Literary listings

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Updated: February 16, 2012 5:56PM

FEB. 19

• Denise Neu will discuss and sign “Chicago By the Pint: A Craft Beer History of the Windy City,” 3 p.m. at Barnes & Noble, 1441 W. Webster.

• Arno Michaels will discuss and sign “Life After Hate,” 7 p.m. at the Heartland Cafe, 7000 N. Glenwood.

• Siddhartha Mukherjee will discuss and sign “The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer,” 7 p.m. at Elmhurst College in Hammerschmidt Memorial Chapel, 190 Prospect Ave., Elmhurst.

FEB. 20

• Lauren Willig will discuss and sign The Garden Intrigue, 6 p.m. at 57th Street Books, 1301 E. 57th St.

FEB. 21

• Kevin Fox will discuss and sign “Until Next Time,” 7 p.m. at Anderson’s Bookshop, 123 W. Jefferson Ave., Naperville.

FEB. 22

• Nancy Krulik will discuss and sign “Attack of the Tighty Whities,” 7 p.m. at Anderson’s Bookshop, 123 W. Jefferson Ave., Naperville.

FEB. 23

• Lauren Willig (“The Garden Intrigue”) and Tasha Alexander (“A Crimson Warning”) will discuss and sign their latest books, 12:30 p.m. at Cook Park Library, 413 N. Milwaukee Ave., Libertyville.

• John D’Agata (“About a Mountain”) and Jim Fingal (McSweeney’s) will discuss their work, 5:30 p.m. in Hokin Hall Room 109, 623 S. Wabash.

• Jamal Joseph will discuss and sign “Panther Baby: A Life of Rebellion & Reinvention,” 6 p.m. in the Cindy Pritzker Auditorium at the Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State.

• Barrett Tillman will discuss and sign “Enterprise: America’s Fightingest Ship and the Men Who Helped Win World War II,” 6 p.m. at the Pritzker Military Library, 104 S. Michigan.

• Luis Alberto Urrea kicks off the 10th NapervilleREADS season with his book, “Queen of America,” 7 p.m. at Wentz Concert Hall, 171 E. Chicago Ave., Naperville. Free tickets available at Anderson’s Bookshop, 123 W. Jefferson Ave., Naperville, and at Naperville Public Library locations.

FEB. 24

• David Finch will discuss and sign “The Journal of Best Practices,” 7 p.m. at Read Between the Lynes, 129 Van Buren St., Woodstock.

• Craig Taylor will discuss and sign “Londoners,” 7 p.m. at the Book Cellar, 4736 N. Lincoln.

FEB. 26

• Jennifer Chiaverini will duscuss and sign “Sonoma Rose,” 2 p.m. at Warren Newport Library, 224 N. O’Plaine Rd., Gurnee.

FEB. 27

• Jennifer Chiaverini will discuss and sign “Sonoma Rose,” noon at Cook Memorial Library, 413 N. Milwaukee Ave., Libertyville.

• Nathan Englander will discuss and sign “What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank,” 6 p.m. at the Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State.

FEB. 28

• Lowell Thompson will discuss and sign “African Americans in Chicago,” 6 p.m. at the Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State.

• John Snyder will discuss and sign “Hill of Beans: Coming of Age in the Last Days of the Old South, 6 p.m. at 57th Street Books, 1301 E. 57th St.

• Eleanor Brown will discuss and sign “The Weird Sisters,” 6:30 p.m. at The Bookstall at Chestnut Court, 811 Elm St., Winnetka.

• Writers John Rember, Susanna Lang and Mike O’Mary will explore the language of love and loss during a book reading and signing event, 7 p.m. at Heartwood Center, 1818 Dempster, Evanston.

• Margot Livesey will discuss and sign “The Flight of Gemma Hardy,” 7:30 p.m. at Women & Children First, 5233 N. Clark.

FEB. 29

• John Donatich will discuss and sign “The Variations,” 6 p.m. at 57th Street Books, 1301 E. 57th St.

• Poetry Reading by the AWP Women’s Caucus, featuring Kathryn Kysar, Patricia Smith, Martha Collins, Cynthia Hogue, Lois Roma-Deeley and Keli Stewart, 7:30 p.m. at Women & Children First, 5233 N. Clark.

MARCH 1

• Eleanor Henderson (“Ten Thousand Saints”), Hannah Pittard (“The Fates Will Find Their Way”) and Lysley Tenorio (“Monstress: Stories”) will read from and sign their works, 7 p.m. at Anderson’s Bookshop, 123 W. Jefferson Ave., Naperville.

• Denise Neu will discuss and sign “Chicago By the Pint: A Craft Beer History of the Windy City,” 7 p.m. at Beacon’s Pub, 101 Circle Ave., Forest Park.

• Claire Bidwell Smith wil discuss and sign “The Rules of Inheritance,” 7:30 p.m. at Women & Children First, 5233 N. Clark.

MARCH 2

• Editor Kathie Berguist and contributors David Trinidad, Achy Obejas, E. Patrick Johnson, Karen Lee Osborne, J. Adams Oaks and Deb R. Lewis will read from, discuss and sign “Windy City Queer: LGBTQ Dispatches From the Third Coast,” 6-8 p.m. at Film Row Cinema, 1104 S. Wabash.

• Patricia Henley (“Other Heartbreaks: Stories”) and Myfawny Collins (“Echolocations”) will discuss and sign their work, 7:30 p.m. at Women & Children First, 5233 N. Clark.

• Ten poets and fiction writers will read from their latest works, 8-10 p.m. at After-Words Books, 23 E. Illinois. Writers include: Dara Barnat, Greg Brown, Jennine Capo Crucet, Reese Okyong Kwon, Jane Lin, Peter Mountford, Roger Reeves, Giuseppe Taurino, Ross White and Alexi Zentner.

MARCH 3

• Jonathan Evison will discuss and sign “West of Here,” 6 p.m. at Barbara’s Bookstore, 2651 Navy Blvd., Glen Town Center, Glenview.

• Literary Rock and Roll, featuring authors Audrey Niffenegger, Irvine Welsh and Aleksandar Hemon with blues guitarist Ronnie Baker Brooks, 8:30 p.m. at Hilton Chicago, 20 S. Michigan, International Ballroom North & South.

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