Afternoon Shift: Robin Sloan, supper clubs and Samantha Irby

By WBEZ
Afternoon Shift: Robin Sloan, supper clubs and Samantha Irby
Author and media-inventor, Robin Sloan, discusses the Internet and his new book 'Mr.Penumbra's 24-Hour Book Store' on the Afternoon Shift. Photo: Instagram/wbezchicago
Afternoon Shift: Robin Sloan, supper clubs and Samantha Irby
Author and media-inventor, Robin Sloan, discusses the Internet and his new book 'Mr.Penumbra's 24-Hour Book Store' on the Afternoon Shift. Photo: Instagram/wbezchicago

Afternoon Shift: Robin Sloan, supper clubs and Samantha Irby

By WBEZ
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Robin Sloan is a ‘media inventor’ who blends old and new ways of telling stories. Long-time Chicago Sun-Times entertainment writer Dave Hoekstra’s new book, “The Supper Club Book: A Celebration of a Midwestern Tradition,” pays tribute to these regional icons. Then: local writer Samantha Irby.