Reading Series

Next Readings:

July 18th @ 6:00pm:
Goldie Goldbloom
Jason Fisk
Mark R. Brand
Joseph G. Peterson

August 15th @ 6:00pm:
Natalie Edwards
Jill Summers
Caroline Picard
Mary Hamilton
This will be the release party for Mary Hamilton's new collection from Rose Metal Press, We Know What We Are.

Past Readings:
June 27th @ 6:00pm:
John Cotter
Martin Seay
Kathleen Rooney
Stephen Markley

May 16th @ 6:00pm:
Andrew Farkas
Rebekah Silverman
C.T. Ballentine
James Tadd Adcox
Brian Costello

April 18th @ 6:00pm:
Ben Tanzer
Brandon Will
Sam Pink
Spencer Dew
Scott McClanahan

Mar. 21st @ 6:00pm
Kathryn Regina
Stephanie Friedman
Matt Whispers
Maggie Ritchie

Feb. 21st @ 6:00pm
In February we will be collaborating with Monkeybicycle.

Tim Jones-Yelvington
Anne Valente
Brandon Will
Amanda Marbais
Charlie Nadler
Michael Czyzniejewski

Jan. 17th @ 6:00pm
Max Glaessner
Brian Murphy
Marla Seidell
Kevin Whiteley
This is a special reading with The Criminal Crass Review.

Dec 20th @ 6:00pm
Jeff Phillips
Golda Goldboom
Jamie Calder
Tim Jones-Yelvington

Patrick Sommerville from the November Reading.

Here is the Fall Line-up:

Sept 22nd @ 7:00pm
Amy Guth
Greg Boose
Claire Bidwell Smith
Irene Zion
Raise High The Roof Beam (Very special musical guest!)
A literary event fueled by indie rock and hosted by The Nervous Breakdown

Oct 18th @ 6:00pm
David Blaine
Micah Ling
Nathan Graziano
Jason Fisk
This reading is part of the Sunnyoutside book tour.

Nov 15th @ 6:00pm
This is a event co-hosted by Knee Jerk
Mary Hamilton
Lindsay Hunter
Laura Pearson
Patrick Somerville
Kyle Beachy

Tim Hall from the July Reading. More to come...

Orange Alert is now home to the latest Literary Death Match Champion! In a thrilling duel Jill Summers beat out Bobby Bierdrzycki (2nd Story). Jill read a hilarious piece outlining the ten steps to becoming a pimp. She was first matched up against Brian Costello (RUI), and won the final round in a duel of long division. The event was fund raiser for Young Chicago Authors.

Next Readings:

June 28th
Tobias Bengelsdorf
Jason Hardy
Julia Borcherts
Carol Guess

July 26th
Billy Lombardo
Andrew Farkas
Tim Hall
Scott McClanahan

August 16th
Ben Sachs
Jon Fullmer
Margaret Chapman
Sam Pink

The Orange Alert Reading Series is held on the 3rd Sunday of each month at The Whistler (2421 N Milwaukee Avenue) starting at 6:00pm

Past Readings:

March 15th
Kate Duva
Mark Rader
Gina Frangello
Zach Dodson
Elizabeth Crane

April 19th
PF Potvin
Kyle Beachy
Kristi Maxwell
Michael Rerick
Lesley Jenike

May 17th
Simon A. Smith
Conor Madigan
David Peak
Megan Milks

In honor of AWP being held here in Chicago, Orange Alert is hosting a special edition of its monthly reading series on February 11th at The Book Cellar. With the great influx of talented writers that will be roaming the streets next month we were able to compile a pretty decent line-up. Here are the details:

Blake Butler (No Colony and Lamination Colony, forthcoming books on Calamari Press and Featherproof)
Barry Graham (Dogzplot, Paper Hero Press)
S. Craig Renfroe (author of the short story collection You Should Get That Looked At and the poetry chapbook Flirting with Ridicule)
Stephanie Kuehnert (author of I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone)
Jason Jordan (editor of decomP Magazine and author of Powering The Devils Circus)
John Domini (author of Earthquake I.D. and A Tomb on the Periphery)
Allison Eir Jenks (author of The Palace of Bones )
Molly Gaudry (Editor, Willows Wept Review, Editor, Willows Wept Press, Co-founding Editor, Twelve Stories, Associate Editor, Keyhole Magazine)
Peter Schwartz (poet, painter, author, editor, publisher, essayist, playwright, humorist, and musician)
Ben Tanzer (author of Most Likely You Go Your Way and I’ll Go Mine and editor of This Zine Will Change Your Life).

This is a free event and it begins at 7:30pm. For a list of all off-site events related to AWP go here.