Celebrate Pride Month this June with a celebration of legendary pulp fiction author Valerie Taylor on this 3-mile, point-to-point running tour in the Gold Coast/River North/Loop area! Taking inspiration from Taylor’s novel The Girls in 3-B, Read & Run Chicago guide Quinn Sluzenski will stop at real-life queer hangouts from Chicago history and discuss characters from The Girls in 3-B! We’ll end with a discussion in the grounds of the Art Institute of Chicago. All attendees will receive a mini-zine with a self-guided version of this running tour.
About The Girls in 3-B: Iconic lesbian pulp author Valerie Taylor presents the story of three small-town Midwestern girls–Annice, Pat, and Barby–as they move to 1950s Chicago to seek work, love, and independence. A subversive exploration of relationship and workplace dynamics, The Girls in 3-B offers a perspective grounded in the limitations of 1959 but searching for a bolder portrayal of women and sexuality.