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SUMMARY:Kathleen Blackburn
DESCRIPTION:Plymouth Court Stage\nSunday\, Sept. 8th at 12pm \n \nKathleen Blackburn is the author of the memoir Loose of Earth. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times\, Texas Observer\, Belt\, Guernica\, Gulf Coast\, River Teeth\, and elsewhere. She earned an MFA from the Ohio State University and a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She is an Assistant Professor of English at SUNY New Paltz.
URL:https://printersrowlitfest.org/event/kathleen-blackburn/
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SUMMARY:R. Derek Black
DESCRIPTION:Grace Place Stage (2nd floor)\nSunday\, Sept. 8th at 11am \n \nDerek Black is a doctoral student in history at the University of Chicago. Since 2016\, they have spoken to many audiences at universities\, foundations\, institutions\, museums\, synagogues\, and churches. They were honored with the first Elie Wiesel Award\, given by the Wiesel family after the Nobel Peace Laureate’s passing\, and also received a humanitarian award from the Anti-Defamation League. The Klansman’s Son: My Journey from White Nationalism to Antiracism is their first book.
URL:https://printersrowlitfest.org/event/r-derek-black/
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SUMMARY:Juneau Black
DESCRIPTION:Joseph & Bessie Feinberg Foundation Stage\nSunday\, Sept. 8th at 5pm \n \nSharon Nagel is one half of the writing duo that is Juneau Black. She is a public librarian and a cat mom in Milwaukee\, Wisconsin. She is fond of mysteries\, coffee\, and cheese.
URL:https://printersrowlitfest.org/event/juneau-black/
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SUMMARY:Mitchell Bisschop
DESCRIPTION:Plymouth Court Stage\nSaturday\, Sept. 7th at 12pm \n \nMitchell Bisschop is a seasoned theatre artist and playwright from Los Angeles with over 20 years of experience in theatre\, sketch\, and improv (Second City\, Annoyance\, UCB\, and The PIT). His past solo work has garnered two Encore Awards and two Fringe Award nominations for best solo show\, as well as successful runs in Los Angeles theaters. He is known for his previous solo works: I Can Hear You Now and Pit of Goblins. His career spans stages in Chicago (Over the Tavern\, Mercury Theater Chicago)\, New York\, and Los Angeles.
URL:https://printersrowlitfest.org/event/mitchell-bisschop/
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SUMMARY:Ximena N. Beltran Quan Kiu
DESCRIPTION:Center Stage\nSaturday\, Sept. 7th at 1pm \n \nXimena N. Beltran Quan Kiu writes to explore her identity as an immigrant raised by a single mother. Born in Mexico City\, raised in Chicago\, she has more than 200 bylines in publications such as The New York Times\, CNN\, Food & Wine\, and Harper’s Bazaar. Journalist Elizabeth Quan Kiu V.\, her mom\, inspires her work. Ximena is a Mexican-Chinese immigrant who is bicultural and fluent in Spanish. She splits her time between Chicago\, Albuquerque\, and Mexico City.
URL:https://printersrowlitfest.org/event/ximena-n-beltran-quan-kiu/
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SUMMARY:Peter C. Baker
DESCRIPTION:Plymouth Court Stage\nSaturday\, Sept. 7th at 10am \n \nPeter C. Baker’s first novel\, Planes\, was published in 2022. He writes regularly for The New Yorker\, The New York Review of Books\, The New York Times Magazine\, and elsewhere. He also edits Tracks On Tracks\, a Substack publication where people write about their experiences of the songs they love. He lives in Evanston.
URL:https://printersrowlitfest.org/event/peter-c-baker/
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SUMMARY:Diego Báez
DESCRIPTION:Jazz Showcase Stage\nSunday\, Sept. 8th at 4:30pm \n \nDiego Báez is a writer\, educator\, and abolitionist. He is the author of Yaguareté White (Univ. of Arizona\, 2024). He is the recipient of fellowships from CantoMundo\, the Surge Institute\, and the Poetry Foundation’s Incubator for Community-Engaged Poets. His writing has appeared in Freeman’s\, The Rumpus\, Harriet Books\, and The Georgia Review. He lives in Chicago and teaches at the City Colleges.
