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...]
Cool Cat
I have long admired the artwork of Florida-based artist Brendan Coudal. When he posted this cartoon on Facebook, I asked if I could post it. Currently he describes his work as "contemporary retro-style art." As he explains on his site, "I started painting relatively late in life, but always had an interest in art. Shortly after September 11, 2001 (a time when many of us re-thought our lives), I picked up the paints my Dad had given me years earlier and created my first … [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...]
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