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SUMMARY:Laura Rodriguez Presa
DESCRIPTION:Digital Realty Stage\n(On W. Polk St.\, at Plymouth Ct.)\nSaturday 9/12\, 11am \n \nLaura Rodríguez Presa is a senior journalist at the Chicago Tribune. She covers immigration\, community\, and culture\, focusing on how immigration policy intersects with the human experience. Her reporting highlights the impact of laws and political decisions on immigrant communities\, particularly Latino families in Chicago and beyond.
URL:https://printersrowlitfest.org/event/laura-rodriguez-presa/
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SUMMARY:LaShawn Harris\, Michigan State University\, Beacon Press
DESCRIPTION:Joseph & Bessie Feinberg Foundation Stage\n(On W. Polk St.\, just east of Clark St.)\nSaturday 9/12\,  11:30am \n \nLaShawn Harris is an award-winning Professor of History at Michigan State University. Her first monograph Sex Workers\, Psychics\, and Number Runners: Black Women in New York City’s Underground Economy was published by the University of Illinois Press in 2016. Harris is also the author of Tell Her Story: Eleanor Bumpurs & The Police Killing that Galvanized New York City. Published by Beacon Press in 2025\, Tell Her Story was named a 2026 finalist for the Association of American Publishers Award for Professional and Scholarly Excellence (PROSE Awards).
URL:https://printersrowlitfest.org/event/lashawn-harris-michigan-state-university-beacon-press/
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SUMMARY:Kimberly Gomes
DESCRIPTION:Grace Place\, 1st Floor\n(637 S. Dearborn St.)\nSaturday 9/12\, 1pm \n \nKimberly Gomes is a writer\, songslinger\, and creativity coach. She’s the author of A Road of Her Own\, (Red Light Lit Press\, 2026) and a poetry collection\, Love Notes to the Body (Dancing Girl Press\, 2019). Her novel was named a semi-finalist for the 2022 Black Lawrence Press Prose Book Award. Her work has been named a top personal essay of 2021 by Entropy Magazine\, and has been featured in The San Francisco Chronicle and Sunset Magazine. When she’s not creating\, you can find Kimberly hiking mountains\, plotting travels\, and swing dancing with people she loves. Learn more at kimberly-gomes.com.
URL:https://printersrowlitfest.org/event/kimberly-gomes/
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SUMMARY:Kim Fu
DESCRIPTION:Joseph & Bessie Feinberg Foundation Stage\n(On W. Polk St.\, just east of Clark St.)\nSunday 9/13\, 3pm \n \nKim Fu is the author of the novels For Today I Am a Boy (2014)\, The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore (2018)\, and most recently\, The Valley of Vengeful Ghosts (2026)\, a Belletrist Book Club pick\, New York Times notable book\, and Indigo bestseller. Fu’s story collection Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century (2022) won the Washington State Book Award\, the Pacific Northwest Book Award\, and the Danuta Gleed Literary Award. It was also a finalist for the Giller Prize\, the Ignyte Awards\, the Shirley Jackson Awards\, and the Saroyan International Prize. Fu lives in Seattle\, Washington.
URL:https://printersrowlitfest.org/event/kim-fu/
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SUMMARY:Kerry Daimid
DESCRIPTION:Center Stage\n(On S. Dearborn St. in Printers Row Park between Polk and Harrison Streets\, West Side of Dearborn.)\nSunday 9/13\, 10am \n \nKerry is thrilled to be returning to Printers Row Lit Fest with her improv troupe Broadway Dropouts. The setting is great and the kids were so fun to entertain.
URL:https://printersrowlitfest.org/event/kerry-daimid/
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SUMMARY:Kelsie Huff
DESCRIPTION:Center Stage\n(On S. Dearborn St. in Printers Row Park between Polk and Harrison Streets\, West Side of Dearborn.)\nSaturday 9/12\, 4pm \n \nKelsie is a comedian and arts educator dedicated to expanding access to comedy through performance\, education\, and community engagement. As the Director of Marketing and Training Center Program Development at The Lincoln Lodge\, Kelsie oversees audience outreach\, branding\, and development. With over a decade of experience as a comedian and instructor\, Kelsie expanded the reach of the Fem Com program\, a groundbreaking initiative that empowers women and non-binary folks in comedy. She has trained thousands of aspiring comedians/storytellers and continues to advocate for underrepresented voices in the industry.
