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Criminal Class Press
West Coast Tour!
Join some of our writers as they brave the West, bringing our brand of lit to the masses.
Criminal Class Review, Chicago's hard luck literary magazine, seizes the west coast and takes no prisoners. Making rounds from San Quentin State Prison to Hollywood, their criminal class of authors will tell stories ranging from the grotesque to urban survival. Drugs, sex, and murder are no strangers to us.
Featuring:
Gene Gregorits (The Costa Rica Eight Mile, vol. 4.1)
Jeff Kerr (The Winner, vol. 4.1)
Johnny No Bueno (Faces of God, Gunshots in Dorchester, Vagabond, While You Were Cumming, Hanky vs. Jewels, vol. 4.1)
Bill Hillmann (Cyclone, vol. 4.1; Scrapper, vol. 3.2; And What of Abel, vol. 3.1)
Brian Murphy (Fred the Fed, vol. 3.1)
Ryan Mattern (Lively Sounds, Old Man, vol. 5.1)
Criminal Class review Volume 4 No.2
is now available at our online shop!
SF Station interview with Criminal Class Review Editor Kevin Whiteley
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Interview with Volume 4 No.2 Guest Editors Kent and Keith Zimmerman
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Volume 4 No.1 available April, 2011
Our most ambitious issue to date!
Criminal Class Review Volume 4-1 features the work of Johnny No Bueno, Razor, Scott Anderson, Jeff Kerr, James O'Brien, Bradley Kopp, Eric May, Gary Johnson, Laura LeHew, Bill Hillman, Sergio Ortiz, P.A. Levy, Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz, Curt Eriksen, Michael Disend, Julia Borcherts, Gint Aras, Fred Burkhart, Jeffrey MacLachlan, Rob Plath, Stephen D. Rogers, Sharon Coleman, Jim Goad, Raphael Miguel Montes, Libby Cudmore, Julian Cantella, Gene Gregorits, Ron D'Alena, Tom C. Popp, D.C. Porder, Leon West, and Mark Reep.
CHICAGO'S LITERARY OUTLAWS ARE BARING ALL:
Chicago's literary outlaws are baring all: Criminal Class Press launches their latest issue with a reading in conjunction with the Naked Girls Reading organization on Friday, February 26th at the Everleigh Social Club: 939 W. Randolph Chicago, IL 60607
Featured writers include Eric May, Tom Popp, Patricia Ann McNair, Geoff Hyatt, Bill Hillmann, Julia Borcherts, and Gint Aras.
The Literary Outlaws Hit the Road on an East Coast Tour!
A Five-City Reading Fest is Under way as Criminal Class Embarks October 14th for Their First Road Show.
Criminal Class's "Anti-Gala," showcased at Joone Studios, availed an unexpectedly large crowd as 50 or so guests arrived in anticipation. The writers performed with passion as people listened attentively to their tales of hard luck, sexual perversions, and psychotic schemes. Everyone dined and drank on a vast spread of food and alcohol while above them, a myriad of Criminal Class artwork hung along a wall of black and white - checkered trim which created a NOIR-like atmosphere. Jim Goad, their headliner, attracted several fans and friends, among them was controversial writer, Peter Sotos, who has been a prospective writer for the press. The gala was to raise funds for CCP's upcoming East Coast Tour in October. We wish all their Roadster writers and performers along the way the best of luck as Criminal Class Press is drawing the attention of mainstream literature, creating a larger following. Hats off to Criminal Class! We look forward to their next event!
The outlaws of literature are touring to give the east coast a taste of Chicago’s gritty working class writers. The tour will include readings and opportunities to meet the writers, as well as widening the audience of Criminal Class Review, Criminal Class Press’s literary magazine.
TOUR SHOWS:
October 16th - White River Junction, Vermont is where it kicks off, at Revolution Vintage (26 N. Main Street), the only boutique so distant from the social norms of t-shirts and sandals, that it could only be described as a revolution. Readers include Gint Aras, Bill Hillman, and Behnam Riahi.
October 19th - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is out next stop, at Brickbat Books(709 South Fourth St.), winner of Philadelphia
Magazines 2009 Best of Philly award. The show starts at 7:00 pm and readers include Lex Sonne, Sam Allingham, Bill Hillman, Michael McCarry, Behnam Riahi, and Gint Aras.
October 24th - New York, New York, the only place where Criminal Class Press could get more criminal, 5:00 pm we stop at Banjo Jim’s (700 E. 9th St, at avenue c), one of the few places in NYC where you can foster inspiration through music and the arts, seven nights a week, every week. Readers include Daniel C. Porder, Rob Plath, Andrew Riconda, James Lee, George Tabb, Bill Hillmann, Behnam Riahi, and Gint Aras. Musical performances by Painting Soldiers and the headlining band Uncle Monk.
Boston & Washington D.C. TBA.
Criminal Class Press Anti-Gala
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New Shirt Colors!
Visit our shoppe and pick up a Criminal Class Press Shirt in our stunning Black w/White logo, Gray or Red w/Black logo and for the dames we have a Hot Pink Grrrly-T w/Black logo!
Upcoming events
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What: Reading and Launch Party for the fourth issue of Criminal Class Review from Criminal Class Press! Get your copy of issue # 4, featuring stories by Jim Goad, Stephen Elliott, Bill Hillman, Brian Murphy and George Tabb. When: Criminal Activities commence at 7:30 pm on Sunday, February 28th Where: Weegee's Lounge 3659 W. Armitage Ave Rotten Readers include: Lorn McKay |
San Francisco:
Launch Party and reading at San Francisco's Evergold Gallery on Saturday March 13, 2010. Ever Gold Gallery is located at 441 O'Farrell San Francisco, CA.
