook page

Saturday, Nov. 17, 7pm – Free Event

33 1/3 Author Michael Fournier Reads Hidden Wheel With Katie Lattari

Published on October 16, 2012 0 Comments
Nov ’12
10
7:00 pm

Michael T. Fournier’s novel Hidden Wheel (Three Rooms Press) uses the author’s twenty years in and around the Boston punk scene as a springboard for an unflinching look at the difficulties of navigating art, commerce and criticism in the Digital Age. In the fictional town of Freedom Springs, bands and artists alike flock to Hidden Wheel, a DIY art/music space owned by a Chicago transplant intent on profiting from the scene. Rhonda Barrett, a onetime chess prodigy turned dominatrix, rails against the coming Singularity –and the commodification of the town’s nascent scene– with her 60-words-a-day diary paintings.

He reads with Maine fiction author Katie Lattari, whose Zembla Vist’s American Vaudville embraces postmodern tradition with a fresh, engaging voice.

“Fournier realizes that scenes are forged by the energy of people involved and remembered by the tomes they leave behind, and nails both perspectives. It’s managed to make me excited about albums both real and fake, which is no small achievement.” Sebastien Stirling, Newartillery.com

Michael T. Fournier is the author of “Double Nickels On The Dime,” the 45th installment of Continuum Press’s “33 1/3” series. His writing has appeared in the Oxford American, Boston Phoenix and Pitchfork. Fournier has read with Richard Hell, Maria Raha, Sam McPheeters and Mike Watt.

He plays drums for punk band Dead Trend, who started as a fictional band in the pages of his novel.

For more info: michaeltfournier.tumblr.com 

Saturday, 10th November 7pm – Free Event

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New Stuff This Week

Published on October 13, 2012 0 Comments

2013 SLINGSHOT ORGANIZERS ARE HERE! $6.00 small, $12.00 large. Click on the image above to order yours now.

We Got Power!: Hardcore Punk Scenes From 1980s Southern California by David Markey and Jordan Schwartz (Bazillion Points) $39.95 – As teenagers in 1981, David Markey and his best friend Jordan Schwartz founded We Got Power!, a fanzine dedicated to the first-generation hardcore punk music community in their native Los Angeles. Their text captured the early punk spirit of Black Flag, the Minutemen, Social Distortion, Suicidal Tendencies, and Hüsker Dü at the height of their powers. Meanwhile, their amazing photographs captured the dilapidated houses, abandoned storefronts, and disaffected youth culture of the early Reagan era. Never before seen, except in crude fanzine form, these detailed and richly narrative photos are now collected to present an intimate document a uniquely fertile creative moments.

Zines & Zine-Related Books

Found Magazine #8 $5.00 – The latest and greatest issue of FOUND.
Miranda #21 by Kate Haas $3.00 – Motherhood and other adventures, in well-crafted, lively essays and reviews, covering books, life with small boys, Peace Corps Morocco, lost companions, and whatever else is on the mind of an ex-English teacher turned at-home mother/writer. Tasty recipes, too.

Everydaypants #1 by Ramsey $3.00
various zines from Providence Comics Consortium
The Simple History Series: Collection One  by J. Gerlach (Microcosm) $19.95 – Included in this seven-zine, 336-page, sleeve-bound boxset is Simple History author J. Gerlach’s Nez Perce Indians, Hawaii (1778-1959) From Western Discovery to Statehood, The Spanish Civil War, Crusades: Christian Attempts to Liberate the Holy Land (1095-1229), Christopher Columbus & His Expeditions to America, The Congo: A European Invention, and The Cold War!! The Simple History zine series is an ongoing attempt to bring unrecognized or otherwise mis-told histories to a modern audience of all ages. By presenting its facts objectively, Simple History’s goal is to share history without marring the facts by editorializing.

