March 15, 2025

5:00 pm, Metropolis Cafe, 1039 W Granville

READERS:

Virginia Bell

is the author of From the Belly (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2012) and the forthcoming Lifting Child from the Ground, Turning Around (Glass Lyre Press, 2025). Her poems have appeared in Five Points, Denver Quarterly, SWWIM, Calyx, Fifth Wednesday, Spoon River Poetry Review, and elsewhere. She is Co-Editor of RHINO Poetry and teaches at Loyola University and DePaul University in Chicago.

Lisa Low

… is the author of Crown for the Girl Inside (YesYes Books, 2023), winner of the 2020 Vinyl 45 Chapbook Contest. Her poems have appeared in Copper Nickel, Ecotone, The Massachusetts Review, Poetry, The Southern Review, and elsewhere, and her essay “How to Apologize” won the 2020 Gulf Coast Nonfiction Prize. Originally from Maryland, she currently lives in Chicago.

Stuart Ross

… is the author of the novels The Hotel Egypt (Spuyten Duyvil, 2024) and Jenny in Corona (Tortoise Books, 2019). He holds degrees from The City University of New York and The University of Notre Dame. Born and raised in Queens, he currently lives in Chicago.

Dawn Tefft

… is the author of the poetry chapbooks Gosling (Anhinga Press), Fist (Dancing Girl Press), and Field Trip to My Mother and Other Exotic Locations (Mudlark). Her writing has also appeared in Denver Quarterly, Fence, Witness, and elsewhere. She holds a PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and works as a union representative in Chicago.

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