Literary listings
NOV. 1
• Damski X 4 Release Party, featuring readings from Jon-Henri Damski’s work and the presentation of an award in Damski’s name to an outstanding member of Chicago’s LGBTQ community, 4 p.m. at Gerber/Hart Library, 1127 W. Granville.
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Chicago native Adam Langer will sign copies of My Father’s Bonus March at:
* 7 p.m. Nov. 4 at The Book Stall at Chestnut Court, 811 Elm St., Winnetka.
* 6 p.m. Nov. 5 in the Cindy Pritzker Auditorium at the Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State.
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NOV. 2
• Ed Tracy interviews Archie Brown about his career and new book, The Rise and Fall of Communism, 6 p.m. at the Pritzker Military Library, 610 N. Fairbanks Court.
• Dominic Pacyga signs Chicago: A Biography, 7 p.m. at Borders, 1500 16th St., Oak Brook.
• Liam Ford signs Soldier Field: A Stadium and its City, 12:30 p.m. at Borders, 150 N. State.
• Bill Simmons signs The Book of Basketball, 7 p.m. at Borders, 1500 16th St., Oak Brook.
NOV. 3
• Amber Tamblyn signs Bang Ditto, 7 p.m. at Borders, 2817 N. Clark.
• John Connolly signs The Gates, 7 p.m. at Centuries & Sleuths, 7419 W. Madison St., Forest Park.
• Dominic Pacyga signs Chicago: A Biography, 7 p.m. at Borders, 2210 W. 95th St.
• Frank Shamrock signs Mixed Martial Arts for Dummies, 7 p.m. at Borders, 1540 Golf Rd., Schaumburg.
• Wade Rouse signs At Least in the City Someone Would Hear Me Scream, 6 p.m. in the Cindy Pritzker Auditorium at the Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State.
NOV. 4
• Adam Langer signs My Father’s Bonus March, 7 p.m. at The Book Stall at Chestnut Court, 811 Elm St., Winnetka.
• Dominic Pacyga signs Chicago: A Biography, 12:30 p.m. at Borders, 150 N. State.
• Robert Rave signs Spin, 7 p.m. at Borders, 2817 N. Clark.
• John Connolly signs The Gates, 7 p.m. at Borders, 6103 N. Lincoln.
• Patricia Polacco signs January’s Sparrow, 3:30 p.m. at the Book Stall at Chestnut Court, 811 Elm St., Winnetka.
• Susie Essman in conversation with Bill Zehme, about Essman’s What Would Susie Say?, 6 p.m. in the Cindy Pritzker Auditorium at the Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State.
• Michael Greenberg signs Beg, Borrow, Steal, 7:30 p.m. at Barbara’s Bookstore at UIC, 1218 S. Halsted.
NOV. 5
• “A Conversation with the Critics: Imagining the Future of the City,” featuring Jonathan Glancey (The Guardian), Paul Goldberger (The New Yorker), Sarah Williams Goldhagen (The New Republic), and Blair Kamin (Chicago Tribune), 5:30 p.m. at Murphy Auditorium, 50 E. Erie. Admission: $15-$30. Information: www.architecture.org.
• Adam Langer discusses and signs My Father’s Bonus March, 6 p.m. in the Cindy Pritzker Auditorium at the Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State.
• Teresa Svoboda (Weapons Girl; Trailer Stories), Maureen Seaton (Cave of the Yellow Volkswagen) and Gina Frangello (My Sister’s Continent) will sign copies of their latest books, 7:30 p.m. at Women & Children First, 5233 N. Clark.
• Justine Larbalestier signs Liar, 7 p.m. at Barnes & Noble, 55 Old Orchard Center, Skokie.
• Tim Egan signs The Big Burn, 7 p.m. at Borders, 1500 16th St., Oak Brook.
NOV. 6
• Margaret Atwood presents a dramatic reading with music from her new novel, The Year of the Flood, 7:30 p.m. at DePaul’s Merle Reskin Theatre, 60 E. Balbo. Book signing follows. Tickets are $20. Information: (312) 922-1999.
• Jim Kokoris signs The Pursuit of Other Interests, 7 p.m. at Borders, 1 N. LaGrange Rd., LaGrange.
• Juliette Miranda signs Morning Neurosis, 6 p.m. at Barnes & Noble, 590 E. Golf Rd., Schaumburg.
NOV. 7
• Lorrie Moore signs A Gate at the Stairs, 10:30 a.m. at the Harold Washington Library, 400 S. State.
• Kate Jacobs signs Knit the Season, 7 p.m. at Borders, 1500 16th St., Oak Brook.
• Robert Schultz signs We Were Pirates: A Torpedoman’s Pacific War (10 a.m.) and Stephen L. Moore signs Presumed Lost: The Incredible Ordeal of America’s Submarine POWs during the Pacific War (noon), at the Pritzker Military Library, 610 N. Fairbanks Court.
NOV. 9
• Dominic Pacyga signs Chicago: A Biography, 7 p.m. at Borders, 1500 16th St., Oak Brook.
NOV. 10
• Michael J. Collins signs Blue Collar, Blue Scrubs: The Making of a Surgeon, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at Books and Brunch at the Abbington, 3S002 Illinois Route 53, Glen Ellyn.
• Authors Eric Lasher and Sam Roche (Plans of Chicago), Janice Metzger (What Would Jane Say?) and Donald Whitfield (Great Books Foundation) will discuss Danield Burnham’s Plan of Chicago, 7 p.m. at the Cliff Dweller’s Club, 200 S. Michigan, 22nd Floor.
• Tony Romano signs If You Eat, You Never Die: Chicago Tales, 6:30 p.m. at the Chicago Public Library Roosevelt Branch, 1101 W. Taylor.
• David Schmahmann signs Nibble & Kuhn, 7 p.m. at the Book Stall at Chestnut Court, 811 Elm St., Winnetka.
• Joy Harjo signs For a Girl Becoming, 7:30 p.m. at Women & Children First, 5233 N. Clark.
NOV. 11
• Artist Jay Ryan signs Animals and Objects In and Out of Water, 7 p.m. at Quimby’s Bookstore, 1854 W. North.
• Terry Galloway signs Mean Little deaf Queer, 7:30 p.m. at Women & Children First, 5233 N. Clark.
NOV. 12
• Mary Beth Sammons signs Living Life as a Thank You: The Transformative Power of Daily Gratitude, 7:30 p.m. at Women & Children First, 5233 N. Clark.
• Lowell B. Komie will read from and sign copies of The American Bookstore of Paris, 7 p.m. at the Northbook Library, 1201 Cedar Lane, Northbrook.
• Prose, Poetry and Pints at the Pug, a queer-focused, straight-friendly open mic reading hosted by Craig Rathwell and Drew Ferguson. Sign-up begins at 7:30 p.m., readings at 8 p.m. at the WIld Pug, 4810 N. Broadway.
NOV. 13
• Beryl Satter signs Family Properties, 7:30 p.m. at Women & Children First, 5233 N. Clark.
NOV. 14
• Rachel Gies (A Foxy Tale), Tim Hall (How America Died) and Gene McCormick (Tanya, Queen of the Greasy Spoon) will sign their books in a fund-raising event, 3-5:30 p.m. at Lin’s Garden Chinese Restaurant, 2400 E. Main St., St. Charles.
• Carlyn Berghoff signs The Berghoff Cafe Cookbook, 2 p.m. at Borders, 1500 16th St., Oak Brook.