Event

Milwaukee Avenue Messenger Summer Issue Launch Party

Jun 96:00 PMFree

Free

About this event

6pm doors / 6:30 readings / 9pm jazz / no cover Matt McCarthy is the founder, editor, and publisher of the Milwaukee Avenue Messenger and the author of the rock 'n' roll novel Livestock! (highfalutin media). Matt lives in Avondale, Chicago, with his wife and their two cats. Eder I. Aguilar is from and now teaches in Logan Square/Avondale. His family has called the neighborhood home since 1977. He was recently published in the Chicago Tribune. Chicago has his heart. Follow him at @youngederwrites on IG. Z.D. Jones is a writer and poet studying at the University of Chicago. They are originally from Des Plaines, Illinois. Their work has appeared in Cult. Magazine and is forthcoming in Michigan City Review of Books, Noise Magazine, and LABYRINTHINE. Phoebe Nerem is a creative writer and visual artist torn between beauty and terror. Their work explores queerness, feeling crazy, and having a romantic fascination with fire. After miraculously earning their Bachelor's from DePaul University, their artistic and written work has been featured in various publications, including Get Back To Print's 'Luminous Beings Are We' and Sabr Tooth Tiger Magazine's debut issue.

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