URL:https://printersrowlitfest.org/event/kelsie-huff/
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SUMMARY:Keith Wilson
DESCRIPTION:North Stage\n(On S. Dearborn St.\, just south of Ida B. Wells Dr.)\nSunday 9/13\, 12pm \n \nKeith S. Wilson is a poet\, game designer\, and multimedia artist. He is an Affrilachian Poet and a Cave Canem fellow and a recipient of an NEA Fellowship\, a Kenyon Review Fellowship\, and a Stegner Fellowship. Additionally\, he has received fellowships or grants from Bread Loaf\, Tin House\, and the MacDowell Colony. His first book\, Fieldnotes on Ordinary Love (Copper Canyon)\, was recognized by The New York Times as a best new book of poetry. His second book\, Games for Children (Milkweed Editions) was a winner of the National Poetry Series.
URL:https://printersrowlitfest.org/event/keith-wilson/
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SUMMARY:Kazim Ali
DESCRIPTION:Center Stage\n(On S. Dearborn St. in Printers Row Park between Polk and Harrison Streets\, West Side of Dearborn.)\nSaturday 9/12\, 5pm \n \nKazim Ali’s newest book of poetry is The Man in 119. He is a professor at the University of California\, San Diego\, and founding editor of Nightboat Books.
URL:https://printersrowlitfest.org/event/kazim-ali/
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SUMMARY:Kathleen Rooney
DESCRIPTION:Grace Place\, 2nd Floor\n(637 S. Dearborn St.)\nSaturday 9/12\, 11am \n \nKathleen Rooney is a founding member of Poems While You Wait and a founding editor of Rose Metal Press. Her fifth novel\, Man Overboard!\, was released in July and her newest poetry collection\, O Western Wind\, will be published in January 2027. She lives in Chicago with her spouse\, the writer Martin Seay\, and teaches at DePaul.
URL:https://printersrowlitfest.org/event/kathleen-rooney/
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SUMMARY:Kate Yun
DESCRIPTION:Center Stage\n(On S. Dearborn St. in Printers Row Park between Polk and Harrison Streets\, West Side of Dearborn.)\nSaturday 9/12\, 10am \n \nKate is a resident of Aurora and is a Speech-Language Pathologist for Valley View School District 365U in Romeoville\, IL. She has been a member of the Broadway Dropouts Improv Troupe for a couple years and is excited to return to Printers Row.
URL:https://printersrowlitfest.org/event/kate-yun/
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SUMMARY:Kasey Evans
DESCRIPTION:Digital Realty Stage\n(On W. Polk St.\, at Plymouth Ct.)\nSaturday 9/12\, 10am \n \nKasey Evans has worked as a professor of English literature at Northwestern University for more than two decades.
URL:https://printersrowlitfest.org/event/kasey-evans/
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SUMMARY:Julian Randall
DESCRIPTION:North Stage\n(On S. Dearborn St.\, just south of Ida B. Wells Dr.)\nSunday 9/13\, 4pm \n \nJulian Randall is a Living Queer Black poet from Chicago. A recipient of multiple fellowships\, including a Pushcart Prize. He holds an MFA from University of Mississippi. His writing appears in The New York Times Magazine\, POETRY\, People and The Atlantic. Julian is the author of Refuse (Pitt\, 2018)\, winner of the Cave Canem Poetry Prize and a finalist for an NAACP Image Award\, The Pilar Ramirez Duet (Holt Books for Young Readers)\, and Shook (August 4\, 2026). He can be found at @JulianThePoet and on his website JulianDavidRandall.com.
URL:https://printersrowlitfest.org/event/julian-randall/
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SUMMARY:Juan Sedonio
DESCRIPTION:Center Stage\n(On S. Dearborn St. in Printers Row Park between Polk and Harrison Streets\, West Side of Dearborn.)\nSunday 9/13\, 10am \n \nJuan Sedonio is an Illinois-based theatre artist and life enrichment professional. Juan was recently seen in Nova Entertainment’s new debut play production of Hail Mary/Maria at Theater Wit in Chicago\, IL. Juan was also seen in other musical productions in the Suburbs of Chicago. Aside from performing\, Juan teaches theatre for adults with disabilities in the Highland Park and Northbrook area. Juan is ecstatic to be a part of Printers Row Lit Fest!
