Once upon a time there was a princess who longed to participate in a literary event. She wanted to attend readings, discussions, panels, book signings, films, and conversations with famous authors. The Association of Writers & Writing Programs conference was in town, but it was sold out and rather expensive to begin with. (She wasn’t the richest princess.) So she fell into a deep sleep and dreamed of something free—free and entirely open to the public . . .
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Story Week closes with Chicago Classics, in which Chicago lit folk read their favorite Chicago authors (Fri 3/23, 6-8 PM, Museum of Contemporary Art, 220 E Chicago, free reservations at mcachicago.org). Participants include poet Kevin Coval, novelist Audrey Niffenegger, and the Reader‘s own managing editor, Jerome Ludwig. How’s that for happily ever after?
3/18-3/23: Sun-Fri, various times and locations, colum.edu/storyweek, free.
