Be a part of non-violent action. Join us as we gather again this year at Bookends and Beginnings in Evanston to offer our voices in resistance to the current state of local, national, and global affairs that threaten to pull us apart and even set us against each other. The world is on fire! Bring your voices and hearts to this singular event, as you hear authors and activists read from original works expressing their thoughts and opinions based on this year's theme.
Our reading lineup is (not in order):
Nina Kavin (activist and founder/writer of Dear Evanston)
Rachel Jamison Webster (poet/writer/Director of Creative Writing in the Department of English at Northwestern University)
Dan Stolar (writer)
Liana Wallace (ETHS student)
Jerry Brennan (author/editor of Tortoise Books)
Liz Radford (writer/co-founder Women's March Chicago)
Dina Elenbogen (poet/event host)
Ema Wallace (student)
Natania Rosenfeld (poet/writer)
Faisal Mohyuddin (writer, artist, educator)
Ignatius Valentine Aloysius (writer/event host)
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Earlier Event: May 12
Evanston Literary Festival Book Fair
Later Event: May 13
Motherhood in Comics