Barry Pearce with Nina McConigley: The Plan of Chicago
Nelson Algren Award winner Barry Pearce discusses his interconnected story collection set across Chicago neighborhoods with PEN Open Book Award winner Nina McConigley.
Date & Time at 6:00 PM MST
Location Tattered Cover Colfax Denver, US
Organizer Tattered Cover Book Store
Why we picked this
Two sharp literary voices in conversation — Pearce's interconnected stories map Chicago's divisions and dreams with the kind of specificity that makes a city feel like a character.
Barry Pearce’s story collection The Plan of Chicago moves across the city’s neighborhoods, tracing the invisible lines that divide and occasionally connect its residents. The stories explore heartbreaking division, unexpected intersections, and dim but possible dreams. Urban life rendered with care and precision.
Pearce, a Nelson Algren Award winner, will be in conversation with Nina McConigley, whose own work has earned the PEN Open Book Award. Two writers who understand place deeply, discussing how fiction can map the emotional geography of a city.