25 Chicagoans vol 1 by Oscar Arriola $6.00 – Quimby’s store regular Oscar asked a bunch o’ people out and about to photoboothify themselves and design the back of the back. He prints both the pictures front and back, and this first volume reads like a visual Terkelian journal of a moment in Chicago history.
Night of the Fandom #5 She Was Made for Me But She Hates Me $6.00
Fragmented #1 $18.00
Lonely Inspector by Tiina Lehikoinen $7.50
Matthew Murray Oblast scifi punk bike perzines
D Tuned #2 Sep 12 $2.00
Exploitation Retrospect #51 Journal of Junk Culture and Fringe Media $4.00
Best Breakfast #2 In Town Plus Breakfast Sandwich Inside Thou Sucks Because You $2.00
Sound Record #1 Fall 12 In Facts for the Out Crowd: The truth about Louise Bourgeois Skate Parks Accordian Puffin $2.00

Comics & Comix
Clutch #24 Invincible Summer #21 by Clutch McBastard and Nicole J. Georges (Tugboat Press) $2.00 – Every year old friends Nicole and Clutch team up to produce an autobiographical split zine that traces their overlapping lives as they deal with the trials and tribulations of the modern world. This year Nicole focuses on the ups and downs of her job teaching children and the struggles of caring for her two aging dogs. Clutch travels to Toronto, works on his upcoming graphic novel and sings a song about glucose meters. A sublime look at life, friendship and taking one day at time.
Demon Dust #11 Oct 12 by Bernie McGovern $2.00
Troll On #2 The Skin of the Slarbarian and Troll On #3 by Benjamin Bergman $7.50 each
Mary Shelley vs Dracula by JP Tervamaki $7.50
Star Sounds Tahtien Aania by Amanda Vahamaki $5.00
Strata #1 Hidden in the Mountain by Bill Rusk $2.00

Graphic Novels and Trade Paperbacks
Spit and Passion by Cristy C. Road (Feminist Press) $15.95
Finnish comics ultimate overload!: Finnish Comics Annual 2011 and 2012, Koiran Kakkaa Champ Poo by Roope Eronen, Samuelin Matkassa and Second and Third Books of Hope by Tommi Musturi, Kuti Kuti Guide to Finland and more!
Crossed vol 4 by Garth Ennis and friends $24.99
Saga TPB vol 1 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples $9.99
Lovecraft Anthology vol 2 Graphic Collection of Short Stories by HP Lovecraft et al. $19.95
Mattias Unfiltered: The Sketchbook Art of Mattias Adolfsson $16.99
Once Upon a Time Machine by Andrew Carl et al. $24.99
Graphic Canon vol 2 Worlds Great Literature as Comics and Visuals by Russ Kick (Seven Stories Press) $34.95 – From Kubla Khan to Bronte Sisters to The Picture of Dorian Gray.
Escape to Gold Mountain:A Graphic History of the Chinese in North America by David HT Wong (Arsenal Pulp Press) $19.95
Gary book 3 by Tyrell Cannon $7.00

Art, Design and Photo Books
Stencil Republic by aiko $29.95
Hello Cutie: Adventures in Cute Culture by Pamela Klaffke (Arsenal Pulp Press) $19.95
Raskols: The Gangs of Papua New Guinea by Stephen Dupont (PowerHouse) $30.00
Hall of Fame New York City $19.95 – Yes, there is a graffiti Hall of Fame. Guess where it is?