URL:https://printersrowlitfest.org/event/juan-sedonio/
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SUMMARY:Juan Martinez
DESCRIPTION:Digital Realty Stage\n(On W. Polk St.\, at Plymouth Ct.)\nSaturday 9/12\, 12pm \n \nJuan Martinez is the author of the novel Extended Stay (2023) and the story collection Best Worst American (2017). He lives near Chicago and is an associate professor at Northwestern University and a fiction editor for Jackleg Press. His work has appeared most recently in EPOCH\, Ploughshares\, The Chicago Quarterly Review\, The Sunday Morning Transport\, Huizache\, Ecotone\, NIGHTMARE\, McSweeney’s\, NPR’s Selected Shorts\, Shenandoah\, TriQuarterly\, Sudden Fiction Latino\, Flash Fiction America\, and elsewhere\, and is forthcoming in Something Followed Us Home: Tales of Latiné Horror from Simon & Schuster/Primero Sueño. Find him online at fulmerford.com and on Bluesky at @fulmerford.com
URL:https://printersrowlitfest.org/event/juan-martinez/
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SUMMARY:Jordan LaFlure
DESCRIPTION:Center Stage\n(On S. Dearborn St. in Printers Row Park between Polk and Harrison Streets\, West Side of Dearborn.)\nSaturday 9/12\, 4pm \n \nAs Executive Editor of The Onion\, Jordan LaFlure spends much of his time claiming credit for the work of the world’s finest editorial staff. He began his career in newspapers as a page designer in order to fulfill his lifelong dream of being laid off in his early 20s. After a brief stint in the thrilling\, cutthroat world of medical journal layout\, LaFlure was able to talk his way into a position at The Onion in 2011. His regrets are few and holding steady.
URL:https://printersrowlitfest.org/event/jordan-laflure/
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SUMMARY:John West
DESCRIPTION:Digital Realty Stage\n(On W. Polk St.\, at Plymouth Ct.)\nSunday 9/13\, 10am \n \nJohn West is a writer and technologist. He reports the news with code at the Wall Street Journal\, where his work has received multiple awards including two Pulitzer prizes. The Boston Globe called his first book\, Lessons and Carols\, “lyrical and crystalline.” His second book\, The Internet Will Die\, and So Will You\, a digital memento mori\, is expected in September\, 2026. He holds an M.F.A. in writing from the Bennington Writing Seminars and degrees in philosophy and music performance from Oberlin College. He lives outside Kingston\, New York\, with his partner\, children\, and unruly cat.
URL:https://printersrowlitfest.org/event/john-west/
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SUMMARY:John D'Emilio
DESCRIPTION:North Stage\n(On S. Dearborn St.\, just south of Ida B. Wells Dr.)\nSaturday 9/12\, 3pm \n \nA pioneer in the field of LGBTQ history and the history of sexuality\, John D’Emilio has written or edited a dozen books\, including Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin; Intimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in America; and Memories of a Gay Catholic Boyhood: Coming of Age in the Sixties. He taught at UIC for 15 years and was founding director of the Policy Institute of the National LGBTQ Task Force.
URL:https://printersrowlitfest.org/event/john-demilio/
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SUMMARY:Joe Meno
DESCRIPTION:North Stage\n(On S. Dearborn St.\, just south of Ida B. Wells Dr.)\nSunday 9/13\, 3pm \n \nJoe Meno is a writer from Chicago. A winner of the Nelson Algren Literary Award\, a Pushcart Prize\, and a finalist for the Story Prize\, he is the bestselling author of nine novels and two short story collections including Marvel and a Wonder\, The Boy Detective Fails\, and Hairstyles of the Damned. He is a professor at Columbia College Chicago. His nonfiction has appeared in The New York Times and Chicago magazine. His theatrical collaborations have included Steppenwolf Theatre\, Signature Theatre\, The House Theatre\, and Redmoon Theatre. His plays have been staged in Chicago\, Los Angeles\, Washington D.C.\, and France.
