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What would you do if you knew the month of your death?  How would you survive that month every year?  How would you take advantage of your eleven months of immortality?

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About the Author

M.C. Rydel lives in his native city of Chicago, worked for years as a Dean for the Hadley Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired, and now teaches literature and creative writing at Loyola University Chicago. M.C. has published poems in a variety of journals and performed them at such iconic venues as Heirloom Books, Wicker Mic, the Elevator Sessions, In One Ear at the Heartland Café, and Flatts & Sharpe Music Company in Chicago, the Parkside Lounge in New York City, and Café Cavé in Paris.

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Chicago Artisan Market – Live Poetry Event

Celebrate Bastille Day at the Chicago Artisan Market in the Fulton Market District!

Find me there as a part of the Poems While You Wait Collective!

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Book Signing and Poetry Readings

Featuring: M.C. Rydel & Aaron Baker & Heather McClellan When? 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm– Readings Begin at 2:15 pm Where? The Book Stall811 Elm

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Open Mic Poetry Readings in Paris

When? 8:45 pm – Midnight Where? Café Cavé134 rue Marcadet 75018Métro Lamarck Caulaincourt (line 12)Paris, France

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