We have been busy planning new events. Mark your calendars! On Monday, December 5 at 7 pm, Evanston contributors Joan Corwin, Paula W. Peterson, Carol Kanter, Pat Rahmann, and Susan Spaeth Cherry will be featured readers at Evanston Public Library, 1703 Orrington Avenue, Evanston. Joining them will be Pamela Miller, D. J. Lachance, Kathleene Donahoo, J. Scott Smith, Ellen Wade Beals and others TBA! On Sunday, December 11, from 2 to 4, we will be reading at Woman Made … [Read more...]
7/21 Event a Winner!
Our most recent event was a record-breaker in terms of attendance and sales! The BookMarket in The Glen Town Center has a gem of a performance space and it was packed. Rick, the assistant manager and gracious host who made us feel welcome, put out 50 chairs and still there were people in the couches and chairs at the outer edges of the room. The readings began when Pat Rahmann, who is known for her plays and novels, gave us "Last Trip Together", a poem she told us, … [Read more...]
Contributor Updates — Somlo, Donahoo, Powers
Hello everybody. With the temperatures spiking, the word for the day is: languorous. But I know even in this heat you can manage to read a story, and if you read any story today, check out Patty Somlo's "Resistors" in the latest issue Hamilton Stone Review. It is a stunner. And you won't go to a dinner party again without thinking about it. (BTW, Patty wrote "Starting to Breathe" in Solace in So Many Words.) H\s T H E H A M I L T O N S T O N E R E V I E W … [Read more...]
New event: August 7 in Chicago’s South Loop
Solace in So Many Words will be the topic at the adult formation hour at Grace Episcopal Church in downtown Chicago on Sunday, August 7. The event is open to the public. Here's the info: August 7, Sunday, from 11:30 to 12:30 Grace Episcopal Church of Chicago, Grace Place Community Center 637 S Dearborn, Chicago 60605 312-922-1426 Readers will be: J. Scott Smith, Joan Corwin, Kathleene Donahoo, Pamela Miller and Ellen Wade Beals … [Read more...]
Pioneer Press: Meditations on the nature of Solace
This week (July 14) Solace in So Many Words got coverage in the Pioneer Press papers; our story ran in the first page of the Diversions section. Here is the link from the Glenview Announcements for the article "Meditations on the nature of Solace" by Lilli Kuzma. The Pioneer Press papers (Glenview Announcements, Winnetka Talk, Wilmette Life, Lake Forester, Evanston Review, and others) are owned by Sun-Times Media. Here is a highlight of the article: “Solace In So Many … [Read more...]