The great thing about all these service industry jobs is it’s a great place to observe people. That’s what all my art and my writing is made of. I’m not making any of this shit up; I don’t have to. All I have to do is find a place to watch and listen.

Dmitry Samarov discusses his new book Where To? at Chicagoist. We’ll be hosting Samarov, Megan Stielstra, Erika Wurth, D. Foy, and Jason Diamond tonight at Housing Works for a night of works about the Midwest. 

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