Saturday Nov 12th 8PMBluebirds Used to Croon in the Choir Release Party
featuring bird-themed readings from:
 
Joe Meno has a new book of short stories Bluebirds Used to Croon in the Choir from Triquarterly Press.
Megan Stielstra is an amazing fiction writer whose work as appeared frequently in Sleepwalk magazine.
Jonathan Messinger curates the Dollar Store Reading Series and is responsible for Thisisgrand.org
Anne E. Moore is associate publisher for Punk Planet magazine and is sharp.
Susannah Felts teaches writing at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She contributes regularly to the Chicago Reader, and recently completed a novel

John Hodgman reads from his new book AREAS OF MY EXPERTISE
Wed. Nov. 2nd 7:00PM
 
In the great tradition of the American almanac, The Areas of My Expertise is a brilliant and hilarious compendium of handy reference tables, fascinating trivia, and sage wisdom on all topics large and small. Although bestsellers such as Poor Richard?s Almanack and The Book of Lists were certainly valuable, they also were largely true. Here is a different kind of handy desk reference, one in which all of the historical oddities and amazing true facts are sifted through the singular, illuminating imagination of John Hodgman?which is the nice way of saying: He made it all up.
 
John Hodgmean is a contributing writer to The New York Times Magazine, as well as a frequent contributor to This American Life and McSweeney’s.net, where he once answered questions and dispensed advice in the semi-regular, semi-helpful column ASK A FORMER PROFESSIONAL LITERARY AGENT.
 
This will be a reading and Q&A with musical accompaniment (guitarist). Walkie-talkies may be involved. Visit www.littlegraybooks.com for more on John’s other exploits
 
Wednesday, November 2nd, 7:00 PM

Chip KiddFri. Nov 4th 7:00PM
 
Chip Kidd is universally recognized as an American master of contemporary book design. At the forefront of a revolution in publishing, Kidd’s iconic covers, with their inventive marriage of type and found images, have influenced an entire generation of design practitioners in many fields. Chip Kidd: Book One collects all of his book covers and designs for the first time, as well as hundreds of developmental sketches and concepts-annotated by Kidd and by many of the best-selling authors he’s worked with over the years. The result is an important contribution to the design canon today as well as a visually dazzling (and often hilarious) insider’s look at the design and publishing process. The book also showcases Kidd’s work with comics and graphic novels, including his collaborations with leading artists and writers in the field. Featured are projects for DC Comics, including Batman and Superman, as well as Kidd’s award-winning exploration of the art of Charles M. Schulz. Chip Kidd: Book One is sure to enthrall design aficionados, book lovers, pop-culture fanatics, comics fans, and design students.
 
About the Author
Chip Kidd is associate art director at Alfred A. Knopf. His first novel, The Cheese Monkeys, was a national bestseller and a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. He is the editor-at-large for Pantheon and the author of Peanuts: The Art of Charles M. Schulz, Batman Collected, and others. He is presently at work on a second novel, The Learners. He lives in New York City and Stonington, Connecticut.