After the birth of her first child Eula, Molly Caro May experienced several health issues including pelvic floor dysfunction, incontinence, and hormonal imbalance.
Join us as we celebrate the launch of Apocalypse, Darling by Barrie Jean Borich. For this event, Barrie will be joined by local authors all reading on the theme of "apocalypse":
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Local authors Samira Ahmed and Gloria Chao will be discussing their debut novels, Love, Hate & Other Filters (Ahmed) and American Panda (Chao).
Novelist Tayari Jones (Silver Sparrow, An American Marriage) calls Amanda Kabak “a writer to watch,” whose debut novel is “smart, funny, and heartfelt.” The Mathematics of Change features three women-identified characters at midl
Please join us for a joint author reading for partners Dale Boyer, who will launch his new short-story collection, Thornton Stories, and novelist Scot T.
Chicago literary icon Nelson Algren was friends with feminist powerhouses like Simone de Beauvoir and Betty Friedan yet is notorious for his often sexist behavior and attitudes.
As a life coach and writer, Andrea Owen has developed a no-nonsense approach to breaking mental habits that, while perfectly normal, can make us miserable when we take them to the extreme.
Come celebrate the release of the new chapbook, Reasons for Smoking, by poet (and Women & Children First bookseller) Xandria Phillips.
Many people know Vivian Maier as the reclusive Chicago nanny who wandered the city for decades, constantly snapping photographs, which were unseen until they were discovered in a seemingly abandoned storage locker.
The Christmas Truck, Sit Stay Read, and Women & Children First will be once again hosting a very special Wishing Tree this year, beginning Dec.
Join us for Women Your Mother Warned You About: Resistance & Resilience, an explosive evening featuring the best trans women and AMAB non-binary writers in the country.
Join us as we welcome Bill Ayers and Crystal Laura to celebrate the launch of their new book, You Can't Fire the Bad Ones: And 18 Other Myths about Teachers, Teachers Unions, and Public Education.
It's been quite the year. Come and celebrate or kick it to the curb with a Sappho's Salon open mic, now on a Monday!
Join us for an all-ages story time with the author in celebration of this timely picture book. In Lost and Found Cat, an Iraqi family is forced to flee their home, secretly bringing their beloved cat, Kunkush, along with them to Greece.
