Sunday, March 20, 2022
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Hopleaf
5148 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60640
Please join us on Sunday, March 20th at Hopleaf in Chicago with readings about Joy to support Preterm, a non-profit abortion clinic in Ohio.
This event is free, but we encourage donations to Preterm
Readings by: Jessamine Chan, Julia Fine, Ananda Lima, Emily Maloney, and Toya Wolfe
Hosted by: Julia Fine
JOIN US ON MARCH 20TH
We aren’t charging for this event, but we encourage attendees to consider making a contribution Preterm.
Preterm is a non-profit abortion clinic in Cleveland, OH. Preterm's mission is to advance reproductive health and justice by providing safe, respectful, and accessible abortion and sexual healthcare.
Abortion is essential to bodily autonomy and gender equity for all people. Providing abortions is a deeply caring and revolutionary act that is part of dismantling oppression and stigma. These are the values that guide Preterm’s commitment to abortion care. Preterm is Ohio's only independent, non-profit abortion clinic.
Meet the Readers
Jessamine Chan’s short stories have appeared in Tin House and Epoch. A former reviews editor at Publishers Weekly, she holds an MFA from Columbia University. Her first novel, The School for Good Mothers, is a New York Times bestseller and a Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club pick. She lives in Chicago with her husband and daughter.
Julia Fine is the author of The Upstairs House, winner of the Chicago Review of Books Award for Fiction, and What Should Be Wild, which was shortlisted for the Bram Stoker Superior First Novel Award. She teaches writing in Chicago, where she lives with her husband and children.
Ananda Lima
Emily Maloney is the author of COST OF LIVING (Henry Holt, 2022). Her work has appeared in Glamour, Virginia Quarterly Review, Best American Essays, and the American Journal of Nursing, among others. In addition to her work as an ER tech, she has worked as a dog groomer, horse trainer, pastry chef, general contractor, tile setter, and catalog model and sold her ceramics at art fairs. She lives in Evanston.
Toya Wolfe grew up in the now-demolished Robert Taylor Homes on Chicago’s South Side. She earned an MFA in Creative Writing at Columbia College Chicago. Her debut novel, Last Summer on State Street is out on June 14th.