DIY

Let’s Bring Back: The Cocktail Edition: A Compendium of Impish, Romantic, Amusing, and Occasionally Appalling Potations from Bygone Eras by Lesley M. M. Blume and Grady McFerrin $18.95
Gorilla Food: Living and Eating Organic, Vegan and Raw by Aaron Ash (Arsenal Pulp) $24.95
Boneshaker #43-300 A Bicycling Almanac $8.00

Mayhem, Miscreants, Memoirs, Music & Misc
Catastrophism: The Apocalyptic Politics of Collapse and Rebirth by Sasha Lilley et al. (PM Press) $16.00
Transhumanism Grimoire of Alchemical Agendas by Dr. Joseph P. Farrell and Dr. Scott D. Hart (Feral House) $19.95
Steampunk III Steampunk Revolution ed. by Ann Vandermeer $15.95
Insincerely Yours: Letters From a Prankster by Bernard Radfar $13.95
Heroines by Kate Zambreno (Semiotexte) $17.95
Instant: The Story of Polaroid by Christopher Bonanos $24.95
Uncanny Valley: Adventures in the Narrative by Lawrence Weschler (Counterpoint) $16.95
Republic Lost How Money Corrupts Congress and a Plan to Stop It by Lawrence Lessig $15.99

Politics & Revolution
Hot and Heavy: Fierce Fat Girls On Life, Love and Fashion by Virgie Tovar (Seal) $16.00
Anarchy!: An Anthology of Emma Goldman’s Mother Earth (Counterpoint) $22.95 – In March 1906, Emma Goldman published the first issue of Mother Earth, a “Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literature.” Conceived as a forum for anarchists of every school and variety, Mother Earth laid the groundwork for American radical thought. Culled by Peter Glassgold.
Magazines
Juxtapoz #142 Nov 12 $5.99
Hi Fructose #25 $6.95
Fortean Times #293 Nov 12 $11.99
Student Publication vol 35 Transformation New Persepctives on Design Methods and Processes by the NC State Univeristy College of Design $15.00
Dwell Nov 12 $5.99
Pinstriping #34 Kustom Graphics Magazine $9.95
Dazed & Confused vol 3 #14 Oct 12 $9.99

Poetry, Lit Mags and Lit Journals
Gigantic Sequins vol 3 #2 $5.00
Monday Night #11 $5.00
WomenArts Quartery Journal vol 2 #4 Fall 12 $10.00
The Believer #93 $8.00
Horse Ballast by Patrick Culliton $7.00

Sex & Sexy
Never Easy by Natty Soletz et al. $9.99 – Queer young cowboys.
Cheeky Spanking Stories byRachel Kramer Bussel (Cleis) $15.95
Seductress Erotic Tales of Immortal Desire by DL King (Cleis) $15.95
Lips Like Sugar Womens Erotic Fantasies by Violet Blue (Cleis) $15.95
Simultaneous O: A Couples Guide to Achieving the Ultimate Climax $13.95
Hot and Fast: Sexy Spontaneous Quickies for Passionate Orgasms $14.95
Adult Movie Superstars vol 1 Golden Age Photos by Jack Hunter $24.95

Other Stuff
Hamburger Pocket Pouch and Keyring Combo $9.50
More Blank Moleskine journals in a variety of styles, including ones with cassettes on the cover.
U-Fizz Carbonate Anything in Minutes From Flat to Fizzy $8.00 – OK vegans, don’t miss your chance to carbonate your broccoli juice.

Not at Quimby’s: Hallow-Zine Chicago Zine Fest Fundraiser

Published on October 11, 2012 0 Comments

Come get spooky at Hallow-Zine, a fundraiser to benefit the 2013 Chicago Zine Fest! This all-ages event will feature zine readings from local ghouls, some monstrous tunes, and tarot readings for a little extra cash. $5 suggested donation, October 25th, 8pm, at 2110 S Halsted (enter through the alley).

Featured readers include:
Brenton Harper-Murray (Dead of the Union: A Historical Zombie Novel)
Jim Joyce (Let It Sink)
Edie Fake (Gaylord Phoenix)
Dave Roche (About My Disappearance, On Subbing)
Gas Mask Horse (Start Your Own Haunted House)
Rosy Phinick (Bacterial Turned Viral),
scary songs performed by Dalice Malice (Curioddity)

Want more info? Check out the Facebook event page for more details.

Want more info about Chicago Zine Fest? See chicagozinefest.org

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