January 17, 2026
5:00 pm, Metropolis Cafe, 1039 W Granville
READERS:
Nina Sudhakar
… is the author of the story collection Where to Carry the Sound (University of North Texas Press, 2024), winner of the Katherine Anne Porter Prize, and two poetry chapbooks: Matriarchetypes and Embodiments. Her writing has appeared in The Rumpus, Witness, Ecotone, and elsewhere. She also serves as Dispatches Editor & Book Reviews Editor for The Common and as a Board Member of the Chicago Poetry Center. Born and raised in Connecticut, she is a member of the New York bar association and currently lives in Chicago.
James Stewart III
… is a Black writer and arts organizer from Chicago. His debut novel, Defiant Acts (Acre Books, 2025), was named one of Chicago Magazine’s “Summer’s Required Reading” picks. His writing has appeared in Lampblack,The Forge, Midwest Review, and elsewhere. He is a co-founder of the reading series Exhibit B and lives in Edgewater.
Jalen Eutsey
… is the author of Bubble Gum Stadium (Button Poetry, 2025). His poems have appeared in The Yale Review, Best New Poets, Nashville Review, Poetry Northwest, Harpur Palate, and The Hopkins Review. He was a 2022-2024 Wallace Stegner Fellow and was born and raised in Miami.
Alix Anne Shaw
… is the author of four poetry collections: Rebewilderment (2024), Rough Ground (Etruscan, 2018), Dido in Winter (Persea, 2014), and Undertow (Persea, 2007), winner of the Lexi Rudnitsky Poetry Prize. Zir poems and essays have appeared in Harvard Review, Fence, American Poetry Review, Denver Quarterly, and elsewhere. Ze live in Milwaukee.
Mary Ardery
… is the author of Level Watch (June Road Press, 2025). Her prose, poetry, and photography have appeared in The Sun, DIAGRAM, The Missouri Review, Prairie Schooner, The Cincinnati Review, and elsewhere. The recipient of a Lifelong Arts Fellowship from the Indiana Arts Commission, she was born and raised in Bloomington, Indiana, and now lives in West Lafayette.
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