{"id":2043,"date":"2011-11-23T17:07:12","date_gmt":"2011-11-23T17:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/?p=2043"},"modified":"2011-11-23T23:31:44","modified_gmt":"2011-11-23T23:31:44","slug":"chicago-book-expo-2011-up-event-in-uptown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/2011\/11\/chicago-book-expo-2011-up-event-in-uptown\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Book Expo 2011 — Up event in Uptown"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I didn’t know what to expect when I signed up to be a vendor at the Chicago Book Expo<\/a> 2011<\/strong> because this was my first time at such an event where I’d sit behind a table and sell\u00a0Solace in So Many Words<\/em>. So Saturday morning in the car on my way to Uptown I wondered what I had gotten myself into. But my anxiety was for naught because the Expo was terrific.<\/p>\n

I loved all the different aspects of it. First off, I put the squeeze on Joan Corwin<\/strong> and J. Scott Smith <\/strong>to sit with me at the table, and I always have a good time with them (thanks!<\/strong>). And talking to attendees was a gas. I met so many nice people, so many interesting people, people I enjoyed meeting whether they bought a book or not. We had a repeat customer, a woman named Susan <\/strong>whose fashion sense (as well as her literary taste) I admired and who I enjoyed talking with (I hope her mother and her friend enjoy Solace in So Many Words<\/em>). There was a dog walker who aspires to write and another young man who wants to mix jazz and poetry and a retired professor who is writing a biography of a well-known British novelist and poet. I met a man who wants to make a Christmas book and one who writes children books and another fellow who is penning a bildungsroman. I am going to check out the blog by the young woman who changed her name. I will look for a certain novel coming out in March as well as the book by the red-headed poet who looked so familiar. And I still get a kick out of the fact that I spoke with a Columbia College photog professor for a full ten minutes before we realized we had already met at a party a couple of years back.<\/p>\n

\"Tranquility<\/a>I got to meet other publishers and presses who were there. Saturday we were in the basement of the Uptown Broadway Building, a raw space that was cold as a tomb. The saving grace was that we were near the bathrooms and the free coffee station. My neighbors included Victor David Giron <\/strong>of Curbside Splendor Press<\/a>,<\/strong> which produces the literary magazine of the same name as well as critically acclaimed books, including Victor’s own novel Sophomoric Philosophy<\/em>, and poetry books such as\u00a0Piano Rats<\/em> by Franki Elliot and The Chapbook<\/em> by Charles Bane, Jr. <\/strong>(the latest Glimpse of Solace<\/strong> features work by Charles Bane, Jr.). The managing editor of Curbside Splendor<\/em>, Leah Tallon<\/strong>, was there and she was also representing \u00a0Another Chicago Magazine<\/em> <\/a><\/strong>and Other Voices Books<\/a><\/strong>. You might have heard of OV Books latest anthology, Men Undressed<\/em>. I know it tempts me. (On Sunday, ACM editor\u00a0Jacob S. Knabb<\/strong> joined Leah at the sales table.) On Saturday my immediate neighbors were Avendia Publishing<\/strong>‘s A. C. Frieden<\/a><\/strong> whose novel\u00a0Tranquility Denied<\/em> seems like a great book of intrigue to cozy up with this winter as does Delphine Pontvieux’s ETA Estimated Time of Arrest (<\/em>Miss Nyet\u00a0Publishing<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\"Have<\/a>Saturday afternoon I had time to cross the street and see other vendors so I headed to the booth of \u00a0Chicago Center for Literature and Photography <\/a>(CCLaP)<\/strong> to meet Jason Pettus<\/strong> and Ben Tanzer <\/strong>and see their latest collaboration,\u00a0The New York Stories,<\/em> a finely crafted book. Ben Tanzer has written several books, such as\u00a0You Can Make Him Like You <\/em>and \u00a0My Father’s House, <\/em>to name a few. \u00a0And this is not the first time the local author has worked with CCLaP–for instance, check out 99 Problems<\/em>, \u00a0Repetition Patterns <\/em>and the TwitLit story I Love Gunther Gebel.<\/em><\/p>\n

All in all I couldn’t resist the charms of many of the publications available, including these that I obtained:<\/p>\n

Tranquility Denied<\/em> by A. C. Frieden<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Sophomoric Philosophy<\/em> by Victor David Giron<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Chapbook<\/em> by Charles Bane, Jr.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Curbside Splendor<\/em> (Fall 2011) in which E. Michael Desilets<\/strong> (who contributed two poems to Solace in So Many Words)<\/em> has five poems.<\/p>\n

<\/a>\"\"<\/a>The Handshake<\/em> (first two issues) the tagline for which is “Celebrity means nothing. Small talk is boring. Extend your hand.”<\/p>\n

Oneiromance<\/em> (an epithalamion) by Kathleen Rooney<\/strong>. \u00a0It is the winner of the Gatewood Prize sponsored by Switchback Books<\/a><\/strong>. And Kathleen Rooney<\/strong> was at the Expo at the Rose Metal Press table so I asked her to sign her book for me.<\/p>\n

Have You Seen Me<\/em>, a novella by Katherine Scott Nelson<\/strong>. It’s published by\u00a0Chicago Center for Literature and Photography<\/strong> and it is a collector’s edition.<\/p>\n

An “awesome” poster by comics artist Sarah Becan<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Zines Alive<\/em>, a compilation zine from exhibitors at the 2011 Chicago Zine Fest<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Books I want to get:<\/p>\n

The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Flash Fiction <\/em><\/p>\n

The Rose Metal Field Guide to Prose Poetry<\/em> (both, obviously, from Rose Metal Press<\/a>)\"Field<\/a><\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>The Karaoke Singer’s Guide to Self-Defense<\/em> by Tim Kinsella<\/strong> (from Featherproof<\/a> Books<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

The Silence of the Trees<\/em> by\u00a0Valya Dudycz Lupescu<\/strong> and the latest issue of Conclave, <\/em>a journal of character by\u00a0Wolfsword Press<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Sin: A Deadly Antholog<\/em>y by Avendia Publishing.<\/p>\n

The Kindle version of ETA Estimated Time of Arrest<\/em> by Delphine Pontvieux<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Men Undressed<\/em> by Other Voices Books.<\/p>\n

My Father’s House<\/em> by Ben Tanzer.<\/p>\n

This was the inaugural year for this Expo and Heather McShane, <\/strong> John Rich <\/strong>and many volunteers <\/strong>worked very hard, so they deserve appreciation and\u00a0THANKS!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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