Past Events Gallery
 To listen to my interview on "Late Night with Rick Kogan" WGN Radio -- 720AM, click here |  Emcee Eric Charles May (author of BEDROCK FAITH) interviewed me at the Hey, Liberal! launch party. Drawing by Sunshine Benbelkacemragraph |  And here I am with Eric May in the flesh. Think the cartoon is a good likeness? |
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 Book launch for Hey, Liberal! at the Greenhouse Theatre, Chicago |  Launch party cake! |  Reading and Q&A at Barnes & Noble, Oak Brook Center, IL |
 The Chicago Novel: A Sense of Place with Gina Francello and Gint Aras, moderated by Toni Neale at Book Expo 2016 |  Reading with Christine Maul Rice (author of SWARM THEORY, a novel in stories) at The Book Stall, Winnetka, IL |  On Virginity in Fiction and in Life, with author Christine Sneed at 57th Street Books, Hyde Park, Chicago |
 Interview with Charles Johnson as part of the Columbia College Creative Writing Series |  Author Afternoon Literary Event at the Beverly Arts Center with Penny Bigelow Golden |  The Chicago Review Press booth at the Book Expo 2016 |
 Click here for my radio interview with co-host Nicole Nelson in Writers on Writing on KUCI 88.9 FM. In the second half, Barbara DeMarco-Barrett talks to Jim Fusilli, editor of, and contributor to Crime Plus Music. |  Columbia College Chicago Friends of the Library Winter 2017 Signature Showcase |  Chicago Writers Association event: Path to Published. A panelist of five authors share their journey to their traditionally published and self-published books. |
 Life into Fiction, a brief generative workshop and manuscript consultations at the Shake Rag Alley Writers Retreat: 'Mining The Story. |  Special guest at the Chicago Writers Association and the Illinois Woman’s Press Association 5th Annual Summer Social |  Fiction Panel - Let's Pick Their Brains, with Katrina Kittle, Kelly Harms, & moderator Randy Richardson at the Let’s Just Write! An Uncommon Writers Conference |
 Fiction Panel - Let's Pick Their Brains, with Katrina Kittle, Kelly Harms, & moderator Randy Richardson at the Let’s Just Write! An Uncommon Writers Conference |  My presentation: The Intersection of Life and Fiction at the Let’s Just Write! An Uncommon Writers Conference |  Fiction Panel - Let's Pick Their Brains, with Katrina Kittle, Kelly Harms, & moderator Randy Richardson at the Let’s Just Write! An Uncommon Writers Conference |
 Western Springs Illinois Book Club |  Featured reader at the Tamale Hut Cafe Reading Series |  Moderating a panel on Memoirs and Personal Essays: the Art of Writing Your Story |
 Click here to listen to my radio interview at Playtime with Bill Turck and Kerri Kendall on 1550 WCGO Evanston, IL (it starts 33.35 mins in) |  Moderating this panel of dedicated publishers: Emily Victorson (Allium Press), Rick Kaempfer, (Eckhartz Press), Jerry Brennan (Tortoise Books), and Dennis Foley (Side Street Press) |  Board of Directors, Chicago Writers Association |
 The Write On Hypertext Magazine Reading and Fundraiser to celebrate 10 years of fiction, essays, poetry & visual art. |  Galena Lit Fest 2020 |  Dreams in Fiction workshop at the Galena LitFest 2020. Thanks to Galena Public Library for the image. |
 Reading a dream piece, titled Birth, at the tribute event for Shawn's father at the Greenhouse Theatre, Chicago. Thanks to Samantha Hoffman for the photo. |  Shawn moderated the Networking for Writers panel for the Chicago Writers Association. Panelists: Patricia Ann McNair, Randy Richardson, Tina Jenkins Bell & Sandra Jackson-Opoku |  Zoom Reading of Hey, Liberal!, and conversation with The Village Chicago |