URL:https://printersrowlitfest.org/event/joe-meno/
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SUMMARY:Joan Esposito
DESCRIPTION:Digital Realty Stage\n(On W. Polk St.\, at Plymouth Ct.)\nSaturday 9/12\, 2pm \n \nJoan Esposito is the afternoon host at political talk radio at Heartlandsignal.com\, AM820
URL:https://printersrowlitfest.org/event/joan-esposito/
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SUMMARY:Jerry Nunn
DESCRIPTION:North Stage\n(On S. Dearborn St.\, just south of Ida B. Wells Dr.)\nSaturday 9/12\, 11am \n \nJerry Nunn has written for Windy City Times for over 22 years and has worked for 15 years as the entertainment editor for GoPride.com. He is a member of the Critics Choice Association\, where he is the founder of the organization’s LGBTQ+ committee. He programmed an award show in 2025 for the Critics Choice\, which was nominated for an Emmy Award this year. \nIn the past\, he has contributed to two books\, Obama and the Gays: A Political Marriage and Mom: A Tribute to Mothers of LGBTs. \nFollowers of the Nunn can find his work easily at nunnontherun.com!
URL:https://printersrowlitfest.org/event/jerry-nunn/
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SUMMARY:Jeremy T. Wilson
DESCRIPTION:Digital Realty Stage\n(On W. Polk St.\, at Plymouth Ct.)\nSaturday 9/12\, 12pm \n \nJeremy T. Wilson is the author of the novel The Quail Who Wears the Shirt and the short story collection Adult Teeth\, both published by Tortoise Books. He is a former winner of the Chicago Tribune’s Nelson Algren Award for short fiction\, and his work has appeared in Alaska Quarterly Review\, The Florida Review\, Jet Fuel Review\, The Masters Review\, Split Lip Magazine\, Third Coast\, The Best Small Fictions 2020\, and other publications. He lives in Evanston\, Illinois.
URL:https://printersrowlitfest.org/event/jeremy-t-wilson/
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SUMMARY:Jennifer Acker
DESCRIPTION:Joseph & Bessie Feinberg Foundation Stage\n(On W. Polk St.\, just east of Clark St.)\nSunday 9/13\, 2pm \n \nJennifer Acker is a writer\, editor\, and translator. She is founder and editor in chief of the global\, award-winning literary magazine The Common. Her debut novel\, The Limits of the World\, was a finalist for the Massachusetts Book Award\, and her memoir Fatigue is a #1 Amazon bestseller. Acker has an MFA from the Bennington Writing Seminars and a BA from Amherst College\, where she directs LitFest. She lives in Western Massachusetts and Portland\, Maine. Her second novel\, Surrender\, was released in April 2026.
URL:https://printersrowlitfest.org/event/jennifer-acker/
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SUMMARY:Jeffrey Winters
DESCRIPTION:Digital Realty Stage\n(On W. Polk St.\, at Plymouth Ct.)\nSaturday 9/12\, 2pm \n \nJeffrey Winters is a professor and past chair of political science at Northwestern University\, and the Director of the Equality Development and Globalization Studies Program at Northwestern’s Buffett Institute. Renowned for his groundbreaking work on oligarchs and elites\, Winters wrote the influential book Oligarchy (2011)\, which reintroduced the term to modern audiences and won the 2012 Luebbert Prize for the best book in comparative politics. His insights on wealth power and democracy have been featured in major media outlets including The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, NPR\, DemocracyNOW!\, and numerous broadcasts and podcasts.
URL:https://printersrowlitfest.org/event/jeffrey-winters/
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SUMMARY:Jeanie Chung
DESCRIPTION:Grace Place\, 1st Floor\n(637 S. Dearborn St.)\nSaturday 9/12\, 3pm \nChicago\, Illinois—\nA former sportswriter for the Chicago Sun-Times and elsewhere\, Jeanie Chung does various kinds of writing in Chicago and Champaign\, Illinois.
