Of local interest
Hey, it’s the end of the day and I have a spare 21 minutes. Kind of like finding a ten-spot in an old pair of trousers. Here’s some stuff of local interest:
* The fall literary season comes a-calling. In a single day this week, we had schedule announcements from the Humanities Fest, Nextbook, the Poetry Foundation, and the University of Chicago’s Poetry and Poetics program. I could definitely see Snyder.
* Those crazy kids at the LitShow have a nice lineup of authors this fall. They return to the air with Jonathan Safran Foer on September 17.
* I recently noticed that Timeout Chicago is now, after long last, offering some of its books coverage free online. Pretty sweet. I never knew Kenneth Fearing was a local boy.
* This week’s NewCity offers more details on Dybek’s return to Chicago. He’ll be Northwestern University’s first Distinguished Writer in Residence.
Finally, I shouldn’t care, but this kind of depresses me. Dalkey started in Chicago, you know.
August 23rd, 2006 23:37
Why wait until 9/17 when JSF swings by Segundo for Show #57 (to be posted soon)? :)
August 24th, 2006 08:17
Technically speaking, Alex Kotlowitz is already at Northwestern and quite the distinguished writer. But I guess academia is big on giving out titles–not unlike the old episode of Cheers when Sam gave Woody the title of “Assistant Junior Weekend Manager” (or something like that) in lieu of a pay raise.