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Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch @elizabethniarchosneukirch.com · 7d

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 7d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Chicago Review of Books @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social · 7d

We are so thrilled to announce the shortlist for 2025 CHIRBys!!! Congratulations to all of our finalists 🥳🥳🥳

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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 19d

"We are at risk of losing one of our most precious freedoms: the freedom to write."

In a new op-ed in The Los Angeles Times, PEN America's Summer Lopez warns the assault on free speech in the United States has "entered an alarming new phase." Read more: www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

Quote by PEN America Interim Co-CEO Summer Lopez in the Los Angeles Times reads: "This is how authoritarianism works: You don't have to imprison every dissident; you don't have to sue every newspaper or publishing house. You just do enough of it so that everyone else censors themselves without having to be asked."

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Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch @elizabethniarchosneukirch.com · Jul 31

New book loading... 📖✨️ Beyond excited to be awarded a residency fellowship from @the-vcca.bsky.social to work on my second novel! I'm incredibly grateful for this opportunity and support--especially given the deeply personal origin of my new project. #VCCAFellows #writinglife #artistresidency

Overhead image of the barn studios and silos at Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Text says "Writer Going to VCCA!"

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 28d

Join the thronging (or so @storystudiochicago.bsky.social tells me) throngs who are thronging to sign up for this super-duper, IISSM, four-part copyediting celebration!

A Copy Editor’s Guide: Four Lessons on the Art, Craft, and Refinement of Prose, with Benjamin Dreyer - StoryStudio Chicago

Benjamin Dreyer, retired copy chief of Random House and the author of the New York Times bestseller Dreyer’s English, will unpack his capacious bag of tricks, previously secret advice, and all-round b...

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Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch @elizabethniarchosneukirch.com · 28d

Looking forward to reading this!

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Mark Rosati @msrosati.bsky.social · Aug 18

The 2025 volume of CLOCKHOUSE, a national literary journal, has just been published, & I'm honored it includes my short story "Otto and Edith." So grateful to the entire CLOCKHOUSE team! For more info and to order visit clockhouse.net. #writingcommunity #fightfascism #defenddemocracy

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Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch @elizabethniarchosneukirch.com · Aug 23

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Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch @elizabethniarchosneukirch.com · Aug 23

Fun morning with WGN TV talking about Chicago's Taste of Greektown festival and the National Hellenic Museum 🇬🇷✨️ Proud to rep this neighborhood and my Greek American heritage. More in my interview linked below!

Two women dance the Greek kalamatianos in the street with the Taste of Greektown fest tents set up around them. One is in a blue jean dress and the other is wearing a blue and white patterned dress with a white cardigan.

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · Aug 10

We will be publishing cultural criticism every day at The Rumpus. We hope to fill some of this egregious void being created by the mainstream media. Relaunch is in October but we are also publishing between now and then.

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Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch @elizabethniarchosneukirch.com · Aug 19

Congrats to friend @kp-writer.bsky.social on her debut novel! 🔥👟 #BellaBooks #romance

Bella Books @bellabooks.bsky.social · Jul 4

Love doesn't always arrive when you're ready. Sometimes, it kicks the door in.

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Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch @elizabethniarchosneukirch.com · Aug 10

Great interview on @wdcb909.bsky.social "The Arts Section" today with @rebeccamakkai.bsky.social about StoryBoard Festival Aug. 16-17, presented by @storystudiochicago.bsky.social
#writingcommunity 🖊✨️📚

Listen here:
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The Arts Section 08/10/25: Author Rebecca Makkai + Paramount Theater Forced to Make Changes — The Arts Section

On this edition of The Arts Section, host Gary Zidek catches up with award-winning author Rebecca Makkai to talk about a writers festival taking place in Chicago. The Dueling Critics, Kelly Kleiman an...

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StoryStudio Chicago @storystudiochicago.bsky.social · Jul 30

Our Authors in Conversation event is coming up soon -- August 13! This free event at Sulzer Library features our five StoryBoard Conference & Festival instructors and our Artistic Director Rebecca Makkai.

