Martha Bayne
@marthabayne.bsky.social
Writer, editor, dancer, souper. Coeditor of NOTHING COMPARES TO YOU: WHAT SINEAD O'CONNOR MEANS TO US. Various responsibilities @ University of Illinois Press, South Side Weekly, Theater Oobleck, Soup & Bread. Essays @ marthabayne.substack.com. .
kudos to this caption writer
February 11, 2026 at 8:35 PM
kudos to this caption writer
Did someone say mass market paperback?
February 8, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Did someone say mass market paperback?
A murmuration of ducks
January 23, 2026 at 4:53 AM
A murmuration of ducks
Here’s what they look like (sweatshirt edition)
January 12, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Here’s what they look like (sweatshirt edition)
Hey Chicago: ICE is back and so is my Soup & Bread community meal. Join us at the Hideout from 5:30-8 tonight for soup and solidarity
January 7, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Hey Chicago: ICE is back and so is my Soup & Bread community meal. Join us at the Hideout from 5:30-8 tonight for soup and solidarity
Less than two weeks to go. Get yr tickets now Chicago ❤️ www.etix.com/ticket/p/912...?
December 4, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Less than two weeks to go. Get yr tickets now Chicago ❤️ www.etix.com/ticket/p/912...?
Hmmmmm who can tell me if this page exists for AC? (Also, this is why "credits" for books and articles are actually a bad idea. The poor editorial assistant on this doesn't deserve to be dragged)
December 3, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Hmmmmm who can tell me if this page exists for AC? (Also, this is why "credits" for books and articles are actually a bad idea. The poor editorial assistant on this doesn't deserve to be dragged)
When not even your publisher can get the homonym right
December 2, 2025 at 9:51 PM
When not even your publisher can get the homonym right
I spent the snow day learning to use stupid Canva
November 29, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I spent the snow day learning to use stupid Canva
See you tonight Chicago! I try to ask @millerscave.bsky.social unexpected questions tonight @ 6:30 pm at the Book Cellar.
November 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
See you tonight Chicago! I try to ask @millerscave.bsky.social unexpected questions tonight @ 6:30 pm at the Book Cellar.
Grifters, predators, murderers. I can't give these terrible people oxygen anymore. Here's Patti Smith dancing instead. From last night at the Chicago Theater.
November 18, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Grifters, predators, murderers. I can't give these terrible people oxygen anymore. Here's Patti Smith dancing instead. From last night at the Chicago Theater.
A book that is actually good and offers 26 templates for resisting oppression, strengthening agency, and figuring out how to stand in the courage of your own convictions.
Just saying.
Just saying.
November 17, 2025 at 6:11 PM
A book that is actually good and offers 26 templates for resisting oppression, strengthening agency, and figuring out how to stand in the courage of your own convictions.
Just saying.
Just saying.
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
November 17, 2025 at 2:02 AM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
Oh, and food! Or drink (2026 is shaping up to be our year of beverage books ...). Here's what it says on our website. Does this sound like something you're working on? Even if it's an idea in progress, I'd love to have one of these fun meetings with you. Reach out at mbayne1 at uillinois dot edu
November 6, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Oh, and food! Or drink (2026 is shaping up to be our year of beverage books ...). Here's what it says on our website. Does this sound like something you're working on? Even if it's an idea in progress, I'd love to have one of these fun meetings with you. Reach out at mbayne1 at uillinois dot edu
A bit more on our event at the Irish Books, Art, and Music festival later this month at Chicago's Irish American Heritage Center. Sat. 11/22 @ 3:30!
November 4, 2025 at 7:37 PM
A bit more on our event at the Irish Books, Art, and Music festival later this month at Chicago's Irish American Heritage Center. Sat. 11/22 @ 3:30!
This made me lol tho
November 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
This made me lol tho
Two days after @millerscave.bsky.social & I throw down at the Book Cellar, I'll be at the Irish Books & Music festival at Chicago's Irish American Heritage Center, bringing the Sinead O'Connor
November 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Two days after @millerscave.bsky.social & I throw down at the Book Cellar, I'll be at the Irish Books & Music festival at Chicago's Irish American Heritage Center, bringing the Sinead O'Connor
For Chicagoans: Here's more on the return of Soup & Bread this winter. Join us Dec. 3 at the Hideout; all proceeds go to Pilsen Food Pantry. soupandbread.net/2025/10/31/s...
October 31, 2025 at 2:11 PM
For Chicagoans: Here's more on the return of Soup & Bread this winter. Join us Dec. 3 at the Hideout; all proceeds go to Pilsen Food Pantry. soupandbread.net/2025/10/31/s...
Here’s a nice photo of the No More Deportations crew outside city hall
October 28, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Here’s a nice photo of the No More Deportations crew outside city hall
Now for the photo op
October 28, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Now for the photo op
Group of speakers address the council in Spanish “because that’s who this message is for.” “We are tired, we are fearful. We want it to stop.… Let the moms not be scared to take their kids to school. “
October 28, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Group of speakers address the council in Spanish “because that’s who this message is for.” “We are tired, we are fearful. We want it to stop.… Let the moms not be scared to take their kids to school. “
Everything is awful but the legendary bookstore where I worked as a young person called our Sinead O'Connor book "a major, must-read body of work," and it is an ego balm and I'll take it.
October 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Everything is awful but the legendary bookstore where I worked as a young person called our Sinead O'Connor book "a major, must-read body of work," and it is an ego balm and I'll take it.
Happy Halloween from Waukegan, Illinois
October 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Happy Halloween from Waukegan, Illinois
Meanwhile, the other day I learned that a staffer at Seattle's Elliott Bay Book Company, where I worked as a very young person, called my book "a major, must-read body of work." I'll take it <3
October 24, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Meanwhile, the other day I learned that a staffer at Seattle's Elliott Bay Book Company, where I worked as a very young person, called my book "a major, must-read body of work." I'll take it <3