The Outdoor Café in Chicago, Illinois, is pleased to present Poetry Night featuring Valerie Wallace, on Saturday, August 17, 2018, 7 p.m. An open mic hosted by Jenene Ravesloot and Tom Roby IV will follow.
Valerie will be reading from her debut poetry collection House of McQueen (2018), which was chosen by Vievee Francis for the 2016 Four Way Books Intro Prize, and the chapbook The Dictators’ Guide to Good Housekeeping. She is the recipient of an Illinois Arts Council Literary Award and the San Miguel Writers’ Conference Poetry Award.
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