URL:https://printersrowlitfest.org/event/diego-baez/
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SUMMARY:Ben Austen
DESCRIPTION:Plymouth Court Stage\nSunday\, Sept. 8th at 4pm \n \nBen Austen is the author of Correction: Parole\, Prison\, and the Possibility of Change\, which was named one of the best books of 2023 by the Washington Post. His book High-Risers: Cabrini-Green and the Fate of American Public Housing was named one of the best books of 2018 by Booklist and Mother Jones. Ben teaches in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Chicago. He is the writer and host of the upcoming Audible Originals podcasts The Last Days of Cabrini-Green and The Parole Room\, and he is the co-host of the podcast Some of My Best Friends Are….
URL:https://printersrowlitfest.org/event/ben-austen/
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SUMMARY:Heather Augustyn
DESCRIPTION:Joseph & Bessie Feinberg Foundation Stage\nSaturday\, Sept. 7th at 3:30pm \n \nHeather Augustyn is Assistant Professor of Practice in Writing at Purdue University Northwest. She is author of eight books on ska and Jamaican music history and has interviewed hundreds of musicians which are housed at the Archives of African American Music and Culture at Indiana University for epistemological use. She has been invited to speak in Jamaica\, Vietnam\, Spain\, and at conferences all over the United States about the history and development of ska music. Her work on the role of women fills a crucial gap in historiography.
URL:https://printersrowlitfest.org/event/heather-augustyn/
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SUMMARY:Gint Aras
DESCRIPTION:North Stage\nSunday\, Sept. 8th at 2pm \n \nGint Aras (Karolis Gintaras Zukauskas) has been trapped on planet earth since 1973. He’s an award winning writer.
URL:https://printersrowlitfest.org/event/gint-aras/
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SUMMARY:Erisa Apantaku
DESCRIPTION:Center Stage\nSunday\, Sept. 8th at 2pm \n \nErisa Apantaku (she/her) is a Black/biracial\, queer journalist\, filmmaker\, and educator from the lands of the Three Fires Confederacy of the Ottawa\, Ojibwe\, and Potawatomi (Chicagoland). Erisa was a producer on the Invisible Institute’s award-winning podcast You Didn’t See Nothin. Outside of the Invisible Institute\, Erisa also produces short audio and video documentaries examining topics including race and sexuality through a process that centers curiosity and seeks to be vulnerable and generative. Erisa is in post-production on her first short fiction film Nya Does Nothing\, about a Black woman just trying to take a day off.
URL:https://printersrowlitfest.org/event/erisa-apantaku/
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SUMMARY:Izidora Angel
DESCRIPTION:Grace Place Stage (2nd floor)\nSaturday\, Sept. 7th at 10am \n \nIzidora Angel is a Bulgarian-born writer and literary translator in Chicago. She received an NEA fellowship for her work on Yordanka Beleva’s collection\, Keder\, and the Gulf Coast Translation Prize for her work on Rene Karabash’s She Who Remains\, forthcoming from Sandorf Passage in 2026. Izidora’s writing has been featured in Best Literary Translations 2024\, Astra Magazine\, Words Without Borders\, Electric Literature\, Two Lines Journal\, Chicago Reader\, and elsewhere. Her writing has been recognized by English PEN\, Art Omi\, Bread Loaf\, and by the Elizabeth Kostova Foundation\, which in awarded her a 2023 fellowship for her in-progress memoir.
URL:https://printersrowlitfest.org/event/izidora-angel/
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SUMMARY:Christian Aldana​
DESCRIPTION:Center Stage\nSaturday\, Sept. 7th at 12pm \n \nChristian Aldana (they/she) is the author of The Water We Swim In (Sampaguita Press\, 2023) They are a Filipinx artist\, educator\, and community organizer based in Chicago. Christian founded Luya\, a poetry organization that centers the voices of peoole of color. Their poetry is a safe space for wicked queers who want to bring down imperialism everywhere. \n 
URL:https://printersrowlitfest.org/event/christian-aldana/
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SUMMARY:Samira Ahmed
DESCRIPTION:Joseph & Bessie Feinberg Foundation Stage (On W. Polk St.\, just east of Clark St.)\nSunday\, Sept. 8th at 2pm \n \nSamira Ahmed is The New York Times bestselling author of Love\, Hate\, and Other Filters and Internment. She was born in Bombay\, India\, and has lived in New York\, Chicago\, and Kauai\, where she spent a year searching for the perfect mango. She invites you to visit her online at samiraahmed.com and on Twitter and Instagram @sam_aye_ahm.
URL:https://printersrowlitfest.org/event/samira-ahmed/
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