Volumes Bookcafe, which opened for business early this year in Chicago, Ill., closed for the evening last Thursday to host a soiree for local authors and poets to meet each other, see the store, and get to know the staff.
Attendees included Rebecca Makkai, Renee Rosen, Gint Aras, Leslie Parry, Charles Finch, Roger Reeves, Maryse Meijer, Kelly McNeese, Keri Graff, Dana Kaye, Lori Rader Day, Melanie Benjamin and Sarah McCoy.