The city’s annual literary festival runs through October 30, with readings and book signings by local and national writers, poets, and scholars as well as discussions, lectures, workshops, and children’s activities at bookstores, public libraries, and other venues. Some events feature this year’s “One Book, One Chicago” selection, Julia Alvarez’s novel In the Time of the Butterflies. All are free unless otherwise noted. For more information call 312-747-4300, see www.chicagopubliclibrary.org, or contact the hosting venues.
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J. Jermayne signs her novels Cleaning Out My Closet, The Grass Isn’t Always Greener, and Daddy’s Little Girl. Woodson Regional Library, 9525 S. Halsted, 312-747-6921. 2 PM
Pervis Spann The “Blues Man” talks about The 40 Year Spann of WVON. World Folk Music Company, 1808 W. 103rd, 773-779-7059. 3 PM
WEDNESDAY 6
Alex Kotlowitz discusses Never a City So Real: A Walk in Chicago. Harold Washington Library Center, auditorium, 400 S. State, 312-747-4080. 6 PM
