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Jennifer Moxley is the author of Clampdown (Flood, 2009), The Middle Room (Subpress, 2008), The Line (Post-Apollo, 2007), Often Capital (Flood, 2005), The Sense Record and other poems (Edge, 2002; rpt.

With music, poetry, visual art and spoken word on the topic: Serial Killers. Featuring (Contributor – Topic): John Davis (Mental Graffiti Slam) -- The Barbie and Ken Killers; King Keith (Louder Than a Bomb Champ) -- Zodiac Killer;

Join Umoja, Free Spirit Media and Young Chicago Authors to celebrate the life and contributions of teacher, mentor and spoken word advocate Joe Cytrynbaum. Read Pamela Cytrynbaum's reflections on her brother here, and a Chicago Tribune obituary here.

Curtis White, author of the widely acclaimed The Middle Mind: Why Americans Don't Think for Themselves, presented his newest book, The Barbaric Heart: Faith, Money, and the Crisis of Nature.  In The Barbaric Heart, White argues that the same

This event celebrated the birthdays of Jane Addams and the Keynote Speaker Grace Lee Boggs.  Grace Lee Boggs is an activist, writer, and speaker whose more than sixty years of political involvement encompass the major U.S.

What happens when love, faith, and desire pull in fiercely different directions? That is precisely what happens in Light Fell, the award-winning debut novel by Evan Fallenberg.

Although shoes appear in some of the oldest and most important biblical stories, they are generally regarded as lowly accessories. Edna Nahshon urges us to take a fresh look at the makings and meanings of shoes in Jewish experience.