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Creative Nonfiction Week, 2012

Creative Nonfiction Week, 2012

NOVEMBER 5-8 

Unless otherwise noted, ALL EVENTS ARE HELD AT C101 (33 E. CONGRESS PARKWAY), and are free and open to the public.

Daily Schedule

MONDAY, November 5
3:30 PM Student/Faculty Reading

6:00 PM Reading & Conversation with author Kate Zambreno and essayist Colette Brooks.
Hosted by Jenny Boully
*Hokin Hall, 623 S. Wabash Ave.

TUESDAY, November 6
3:30 PM "Writing Down the Bones"
Get your hands dirty at this interactive event and make clay bones that will become part of the One Million Bones project.
Hosted by Ames Hawkins

6:30 PM Election Night Coverage that ROCKS!
With Steve Rhodes, John Schultz, Tom Burrell, and other guests; plus dramatizations of past election night speeches, poll results, and more.
Hosted by Jim DeRogatis

WEDNESDAY, November 7
3:30 PM Covering Politics panel discussion
Featuring Achy Obejas, David Bernstein, Stephen Franklin, and Salim Muwakkil
Hosted by Yolanda Joe

6:30 PM Reading & Conversation with Rachel Dewoskin
Hosted by Patricia Ann McNair

THURSDAY, November 8
3:30 PM South Loop Review: Creative Nonfiction + Art Publication Release & Reading

5:45 PM Reception

6:30 PM Reading & Conversation with Mary C. Curtis
Award-winning multimedia journalist Mary C. Curtis's work appears regularly in the Washington Post and elsewhere. The former New York Times reporter, based in North Carolina, will bring tales of campaigns past and present and ideas about covering politics fast and well.
Co-sponsored by the National Association of Black Journalists - Chicago Chapter