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Bleader
Nov 2, 2018
What we learned at the Chicago Humanities Festival last night
The best way to get over a breakup, according to Abbi Jacobson, is to go on a three-week solo road trip and publish a book about it.
By Marissa De La Cerda
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Arts
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Books
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Comedy
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Lit & Lectures
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Abbi Jacobson
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Samantha Irby
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Chicago Humanities Festival 2018
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I Might Regret This
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Broad City
Blogs
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Bleader
Oct 11, 2017
Nasty Women
attempts to sum up what it's like to be a feminist in Trump’s America
The new essay collection includes contributions from Cheryl Strayed, Samantha Irby, Jessica Valenti, and more.
By Aimee Levitt
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Arts
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Books
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The Trump Era
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Women's Issues
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Nasty Women
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Kate Harding
,
Samhita Mukhopadhyay
,
Sarah Hollenbeck
,
Samantha Irby
,
essay collection
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Cheryl Strayed
,
Jessica Valenti
,
Alicia Garza
,
Nicole Chung
Arts & Culture
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Lit Feature
Jul 26, 2017
Megan Stielstra interviewing Samantha Irby: The right way to meet in real life
Two rising literary stars talk shop on the occasion of their new books.
By Aimee Levitt
Tags:
Lit Feature
,
Megan Stielstra
,
Samantha Irby
,
Kalamazoo
,
Once I Was Cool
,
Curbside Splendor
,
We Are Never Meeting in Real Life
,
The Wrong Way to Save Your Life
,
New York Times
,
Kirsten Jennings
,
Abbi Jacobson
,
Jessi Klein
,
Northwestern University
,
Michigan
,
writing
,
gender politics
Arts & Culture
,
Lit Feature
Jun 6, 2017
What to check out at Printers Row 2017
Everything that’s free at the annual fest (except Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Al Franken)
By Aimee Levitt
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Lit Feature
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Printers Row Lit Fest
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Printers Row 2017
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Chicago Tribune
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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Senator Al Franken
,
Jason Diamond
,
Ben Tanzer
,
Rita Dove
,
Mary Schmich
,
Samantha Irby
,
Scaachi Koul
,
Jenny Allen
,
Emil Ferris
,
Christopher Borrelli
,
Ibram X. Kendi
,
Scott Turow
,
Our Miss Brooks 100
,
Quraysh Ali Lansana
,
Sandra Jackson-Opoku
,
Patricia Smith
,
Anupy Singla
,
Rick Bayless
,
Megan Abbott
,
Jennifer Finney Boylan
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Amy Dickinson
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E. Jason Wambsgans
,
Anne Elizabeth Moore
,
Daniel Kraus
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Luvvie Ajayi
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Lolly Bowean
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826CHI
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Osama Alomar
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Christine Sneed
,
Janet Mock
,
Mayte Garcia
,
The First Time
,
Joe Meno
,
Freda Love Smith
,
Britt Julious
,
Scott Smith
,
Irvine Welsh
,
Heather Ann Smith
,
Dana Cree
,
Allegra Goodman
,
Jane Hamilton
,
Ann Leary
Arts & Culture
,
Summer Guide
May 17, 2017
A beach read doesn’t have to be as light and fluffy as the sand
Add some weight to your summer lit list with new books by Chicago-based or Chicago-adjacent authors.
By Laura Pearson
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Summer Guide
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We Are Never Meeting in Real Life
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Samantha Irby
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The Answers
,
Catherine Lacey
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Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
,
Roxane Gay
,
Turf
,
Elizabeth Crane
,
The Grip of It
,
Jac Jemc
,
Eat Only When You’re Hungry
,
Lindsay Hunter
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summer guide 2017
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lit
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beach reads
Blogs
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Bleader
Sep 30, 2016
FX is developing Samantha Irby’s memoir
Meaty
Along with Abbi Jacobson and Jessi Klein, the former Chicagoan is turning her life story into a comedy series.
By Brianna Wellen
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Arts
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Books
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Comedy
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Television
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Samantha Irby
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Abbi Jacobson
,
Jessi Klein
,
Meaty
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Bitches Gotta Eat
,
FX
Arts & Culture
,
Fall Preview
Sep 3, 2016
Fall's best lit-related events
The Chicago Humanities Fest,
Algren: A Life
, and more.
By Aimee Levitt
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Colson Whitehead
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The Underground Railroad
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Logan Center for the Arts
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Jonathan Safran Foer
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Music Box Theatre
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Ann Patchett
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Nerdette Podcast
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First Evangelical Free Church
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Abbi Jacobson
,
Samantha Irby
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Women and Children First
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Senn High School
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Chicago Humanities Fest
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Zadie Smith
,
DuSable Museum of African American History
,
Out of the Wreck I Rise: A Literary Companion to Recovery
,
Neil Steinberg
,
Sara Bader
,
Poetry Foundation
,
The Virginity of Famous Men
,
Christine Sneed
,
Gina Frangello
,
Mary Wisniewski
,
Bill Savage
,
Algren: A Life
,
Sweet Sugar, Sultry Spice
,
Malika Ameen
,
Read It & Eat
,
NaNoWriMo
,
Volumes Bookcafe
Arts & Culture
,
Book Review
Dec 15, 2014
Recommended
In
Bare-Knuckled Lit
, Write Club's greatest hits pack a wallop
A new book assembles the punchiest essays from the national live-lit event that was founded in Chicago.
