Writing on the Edge

Writing on the Edge
Photo by Art Shay CPL/file
Writing on the Edge
Photo by Art Shay CPL/file

Writing on the Edge

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In this tribute to Chicago writing, Nelson Algren Award winner Joe Meno hosts an evening of readings by authors J. Adams Oaks, Bayo Ojikutu, Stephanie Kuehnert and Billy Lombardo. The evening also includes a discussion with Art Shay, renowned photographer and friend of Nelson Algren, as well as a film clip from the upcoming documentary about Algren by Michael Caplan.

This event was sponsored by the Fiction Writing Department of Columbia College in Chicago.

Recorded Monday, March 16, 2009 at Harold Washington Library Center.