I've been looking forward to this ever since I attended last year. This year it's being help a week later--June 9th and 10th, between 10 am to 6pm. Printers Row is located around Dearborn and Polk. You can't miss it with all the people milling around the booths in the street.
Last year the weather was gorgeous. It was fun meandering around the book stalls. I didn't recognize any famous authors but I did get to hear Nikki Giovanni. She was amazing, so down to earth and revolutionary. She talked mostly about her latest children's book "Rosa Park" and even more extensively about Emmett Till. At the end she nearly cried talking about the memory of her mother that passed a year ago.
There is not much news yet about the speakers. I did note three literary superstars are supposed to be there--Gore Vidal, Walter Mosley and Joyce Carol Oates. I'm going to try and get tickets for either Vidal or Mosley.
The event is free. The books are bargains. The atmosphere is very civilized. If the weather cooperates, it should be a very enlightening, laid back, cultural thing.
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