By Janet Potter
Tags:
Book Review
,
Bare-Knuckled Lit: The Best of Write Club
,
Ian Belknap
,
Lindsay Muscato
,
Hope and Nonthings
,
Neo-Futurists
,
Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind
,
Samantha Irby
,
Colin Iago McCarthy
,
Mike O'Connell
,
live lit
,
Bare-Knuckled Lit
,
Recommended
Best of Chicago
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Arts & Culture
Jun 25, 2014
Readers' Poll
Best nonfiction writer
Samantha Irby
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Best of Chicago 2014
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best nonfiction writer
,
Samantha Irby
,
Alex Kotlowitz
,
Readers' Poll
Arts & Culture
,
Lit Feature
Jun 1, 2014
Printers Row Lit Fest preview
In its 30th year, the weekend festival brings hundreds of authors and booksellers to the South Loop.
By Taylor Tolbert
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Lit Sidebar
,
Printers Row Lit Fest
,
Chicago Tribune
,
Stuart Dybek
,
Harold Washington Literary Award
,
Bette Cerf Hill
,
Mary Davis Fournier
,
American Library Association
,
Dave Eggers
,
Even a Lion Can Get Lost in the Jungle
,
Kiss the Girls
,
Along Came a Spider
,
James Patterson
,
Chicago Tribune Young Adult Literary Award
,
Mark Bazer
,
Interview Show
,
Hideout
,
Colson Whitehead
,
Noble Hustle
,
Second City
,
John Hughes
,
the Breakfast Club
,
Bobby Biedrzycki,
,
Sahar Mustafah
,
Coya Paz
,
Megan Stielstra
,
Once I Was Cool
,
Chris Abani
,
The Secret History of Las Vegas
,
Jeffery Renard Allen
,
Song of the Shank
,
Bill Hillmann
,
The Old Neighborhood
,
Cristina Henriquez
,
The Book of Unknown Americans
,
Samantha Irby
,
Legs McNeil
,
Dear Nobody
,
Sara Paretsky
,
Critical Mass
,
Peggy Shinner
Blogs
,
Bleader
Jan 5, 2014
Reader
's Agenda Sun 1/5:
Too Much Light
, Here's the Story, and Sam Prekop
What's on the
Reader
's Agenda for Sunday, January 5
By Brianna Wellen
Tags:
Do This
,
Arts
,
Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind
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Neo-Futurists
,
Neo-Futurarium
,
Here's the Story
,
Stage 773
,
potluck
,
Rahmaan Statik Barnes
,
Angela Oliver
,
Don Hall
,
Katie Liesener
,
Samantha Irby
,
Sam Prekop
,
Empty Bottle
,
Hausu Mountain
Arts & Culture
,
Lit Feature
Sep 23, 2013
Bitches gotta write
As the author of the hyperpopular blog Bitches Gotta Eat, Samantha Irby uses humor—harshly, grossly, exquisitely—to get at serious issues: race, gender, loneliness. Her next volley? A new book.
By Marya Hornbacher
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Lit Feature
,
Samantha Irby
,
books
,
essays
,
blogs
,
Bitches Gotta Eat
,
bitchesgottaeat.blogspot.com
,
bloggers
,
writers
,
Curbside Splendor
,
live-lit shows
,
Ian Belknap
,
Keith Ecker
,
humor
,
wit
,
eating
,
farting
,
masturbation
,
sex
,
Crohn's disease
,
race
,
gender
,
sexuality
,
loneliness
,
Rogers Park
,
comedy
,
MySpace
Arts & Culture
,
Fall Preview
Sep 12, 2013
A peek into Chicago's thriving live-lit scene
"It's the concentration on trying to achieve a universal truth that I find most appealing about this form."
By Marya Hornbacher
Tags:
Fall Arts
,
Fall Rts
,
Welcome to PleasureTown
,
Ian Belknap
,
Dana Norris
,
Keith Ecker
,
Shannon Cason
,
Don Hall
,
Jen Bosworth
,
the Moth
,
Story Club
,
Samantha Irby
,
Guts & Glory
Best of Chicago
,
Arts & Culture
Jun 20, 2013
Readers' Poll
Best Nonfiction Writer
Samantha Irby
Tags:
Arts & Culture
,
Best of Chicago 2013
,
Samantha Irby
,
Alex Kotlowitz
,
Readers' Poll
Best of Chicago
,
Arts & Culture
Jun 20, 2013
Readers' Poll
Best New Nonfiction Book by a Chicagoan
Meaty
by Samantha Irby
Tags:
Arts & Culture
,
Best of Chicago 2013
,
Samantha Irby
,
Meaty
,
The Third Coast
,
Thomas Dyja
,
Readers' Poll
Blogs
,
Bleader
Aug 1, 2012
The
Reader
's Agenda: Wed 8/1
What's on the Agenda for Wednesday, August 1, 2012
By Drew Hunt
Tags:
Do This
,
Buddy Guy
,
South Loop
,
Toronzo Cannon
,
the Cannonball Express
,
John Ford
,
The Iron Horse
,
University of Chicago
,
Doc Films Sheffield
,
Lakeview
,
RUI: Reading Under the Influence
,
Samantha Irby
,
Patrick Wensink
Arts & Culture
,
Culture Vultures
Jun 12, 2012
Video
This week's Culture Vultures recommend:
A fish story, Grown Folks Stories, and
Prometheus
By Kelsey Gee and Joe Valdez
Tags:
Culture Vultures
,
Ben Fasman
,
Corey Arnold
,
Fish-Work
,
Bering Sea
,
Samantha Irby
,
Bitches Gotta Eat
,
Grown Folks Stories
,
Demetri Kovalis
,
Charlize Theron
,
Big Star
,
Patio Theater
,
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