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Aren't you glad you know how to read? Chicagoist sure is glad you do; otherwise, we'd totally miss your sunny dispositions. Tomorrow is your chance to support some fine folks promoting the literacy that so many of us take for granted and see Wendy McClure, one of our favorite Chicago writers. The funny and inimitable Wendy will be at 57th Street Books tomorrow for a reading to benefit Literacy Works, a nonprofit organization that promotes...

Remember when the readworthiness of a book was judged by the number and quality of pictures it contained? Up until first grade: the more illustrations, the more colorful, the better. In second and third grade, chapter books with colorful covers and line art inside were the coolest. By fourth grade, anything with pictures was FOR BABIES, though we still enjoyed the occasional Where the Wild Things Are, or, when the season was right, The Polar...

We couldn’t help but raise our eyebrows when we heard about the event tonight at Darkroom (2210 W. Chicago) celebrating the 50th anniversary printing of Vladmir Nabokov’s Lolita, but we suspect that’s just what the organizers were going for when they thought up “Coming of Age: Lolita at 50.” SAIC professor and novelist Carol Anshaw and free speech advocate Burton Joseph will be on hand to discuss Nabokov’s controversial novel and a cool Goose Island brew will set you back a lean 3 bucks. What’s turning around in our brains, though, is the costume contest: show up in your most creative interpretation of Lolita (with “extra points for avoiding the schoolgirl cliché”) and compete for—what, we’re not sure. Hopefully not a creepy old man’s attentions.

The Chicago Public Library yesterday announced the 9th selection for One Book, One Chicago: Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. We admit to feeling a thrill when we heard the news--an excuse not only to reread Pride and Prejudice, but to watch the positively dreamy Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy in the epic A&E movie adaptation. And again in Bridget Jones's Diary. Swoon.

When Chicagoist first heard about the Picador 10th anniversary event occurring next Thursday evening at the Harold Washington Library, we were excited. Okay, we first had to google Picador to find out that they're the paperback imprint of Farrar, Straus and Giroux (and Henry Holt and St. Martin's). And who are FSG? Publishers of some sweet, sweet books, that's who. We hope to pass our excitement on to you, dear readers, with a little...

Frequent are the days, especially in summer, when Chicagoist finds ourselves struggling to make a decision between two or more fabulous things to do. Of course, we're usually deciding between work and sleep, but tomorrow night is something special. We know what we're doing, mainly because our roommate has never in her 24 years seen Star Wars, but we also really wish we could go to the Bookslut Reading Series at the Hopleaf. It's the second of a monthly series put together by the fine folks at Bookslut--we heard the first was awesome, and tomorrow's reading promises to be swell as well. And entirely free of light sabers! (We assume.)

Yowsas. Show of hands, anybody ever imagine publishing a novel that's been written in the span of only 3 days? Considering our difficulty in imagining writing a publishable novel, like, ever (though, y'know, who knows?), the prospect is terrifying. But that's just what Meghan Austin and Shannon Mullally did with their recently published novel Love Block, and they'll be sharing the craziness tonight at Quimby's.