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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Pritzker: "This guy is unhinged. He's insecure. He's a wannabe dictator. And there's one thing I really want to say to Donald Trump. If you come for my people, you come through me. So come and get me."

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Michael Welch @mbwwelch.bsky.social · 1d

So excited to honor @samiraahmed.bsky.social & the incredible work she does with Authors Against Book Bans at this year’s awards!

Chicago Review of Books @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social · 1d

We are absolutely THRILLED to announce the 2025 winner of the Adam Morgan Literary Leadership Award is @samiraahmed.bsky.social!!! As a national leader of Authors Against Book Bans, Samira uses activism to combat censorship, and we are so grateful for the work she does.

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Samira Ahmed @samiraahmed.bsky.social · 1d

Honored to be the 2025 recipient of the Adam Morgan Literary Leadership Award! Fighting book bans is a team effort & we all know that the fight against censorship is a fight *for* freedom. The freedom to read, to write, to think.

Thank you @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social for this recognition!

Chicago Review of Books @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social · 1d

We are absolutely THRILLED to announce the 2025 winner of the Adam Morgan Literary Leadership Award is @samiraahmed.bsky.social!!! As a national leader of Authors Against Book Bans, Samira uses activism to combat censorship, and we are so grateful for the work she does.

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Greg Zimmerman @gregzimmerman.bsky.social · 3d

This week is Banned Books Week. One easy thing to do to help fight back is donate to Unite Against Book Bans.

uniteagainstbookbans.org

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 4d

The ICE agents deploying these are people without necessary training, those who couldn’t cut it in police training or didn’t want to join the military.

They are in this to hurt people and play Call of Duty on our streets, deploying chemical weapons on our neighbors as if they’re pressing L1.

Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 4d

Remaining feds left the scene in a large caravan, deploying more tear gas straight into the crowd - and right at my feet - as they left.

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Samira Ahmed @samiraahmed.bsky.social · 5d

There is only one group of people making Chicago a war zone and they wear masks and are paid for by our tax dollars. WTAF

Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 5d

Logan Square neighborhood, Chicago. Man wearing a balaclava in a white, unmarked vehicle, pulls the pin on a tear gas canister and tosses it in the road.

"Just trying to grab some lunch and these fucking losers showed up. FUCK ICE!"
source: www.reddit.com/r/LoganSquar...

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RoscoeBooks @roscoebooks.bsky.social · 7d

The 2025 CHIRBy Shortlists from @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social are out! What a great collection of Chicago books and writing.

Time to get to reading (if you haven't already) these great nominees! The winners are announced December 11.

#books
#booksky

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Announcing the 2025 Chicago Review of Books Awards Shortlist - Chicago Review of Books

The Chicago Review of Books is proud to announce the shortlist for the 2025 Chicago Review of Books (CHIRBy) Awards! This year we’re celebrating the 10 year anniversary of the awards! For a decade, th...

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Michael Welch @mbwwelch.bsky.social · 7d

(Sorry, I was too lazy to retype this so a screenshot will have to do!)

Michael Welch @mbwwelch.bsky.social · 7d

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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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Michael Welch @mbwwelch.bsky.social · 7d

The October books are so good this year 😍

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

Whether you crave a comfort read or (like our EIC @mbwwelch.bsky.social) something unsettling and all-around spooky come the start of October, this year brings us plenty of new books to look forward to!
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/10/01/1...

12 Must-Read Books of October 2025 - Chicago Review of Books

Here are the 12 books you need to read this October.

chireviewofbooks.com

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 8d

Oh, hey, opening night is a week from today!

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...

www.storystudiochicago.org

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Chicago Review of Books @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social · 9d

🎶Start spreading the news 🎶 We can’t wait to announce the 2025 CHIRBy shortlists in just TWO DAYS 🥳

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Michael Welch @mbwwelch.bsky.social · 9d

Can I interest anyone in an ARC of a cool new anthology of the Great Lakes (in my very biased opinion)

Anne Trubek @atrubek.bsky.social · 9d

ARCs (pdf) now available for this fab book coming your way in March 🐟🌊 from @beltpublishing.bsky.social (are you following? you should be following)

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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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

Pritzker: "People of Illinois, we need your help. Get our your cell phones, record and narrate what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know that this is happening and that we won't stand for it."

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Shannon Heffernan @shannonheffernan.bsky.social · 9d

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on the reports Trump will send military to Illinois: "We can not accept the militarization of our city"

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Leigh Giangreco @leighgiangreco.bsky.social · 11d

In my latest for @bloomberg.com Citylab , I sat down with Brick of Chicago’s Will Quam.

Meet a man who really loves the bricks of Chicago

www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

For Lovers of Brick, Chicago Is a Wonderland

Brick aficionado Will Quam leads tours through the neighborhoods of Chicago to showcase the humble building material that saved the Second City.

www.bloomberg.com

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 13d

Dave Matthews has the opportunity to do the funniest thing.

Alyssa @alyssad.bsky.social · 13d

Hmmm....

US Border Patrol docks along Chicago Harbor Lock as part of immigration blitz

U.S. Border Patrol is making its presence known on Lake Michigan, the only Great Lake without a foreign border.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 13d

My way of coping with all of the madness is focusing on what I can do to make my community a little bit stronger. So excuse me for all of the earnestness, but I wrote about ways we can all pitch in to support a thriving literary culture. lithub.com/how-to-be-a-...

How to Be a Good Literary Citizen (in Seven Easy Steps)

Last Sunday I spent hours at the Brooklyn Book Festival, a too rare occasion for me to pull myself away from the internet for an entire afternoon. As I looked around at the crowd on their way to pa…

lithub.com

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 16d

We spoke with @chicagoreader.com @thetriibe.com and @unraveledpress.com about the lessons and strategies they learned from media in L.A. and D.C. for their coverage.

By @afroxander.bsky.social

Find the story (sans paywall) here: lataco.com/chicago-ice-...

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Michael Welch @mbwwelch.bsky.social · 18d

The marketing copy describes him as “America’s biggest political prisoner”…

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Michael Welch @mbwwelch.bsky.social · 18d

As if there wasn't already enough shittiness in the world right now!

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Morgan Elise J @morganelisej.thetriibe.com · 18d

The Feds were extremely violent towards protestors today, including public officials and the media. thetriibe.com/2025/09/and-...

And then came the tear gas: Federal agents use excessive force against protestors outside Broadview ICE facility • The TRiiBE

During a Friday protest outside the ICE processing facility in a Chicago suburb, federal agents deployed tear gas and pepper balls against protestors, press and elected officials.

thetriibe.com

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Chicago Review of Books @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social · 23d

Still time to get tix to support @jasondiamond.bsky.social this Friday!! We can't wait to see you there, Chicago.

Chicago Review of Books @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social · 27d

We're thrilled to be co-hosting the Chicago release of Kaplan's Plot by @jasondiamond.bsky.social with @volumesbooks.bsky.social!! Join Jason in conversation with
@jamiattenberg.bsky.social and we can't wait to see you next Friday night! 🥳🥳🥳
www.eventbrite.com/e/jason-diam...

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Lauren Groff @legroff.bsky.social · 26d

Be gentle with your people today. Make art. Go for a walk. Find a way to support the vulnerable among us.

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