Solace in a Book

Excellence in art

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  This quotation appears on The Franklin Building at 720 S. Dearborn. Built in 1916 and designed by architect George C. Nimmons, The Franklin Building features picture tiles by Oskar Gross.  This quotation appears above  the terra-cotta doorway and under a mural of  men working at the Gutenberg Press. … [Read more...]

All in a row

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Printers Row Lit Fest was hot and fun. Weighed Words had record sales for a bookfair, and we got to talk with lots of cool people. Stopping by on Saturday was Chicago writer Sharon Solwitz. She's the author of Blood Mary and Blood and Milk (Sarabande) and teaches at Purdue Univeristy and was on hand for the "Neither Fish nor Fowl" reading put on by Northwestern MA/MFA faculty. Sharon Fiffer (friend to Solace in So Many Words) stopped by after her panel on the cozy … [Read more...]

Everything’s looking up at Dearborn Street Station

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This photograph was taken during the Printers Row Lit Fest. Weighed Words had a table in the Chicago Publishes tent, which was almost smack dab in the middle of Dearborn, and this is what I looked at during my two days of schmoozing and selling. Here's a link if you'd like to know a little more about Dearborn Street Station and historic Printers Row.  More to come soon! … [Read more...]

Poems wanted for Persephone / Demeter anthology

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Kathleen Aguero, who contributed  the poem "Turkey Pond: Scattering the Ashes" to Solace in So Many Words, checked in the other day. She has a poem titled in “Liberty Hotel, Boston” in  the June issue of Ocean State Review. She also mentioned that she and colleague Alison Stone are working on an anthology.  Here is the info: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS Kathleen Aguero and Alison Stone are seeking work for an anthology of poems based on the Persephone and Demeter … [Read more...]