Author events

from the University of Chicago Press

 

June

Through September 6, 2010 Stanley Greenberg at the Art Institute of Chicago 111 South Michigan Avenue Chicago, Illinois, 60603-6404 312.443.3600 An exhibition of photographs from Stanley Greenberg's Architecture under Construction will be on display in the Modern Wing's Kurokawa Gallery. For more information, please contact Kristi McGuire at 773.702.2548.

 

June 5, 2010, 1:30 pm Roy L. Prosterman at The UnCommon Core Alumni Weekend Kent Chemical Laboratory 1020 East 58th Street Chicago, IL 60637 800.955.0065 Roy L. Prosterman, co-editor of One Billion Rising: Law, Land and the Alleviation of Global Poverty, will participate in an Alumni Awards Panel Discussion. For more information, please contact Micah Fehrenbacher at 773.702.7717.

 

June 7, 2010, 7:00 pm Robert K. Elder at Bluestockings Books 172 Allen Street New York, NY 212.777.6028 Robert K. Elder, author of Last Words of the Executed, will read. For more information, please contact Levi Stahl at 773.702.0289.

 

June 08, 2010, 7:00 pm Atsuro Riley at the Hammer Gallery 10899 Wilshire Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90024 310.443.7000 Atsuro Riley, author of Romey's Order, will read. For more information, please contact Stephanie Hlywak at 773.702.0376.

 

June 12, 2010, 1:30 pm Reginald Gibbons at the Printers Row Lit Fest Arts & Poetry Stage on Dearborn Street between Harrison and Polk Chicago, IL 60605-1532 Reginald Gibbons, author of Slow Trains Overhead: Chicago Poems and Stories, will read. For more information, please contact Lindsay Dawson at 773.702.0890.

 

June 12, 2010, 4:00 pm Robert Elder at the Printers Row Lit Fest Digitally/Room Lit II on Dearborn Street between Harrison and Polk Chicago, IL 60605-1532 Robert Elder, author of Last Words of the Executed, in conversation with Adam Cohen. For more information, please contact Levi Stahl at 773.702.0289.

 

June 13, 2010, 1:00 pm Jack Fuller at the Printers Row Lit Fest Digitally Lit Room II on Dearborn Street between Harrison and Polk Chicago, IL 60605-1532 Jack Fuller, author of What Is Happening to News: The Information Explosion and the Crisis in Journalism, in conversation with Owen Youngman. For more information, please contact Levi Stahl at 773.702.0289.

 

June 13, 2010, 1:30 pm Liam Ford and Dominic Pacyga at the Printers Row Lit Fest Digitally Lit Room I on Dearborn Street between Harrison and Polk Chicago, IL 60605-1532 Liam Ford, author of Soldier Field: A Stadium and Its City and Dominic Pacyga, author of Chicago: A Biography will participate in a roundtable discussion titled "Land of Lincoln," moderated by James Grossman, co-editor of The Encyclopedia of Chicago. For more information, please contact Levi Stahl at 773.702.0289.

 

June 13, 2010, 3:00 pm Martin Preib at the Printers Row Lit Fest Digitally Lit Room II on Dearborn Street between Harrison and Polk Chicago, IL 60605-1532 Martin Preib, author of The Wagon and Other Stories from the City, in conversation with Billy Lombardo. For more information, please contact Levi Stahl at 773.702.0289.

 

June 19, 2010, 2:00 pm Carol Fisher Saller and Mary Laur at The Wisconsin Festival of Books UW-Waukesha Campus 1500 North University Drive Waukesha, WI 53188 Carol, author of The Subversive Copy Editor, and Mary, senior project editor for reference books at the Press, will present a panel called “Fatal Attraction: The Author-Editor Relationship.” For more information, please contact Lindsay Dawson at 773.702.0890.

 

June 23, 2010, 7:00 pm Robert K. Elder at the Oak Park Public Library 834 Lake Street Oak Park, IL 708.383.8200 Robert K. Elder, author of Last Words of the Executed, will participate in a reading and film excerpt with Steve James, director of "Hoop Dreams" and "At the Death House Door." For more information, please contact Levi Stahl at 773.702.0289.

