StoryStudio Chicago
@StoryStudio
Chicago's nonprofit center for writing and writers. Part of Stories Matter Foundation and parent of @ChicagoRevBooks.
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Rebecca Makkai
Pulitzer finalist for THE GREAT BELIEVERS; new novel, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU, out now. Artistic Director at @storystudio. ADHD. Daughter of a refugee.
Amber Sparks
Your garbage mom; wrote AND I DO NOT FORGIVE YOU; HAPPY PEOPLE DON’T LIVE HERE ‘25; rep’d by @KentDWolf; I just want you to be happy, honey
Matt Bell
Writer, teacher. Out now: APPLESEED, a novel (2021, @marinerbooks). REFUSE TO BE DONE, a guide to novel revision (2022, @soho_press). He/him.
jami attenberg
7 books of fiction + 1 memoir + 1 creativity book. A REASON TO SEE YOU AGAIN out 9/24. 1000 WORDS OF SUMMER June 1-14! https://t.co/kImB15YqT0
Lauren Groff
Three-time National Book Award finalist for MATRIX, FLORIDA, and FATES AND FURIES. Winner of the Story Prize and the JCO Prize. She/her.
This is honestly very generous of Melissa Febos to do (via StoryStudio Chicago) storystudiochicago.org/classes/classe…
One week from today! I Would Prefer Not To: Writing About Resistance is a one night, online class with Eraldo Souza dos Santos (@eraldo.bsky.social) during which you'll learn how to incorporate resistance writing into your practice.
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I Would Prefer Not To: Writing About Resistance, at StoryStudio Chicago
Kirkus Reviews has featured it as one of the six “Writing Retreats to Inspire You in 2024.”
#writingcommunity #amwriting #writersoftwitter
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Oh, this is exciting! Next week, our Studio Manager liquid smooth operator and instructor Dipika Mukherjee are participating in an reading celebrating AAPI Month. The event is Tuesday, May 28 at 7 pm at Haymarket House in Chicago. Here are all the details: tickettailor.com/events/haymark…
Coming up next week already! We're excited to partner with Union League Club on this great event. On Thursday, May 30 at 11:30 am, author A.H. Kim, author of the new novel RELATIVE STRANGERS, will be in conversation with So-positively Dev. Get your tickets now:
eventbrite.com/e/ulcc-speaker…
'R.O. Kwon’s Exhibit displays, in stark relief, the patterns created by what we repress, what we celebrate, and how we transform shame into joy: it’s exquisitely curated and terrifically complicated.'
Terrific review of EXHIBIT in Chicago Review of Books: chireviewofbooks.com/2024/05/21/fra…
One of the most common craft challenges writers face is when and how to effectively use flashback. 'Thanks for the Memories: How to Write Flashbacks' with Frances de Pontes Peebles, online May 30, will teach writers how use flashback to propel a story.
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nbd just The Rumpus's new editor Aram Mrjoian teaching our summer term Creative Writing Essentials class. This 8-session ONLINE class starts June 17 and will almost certainly fill up quickly.
Register now: storystudiochicago.org/classes/classe…
Join Eraldo Souza dos Santos (@eraldo.bsky.social) for 'I Would Prefer Not To: Writing About Resistance,' an online single-session class, happening Thursday, May 30. The class will explore various genres of resistance writing.
storystudiochicago.org/classes/classe…
Tomorrow night (5/21) on Zoom, there are just a few spots left for Ellen Blum Barish's What a Moment Holds class. Come learn how and why short truths have long impact in your piece.
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Friends, last night was truly special. Congratulations again Megan Stielstra -- never has there been a more deserved award.
This Sunday, May 19! Come see us at American Writers Museum's #AWFestival -- we'll have a table in the Winter Garden at Harold Washington Library. And check out all the great sessions at the festival. It's free to attend!
americanwritersmuseum.org/american-write…
