Amy Danzer

Director of Programming, Printers Row Lit Fest | Board President, Chicago Literary Hall of Fame | Editorial Project Manager, Newcity

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Get ready for the 41st Annual Printers Row Lit Fest, the Midwest’s largest outdoor literary celebration (and it’s FREE)!

Sat., Sept. 12 & Sun., Sep. 13
10 AM - 6 PM

Chicago IL - South Dearborn Street, from Ida B. Wells to Polk Street, in the heart of historic Printers Row.

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Tomorrow night!
Free and open to all, but registration is required:
https://t.co/lMwvkJ3vSm

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Thursdat night — see you there!
Details: https://t.co/n7FWbOz1Nr

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Saturday afternoon’s music-filled celebration of the new book THE PLAN OF CHICAGO: A CITY IN STORIES by Nelson Algren Award-winner Barry Pearce, published by Cornerstone Press. Huge congrats, Barry! So excited to dig in!

Book details: https://t.co/Qbty4a2C2V

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Every year, CSPAN’s Book TV records a number of programs at Printers Row Lit Fest. You can now view this year’s recorded programs here, along with programs from previous years: https://t.co/lPXJsdnlz7

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Next Tue. (11/11), in celebration of Mark Turcotte's appointment as the Illinois Poet Laureate (!!!), DePaul University's English Department is hosting a special reading. Free and open to the public. Stop through!

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TODAY: 6PM-8PM
Chicago's 11th Annual ARTS IN THE DARK PARADE

Parade will move south down N. State from W. Randolph to W. Van Buren

Anyone interested in joining the Poets and Writers Guild, show up at 4pm on W. Wacker between Dearborn and State

https://t.co/p1cQR1Dm7U

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SAT., 10/18 is the 11th annual ARTS IN THE DARK PARADE, a rare and wonderful opportunity for kindred spirits to bring creative energy to downtown Chicago and participate in playful solidarity.

For details and to sign up: https://t.co/vYaoaCc3KJ

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It's Banned Books Week (10/5-11, 2025)
Join the fight against censorship by celebrating the right to read.
For information about Chicago area events this week, visit: https://t.co/8RFLdAm29U

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10/20 at the @blackensemble, the @ChicagoLitHoF will present Jackie Taylor - author of more than 100 plays and musical bios, thousands of poems, a screenplay, & two books - w/this year’s Fuller Award for her lifetime achievements.

https://t.co/Chl7x0htij

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Flashback Friday to that gorgeous weekend earlier in the month when several city streets in Chicago's Printers Row neighborhood were transformed into a booklover's paradise.

Photos: Don Seeley
@PrintersRowFest

#2025printersrowlitfest #PrintersRowLitFest2025 #litfest

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Thur., 10/2 at 18th Street Casa de Cultura, the @ChicagoLitHoF presents Nuestros Corazones Literarios (Our Literary Hearts).

Free and open to the public.

For details and to RSVP: https://t.co/UD7FWgP3sy

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View from 18th Street
(Chicago)

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This year's Harold Washington Literary Award-winner Sandra Cisneros with Booklist’s Editor in Chief Donna Seaman ❤️🎉

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Mayor Brandon Johnson just proclaimed today SANDRA CISNEROS DAY and September LITERARY MONTH IN CHICAGO. 🎉❤️🙌📚

Join us Saturday at Printers Row Lit Fest where Sandra will headline, kicking off a full weekend of rich & diverse literary programming. FREE & Open to the public.

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It's the 40th anniversary of Printers Row Lit Fest and Newcity published a gorgeous "oral history" - a collective mosaic of stories about Lit Fest. Read here: https://t.co/3OZuxU2WES
And join us this weekend: 10am-6pm on Sat., 9/6 & Sun., 9/7

#2025printersrowlitfest #newcity

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In case you missed my chat with voice of Chicago Rick Kogan, you can listen to it here: https://t.co/jBov74eMq8
(And if you listen close enough, you'll hear our dog Tino's debut on radio.)

After Hours with Rick Kogan | WGN Radio
#2025printersrowlitfest #PrintersRowLitFest2025

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Will be talkin' Printers Row Lit Fest w/Rick Kogan on After Hours with Rick Kogan tonight (Sun., 8/31) around 6:30pm. Tune in! https://t.co/pKD6oTT1bR
#2025printersrowlitfest @PrintersRowFest @rickkogan @WGNRadio

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The ARTS IN THE DARK PARADE’s poets and writers guild is calling all poets, writers, and bibliophiles at large to get involved in this year’s parade – whether it's sharing ideas, helping us get organized, participating in the parade, or promoting it. https://t.co/ecZgvNOCUl

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We’re thrilled to have a powerful lineup for the 40th Annual Printers Row Lit Fest. We have 7 Pulitzer Prize-winners in the mix! For details: https://t.co/GgjcM82pRc

Sat., 9/6 & Sun., 9/7
10am-6pm