 

June 24, 2010, 7:00 pm Stanley Greenberg at Barnes and Noble, 86th & Lexington Ave. 150 East 86th Street New York, NY, 10028 212.369.2180 Stanley Greenberg, author of Architecture under Construction will speak. For more information, please contact Kristi McGuire at 773.702.2548.

 

June 24, 2010, 7:00 pm Robert K. Elder at Quimby's Bookstore 1854 W. North Ave. Chicago, IL 60622 773.342.0910 Robert K. Elder, author of Last Words of the Executed, will read. For more information, please contact Levi Stahl at 773.702.0289.

 

June 28, 2010, 8:00 pm Robert Pinsky at the New York State Summer Writers Institute Palamountain Hall: Gannett Auditorium Skidmore College Campus Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 518.580.5593 Robert Pinsky, author of Thousands of Broadways: Dreams and Nightmares of the American Small Town, will read. For more information, please contact Stephanie Hlywak at 773.702.0376.

 

July

Through September 6, 2010 Stanley Greenberg at the Art Institute of Chicago 111 South Michigan Avenue Chicago, Illinois, 60603-6404 312.443.3600 An exhibition of photographs from Stanley Greenberg's Architecture under Construction will be on display in the Modern Wing's Kurokawa Gallery. For more information, please contact Kristi McGuire at 773.702.2548.

 

July 8, 2010, 7:00 pm Robert K. Elder at Boswell Book Company 2559 N. Downer Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53211 414.332.1181 Robert K. Elder, author of Last Words of the Executed, will read. For more information, please contact Levi Stahl at 773.702.0289.

 

July 20, 2010, 8:00 pm Peg Boyers at the New York State Summer Writers Institute Palamountain Hall: Davis Auditorium Skidmore College Campus Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 518.580.5593 Peg Boyers, author of Honey with Tobacco, will read. For more information, please contact Stephanie Hlywak at 773.702.0376.

 

July 22, 2010, 8:00 pm Mary Kinzie at the New York State Summer Writers Institute Palamountain Hall: Davis Auditorium Skidmore College Campus Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 518.580.5593 Mary Kinzie, author of A Poet's Guide to Poetry, will read. For more information, please contact Stephanie Hlywak at 773.702.0376.

 

July 23, 2010, 8:00 pm Lloyd Schwartz at the New York State Summer Writers Institute Palamountain Hall: Davis Auditorium Skidmore College Campus Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 518.580.5593 Lloyd Schwartz, author of Cairo Traffic, will read. For more information, please contact Stephanie Hlywak at 773.702.0376.

 

August

Through September 6, 2010 Stanley Greenberg at the Art Institute of Chicago 111 South Michigan Avenue Chicago, Illinois, 60603-6404 312.443.3600 An exhibition of photographs from Stanley Greenberg's Architecture under Construction will be on display in the Modern Wing's Kurokawa Gallery. For more information, please contact Kristi McGuire at 773.702.2548.

 

August 03, 2010, 11:00 am Michael Forsberg at the G2 gallery 1503 Abbot Kinney Blvd. Venice, CA 90291 310.452.2842 Michael Forsberg exhibits photographs from his book Great Plains: America's Lingering Wild. For more information, please contact Mark Heineke at 773.702.3714.

 

August 13, 2010, 7:00 pm Robert K. Elder at Centuries & Sleuths Bookstore 7419 W. Madison St. Forest Park, IL 60130 708.771.7243 Robert K. Elder, author of Last Words of the Executed, will read. For more information, please contact Levi Stahl at 773.702.0289.

 

September

Through September 6, 2010 Stanley Greenberg at the Art Institute of Chicago 111 South Michigan Avenue Chicago, Illinois, 60603-6404 312.443.3600 An exhibition of photographs from Stanley Greenberg's Architecture under Construction will be on display in the Modern Wing's Kurokawa Gallery. For more information, please contact Kristi McGuire at 773.702.2548.