URL:https://printersrowlitfest.org/event/jeanie-chung/
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SUMMARY:Jean Marie Koon
DESCRIPTION:Grace Place\, 2nd Floor\n(637 S. Dearborn St.)\nSaturday 9/12\, 12pm \n \nJean Marie Koon (she/her) is excited to bring Sanctuary Stories to Lit Fest. Some Chicago theatre credits include: Tongue of a Bird (Rosebud Theatricals)\, Uncle Vanya (New Theatre Project)\, Richard III (Eclectic Full Contact Theatre); The Good Fight (Babes With Blades); three annual Bechdel Fests (Broken Nose Theatre); and Enemy of the People (Goodman Theatre). She also performed in two locally produced audio dramas and one audio book project. Thanks to Rob and Kelsey for their loving support and Molly for her inspiration.
URL:https://printersrowlitfest.org/event/jean-marie-koon/
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SUMMARY:Jarrett Neal
DESCRIPTION:North Stage\n(On S. Dearborn St.\, just south of Ida B. Wells Dr.)\nSaturday 9/12\, 3pm \n \nJarrett Neal’s first book\, What Color Is Your Hoodie?: Essays of Black Gay Identity\, was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award. His next book\, Leave Wiser Than Your Came: Stories\, will be published in March by the University of Wisconsin Press. He is the Writing Center Coordinator at Governors State University.
URL:https://printersrowlitfest.org/event/jarrett-neal/
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SUMMARY:Jarrett Dapier
DESCRIPTION:North Stage\n(On S. Dearborn St.\, just south of Ida B. Wells Dr.)\nSunday 9/13\, 11am \n \nJarrett Dapier is the author of Wake Now in the Fire\, a Chicago-set graphic novel about censorship\, action\, love\, and hope\, published by Ten Speed Graphic. He has also written three picture books\, including Jazz For Lunch! (finalist\, Ezra Jack Keats award for writing) and Mr. Watson’s Chickens\, which has been challenged and/or censored in multiple states. Also a youth services librarian\, Jarrett received the 2016 John Phillip Immroth Award for Intellectual Freedom from the American Library Association for his research into the banning of Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis in Chicago Public Schools. He lives in Evanston\, IL with his family.
URL:https://printersrowlitfest.org/event/jarrett-dapier/
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SUMMARY:Jared Clayton Brown
DESCRIPTION:Jared Clayton Brown is a sitcom scholar\, journalist and huge Golden Girls fan. He wrote his entire master’s thesis on his favorite series to earn his Master of Arts degree in Popular Culture Studies from Bowling Green State University. He loves connecting with other fans of the iconic series. He currently works for WOSU\, the NPR affiliate in Columbus\, Ohio as a digital news editor. Jared loves a good laugh (both at and away from work). Additionally\, Jared loves a great walk\, a great swim and a great song.
URL:https://printersrowlitfest.org/event/jared-clayton-brown/
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SUMMARY:Janet Burroway
DESCRIPTION:North Stage\n(On S. Dearborn St.\, just south of Ida B. Wells Dr.)\nSunday 9/13\, 2pm \n \nJanet Burroway is the author of poems\, plays\, essays\, children’s books\, a memoir and nine novels including The Buzzards; Raw Silk\, Cutting Stone\, and the new Simone in Pieces (Nov. 2025)\, which the New York Times Book Review called “dazzling” and “slyly eloquent.” Her Writing Fiction\, the most widely used creative writing text in America\, is now in a tenth edition; her four-genre text Imaginative Writing in its fifth. Her plays have been produced and read in Chicago\, New York\, London. She is Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor Emerita at the Florida State University and winner of the Florida Humanities Lifetime Achievement Award.
URL:https://printersrowlitfest.org/event/janet-burroway/
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SUMMARY:Jane Hseu
DESCRIPTION:Digital Realty Stage\n(On W. Polk St.\, at Plymouth Ct.)\nSaturday 9/12\, 5pm \n \nJane Hseu is Professor of English at Dominican University\, President of the Board of Directors of the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame\, and a core organizer for Banyan: Asian American Writers Collective. She has published academic essays on Asian American and Latine literature\, and personal essays on funky Chinese American names\, growing up in her mother’s Shiseido cosmetics store\, and mental health and creativity. Jane is a regular presenter and facilitator at such venues as the American Writers Festival\, APIDA Arts Festival Chicago\, and storytelling events.
URL:https://printersrowlitfest.org/event/jane-hseu/
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