RSVP for your spot now: buff.ly/FwVOOEt

#chicago

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Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch @elizabethniarchosneukirch.com · Jul 31

New book loading... 📖✨️ Beyond excited to be awarded a residency fellowship from @the-vcca.bsky.social to work on my second novel! I'm incredibly grateful for this opportunity and support--especially given the deeply personal origin of my new project. #VCCAFellows #writinglife #artistresidency

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Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch @elizabethniarchosneukirch.com · Jul 26

Incredible news!!! Heartfelt congrats, excited for your next book 📖✨️

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Michael Zapata @michaelzapata.bsky.social · Jul 22

Absolutely stunned & over the moon to win the inaugural DAG Prize in Literature, an award to a writer "whose work expands the possibilities of American art."

With my entire corazón, thank you to @dagfoundation.bsky.social, Andrew Altschul, & @vauhinivara.bsky.social.

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Michael Zapata has won the inaugural DAG Prize for Literature.

Today, the DAG Foundation announced the winners of its inaugural DAG Prizes, which award $20,000 each to a visual artist, a writer, and a musician “whose work expands the possibilities for Am…

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Giano Cromley @giano.bsky.social · Jul 21

Thank you @art.newcity.com.web.brid.gy for the lovely review of American Mythology!
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#Bigfoot #bookreview @doubledaybooks.bsky.social

Book Review: Giano Cromley's “American Mythology”

This is a novel for anyone who delights in myths old or new—their bold claims of what might be possible in our world, and what they reveal about the magic of the everyday.

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Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch @elizabethniarchosneukirch.com · Jul 22

lit.newcity.com/2025/07/21/f...

Book Review: Giano Cromley's “American Mythology”

This is a novel for anyone who delights in myths old or new—their bold claims of what might be possible in our world, and what they reveal about the magic of the everyday.

lit.newcity.com

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Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch @elizabethniarchosneukirch.com · Jul 22

For anyone who loves myths or American tall tales, check out @giano.bsky.social fantastical, heartfelt debut novel AMERICAN MYTHOLOGY! A great read. More in my first review for Newcity magazine, linked below. #NewBooks #booksky #BookReview #BookRecommendation

The cover of American Mythology by Giano Cromley. A large unidentifiable shadow looks out at a pink and purple sunset over the mountains.

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StoryStudio Chicago @storystudiochicago.bsky.social · Jul 17

Our free Write Out at Begyle Brewing happens next Monday, July 21. Join us for a drink and a few hours of writing. RSVP now: buff.ly/UoEptrX

#chicagowriters

Write-Ins & Write-Outs with StoryStudio - StoryStudio Chicago

Join StoryStudio for our periodic write-ins, either virtually or in-person, depending on the session and the season! Whether we’re meeting at the Studio, or over Zoom, we’re ready to host…

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Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch @elizabethniarchosneukirch.com · Jul 12

Excited to read this! Will pitch an interview with you to a few places...

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Melissa Faliveno @mlfaliveno.bsky.social · Jul 11

✨Cover reveal!✨ Super excited to share the creepy cover of my dreams for my debut novel, HEMLOCK, coming 1/20/26 from @littlebrown.bsky.social & now available for preorder! You can find it at all major retailers and, better yet, your local indie bookstore or @bookshop.org. See you in the woods! 🦌🌲👻

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Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch @elizabethniarchosneukirch.com · Jul 10

1. Visit @bookshop.org and select the local independent bookstore you wish to support ❤️

2. Buy more books than you will ever have time to read 📚📚📚

3. Feel happy knowing you have helped authors and bookstores instead of billionaires 🙌🏻

Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · Jul 8

You are cordially invited to our Anti-Prime Sale, where every purchase will financially support bookstores, NOT billionaires 🥳

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Ignatius Valentine Aloysius @ignatius2u.bsky.social · Jul 4

SUNDAY SALON CHICAGO is pleased to announce its next in-person reading event @roscoebooks.bsky.social on July 27 at 7 pm CT, featuring Rita Woods, Cynthia Pelayo, @meganstielstra.bsky.social, Westley Heine, & @wesblake.bsky.social 🔥❤️👏 Bios are up at www.sundaysalon-chicago.com. Mark your calendars!

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Kathleen Rooney @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social · Jun 23

So excited to have an essay in ON AN INLAND SEA: WRITING THE GREAT LAKES, edited by @mbwwelch.bsky.social, coming out in March of 2026 from @beltmagazine.bsky.social. Preorders are now live. Add to cart! beltpublishing.com/products/on-...

On an Inland Sea

Writing the Great LakesEdited by Michael Welch March 10, 2026 Now available for pre-order! “As a man who long convinced himself that he lived on the edge of the world, here’s my wish for you: Embrace...

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