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X-WR-CALNAME:Chicago · literary · tomorrow · CalDiscovery BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:This Is About Running. This Is Not About Running — Coach Bennett Book Tour DTSTART:20260918T050000Z DTEND:20260918T060000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T062357Z UID:event-33254@www.townvue.com CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Join us a few doors down from our Fleet Feet Old Town store to celebrate the launch of Coach Bennett's new book.\n\nPrice: $39.19\n\nMor e info: https://www.townvue.com/Events/Details/this-is-about-running-this- is-not-about-running-coach-bennett-book-tour-33254 LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T062357Z LOCATION:1714 North Wells Street\, Chicago\, IL 60614 URL:https://www.townvue.com/Events/Details/this-is-about-running-this-is-n ot-about-running-coach-bennett-book-tour-33254?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm _medium=ics&utm_campaign=chicago-il X-SOURCE-NAME:TownVue — Events in Chicago\, IL X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.townvue.com/in/chicago-il/events/education-worksh ops END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:A Spell of Heart & Havoc by Kristen Vale DTSTART:20260918T050000Z DTEND:20260918T060000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T062357Z UID:event-33227@www.townvue.com CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:The thief\, the noblewoman\, and the secrets they hide.\n\nPri ce: Free\n\nMore info: https://www.townvue.com/Events/Details/a-spell-of-h eart-havoc-by-kristen-vale-33227 LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T062357Z LOCATION:5233 North Clark Street\, Chicago\, IL 60640 URL:https://www.townvue.com/Events/Details/a-spell-of-heart-havoc-by-krist en-vale-33227?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=chicago- il X-SOURCE-NAME:TownVue — Events in Chicago\, IL X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.townvue.com/in/chicago-il/events/education-worksh ops END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Rise Anyway Book Launch DTSTART:20260918T180000Z DTEND:20260918T193000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T060851Z UID:10003200-1789736400-1789741800@lgba.com CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Join author Natalie D. James for a conversation\, Q&A and sign ing celebrating the launch of Rise Anyway. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T060851Z LOCATION:Olivaceto URL:https://lgba.com/event/rise-anyway-book-launch/?utm_source=caldiscover y&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=chicago-il X-SOURCE-NAME:La Grange Business Association X-SOURCE-URL:https://lgba.com/craft-fair END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Ankur Thakkar in Conversation with Rebecca Makkai at CityLit Books DTSTART:20260918T183000Z DTEND:20260918T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T045914Z UID:10887-1789756200-1789761600@nupress.northwestern.edu CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:From the organizer’s website: \nJoin author Ankur Thakkar to celebrate his new book\, Blow Yourself Up! The evening will include an a uthor chat with Rebecca Makkai\, audience Q&A\, and book signing. \nFree RSVP is requested (see the event page at CityLit Books\, linked below) \n \nA story of first love across cities spanning the decade that transformed the internet In the halls of an elite East Coast high school\, Arjun and Payal fall in love as the world begins to tilt toward the digital. \nOver the next eight years\, their trajectories diverge as sharply as the fract ured internet itself. Payal ascends to the dizzying\, dopamine-fueled heig hts of New York’s influencer economy\, finding fame on Boost\, a looping video app that is as rewarding as it is demanding. Meanwhile\, in a caver nous office in Chicago\, Arjun\, a musician whose dreams have quieted\, no w cleans up the same platform’s debris\, moderating the internet’s dar kest videos. When a brutal act of political violence against a beloved mus ician goes viral\, this rip in reality forces the pair to confront the mot ivations of the platforms they inhabit. A sharp exploration of creative am bition and the multifarious nature of identity\, this is a story of love i n the time of infinite scroll and a look at what we sacrifice to be seen. \n \nAnkur Thakkar is a multimedia artist and the author of the novel Blow Yourself Up. He was a Tennessee Williams Scholar at the Sewanee Writers ’ Conference in 2025 and his writing has appeared in Guernica\, PANK\, a nd TriQuarterly. Medium selected his piece\, “Swipe\,” as one of the b est personal essays about the internet. His artwork has been shown at the Palais de Tokyo and La Friche la Belle de Mai. He chose MFA\, then NYC\, a nd lives in Brooklyn. \n \nRebecca Makkai is the author of the New York Ti mes bestselling I Have Some Questions For You as well as four other works of fiction. Her last novel\, The Great Believers\, one of the New York Tim es’ Best Books of the 21st Century\, was a finalist for both the 2019 Pu litzer Prize and the 2018 National Book Award\, and was the winner of the ALA Carnegie Medal and the LA Times Book Prize among other honors. A 2022 Guggenheim Fellow\, Rebecca teaches graduate fiction writing at Middlebury College\, Northwestern University\, and the Bennington Writing Seminars\, and she is Artistic Director of StoryStudio Chicago. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T045914Z LOCATION:CityLit Books\, 2523 N Kedzie Blvd\, Chicago\, IL\, 60647\, Unite d States URL:https://nupress.northwestern.edu/event/ankur-thakkar-in-conversation-w ith-rebecca-makkai-at-citylit-books/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ic s&utm_campaign=chicago-il X-SOURCE-NAME:Northwestern University Press X-SOURCE-URL:https://nupress.northwestern.edu/event/indigenous-peoples-day -poetry-reading-open-mic END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR