For the week October 14-21

This Sunday, on October 19th at 4 p.m., Allison Nichol will be reading from her wonderful debut novel Contents Under Pressure at the Gerber/Hart Library and Archives, 1127 W. Granville, in the lovely Edgewater neighborhood.

On Monday, October 20th poet Li-Young Lee10/20 6:30 will be reading at the SAIC Ballroom at 112 S. Michigan, courtesy of the School of the Art Institute and the Poetry Center of Chicago.

The 20th also marks the beginning of Creative Nonfiction Week at Columbia College Chicago which runs through the 25th. Highlights include readings by Johnathan Kozol, Julia Keller, & Phillip Lopate.  Details at the event website.

Also on Monday at 6pm, a free, hour-long author interview with Egyptian Alaa Al Aswany, the biggest-selling author in the Arabic language, will be conducted by Victoria Lautman about Al Aswany’s highly anticipated new book, Chicago: A Novel.  The interview will be taped for WFMT in the Cindy Pritzker Auditorium (Lower Level) at the Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State Street.

Finally, On Tuesday, October 21st, poet laureate Louise Gluck will read at 6pm, also at the Harold Washington Library. Read more about Gluck here.