What an all-star reading last night at SUNDAY SALON CHICAGO 7/26/26 at 7 pm @roscoebooks.bsky.social w/ Rachel Swearingen, @saralippmann.bsky.social, Sahar Mustafah, Richard Vargas, & Daniel Kraus, 2026 Pulitzer fiction winner! TY all! 🥰 🌈🔥 sundaysalon-chicago.com | @kayepublicity.bsky.social

SUNDAY SALON CHICAGO happens on July 26, 2026 at 7 pm @roscoebooks.bsky.social w/ Rachel Swearingen, @saralippmann.bsky.social, Sahar Mustafah, Richard Vargas, & Daniel Kraus, 2026 Pulitzer winner in fiction, WOW! Hope to see you! 🥰🎉🌺 Bios at: sundaysalon-chicago.com | @kayepublicity.bsky.social

My 2nd collab poetry collection BOOK LAUNCH is tonight at 7 pm @roscoebooks.bsky.social. Please come help me celebrate w/ special guest poets @mxfaylitahicks.bsky.social @ninasudhakar.bsky.social & Carlos Cumpián! TY @oneldammit.bsky.social of Roadside Press, my fellow poets, friends, & loved ones ❤️

SUNDAY SALON CHICAGO was fun last night 5/24 at 7 pm at @roscoebooks.bsky.social, w/ a full house. TY to all who came out to support the store & these 5 talents: @frugalpoet.bsky.social (Cynthia Gallaher), Mary Kay Zuravleff, @rachellayown.bsky.social, Melanie Faranello & @jrblanes.bsky.social ❤️👏🌈

So excited I'll be teaching at the Interlochen Writers Retreat in Michigan, May 31–June 05. JOIN ME! Thanks to writers & friends already registered. Can't wait to see you ❤️👏🔥 Register here: www.interlochen.org/college-crea...

SUNDAY SALON CHICAGO's reading event happens tonight, May 24 at 7 pm at magical @roscoebooks.bsky.social w/ these fab five authors: @frugalpoet.bsky.social, Mary Kay Zuravleff, @rachellayown.bsky.social, Melanie Faranello & @jrblanes.bsky.social – Pls share, TY, & see you there!🔥👏❤️

OMG! It's May 1st, Day of the Flower Moon and my 2nd collab poetry collection is officially out in the world today. BOOK LAUNCH happens @roscoebooks.bsky.social in Chicago on Friday 5/29 at 7pm. Please come help me celebrate! TY Roadside Press, my fellow poets, friends, & loved ones ❤️👏🔥

Tonight AT 6 PM on ZOOM! Thrilled to host SUNDAY SALON CHICAGO w/ readers from across the US, featuring Alex Wells Shapiro (Chicago) Adela Najarro (CA) Dorsía Smith Silva (Puerto Rico) Jacinda Townsend (Rhode Island) & Brian L. Jacobs (MI). Register: tinyurl.com/4y9nz95n🔥🥰🌺

From Roadside Press @oneldammit.bsky.social: Release day approaches (May 1st!) for my 2nd poetry collection. All pre-orders are in the mail, yay! Get your copy at magicaljeep.com

WORD-SOUP KITCHEN, my generative writing workshop happens May 31–June 05 in Interlochen, Michigan. COME JOIN ME! Few seats left ❤️👏🔥 Register here: www.interlochen.org/college-crea...

Look at this beautiful list of incredible writers! 😍 "On An Inland Sea" comes out next month!

Belt Publishing@beltpublishing.bsky.social · 6mo ago

A shout out and thank you to all of the contributors to our upcoming Great Lakes collection, out 3/10! @cerena.bsky.social @minnesotabrown.bsky.social @gabrielbump.bsky.social @lilacwaabigwan.bsky.social @callenh.bsky.social @lkress.bsky.social @aeheelee.bsky.social

I'm excited to host SUNDAY SALON CHICAGO on Feb. 22nd on ZOOM at 6 pm CT with featured readers Teresa Scollon, @susanlleary.bsky.social, Tim Moder, Grayson Thompson & Denton Loving. Register for Zoom here: tinyurl.com/c65uwak3 — Website update coming soon! Hope to see you, good world— 👏🌈

read the rest of the review at open.substack.com/pub/dandento... #booksky #review

Preorders are open for "On an Inland Sea: Writing the Great Lakes," coming your way from @beltpublishing.bsky.social on March 10, 2026! Featuring everything from shipwrecks & ice caves to zebra mussels & manoomin, & 32 writers on why the lakes loom so large. beltpublishing.com/products/on-...

So looking forward to releasing my 2nd collaboration with poet David Allen Sullivan in May on Roadside Press. TY so much Michele McDannold @oneldammit.bsky.social for your support by giving our manuscript a lovely home. Thrilled to be in awesome company! 👏🔥🌈

Love this series and I'm excited to read with these writers and friends!

Ignatius Valentine Aloysius@ignatius2u.bsky.social · 7mo ago

SUNDAY SALON CHICAGO happens, yes, as the world turns! Hope to see you all on Jan 25, 2026 w/ a fine lineup, featuring @djvorreyer.bsky.social, Jamie Wendt, Naoko Fujimoto, Albert DeGenova & Barry Pearce at the magical @roscoebooks.bsky.social. TY all & hope to see you. Be safe. 🎉🥰 👏

SUNDAY SALON CHICAGO happens, yes, as the world turns! Hope to see you all on Jan 25, 2026 w/ a fine lineup, featuring @djvorreyer.bsky.social, Jamie Wendt, Naoko Fujimoto, Albert DeGenova & Barry Pearce at the magical @roscoebooks.bsky.social. TY all & hope to see you. Be safe. 🎉🥰 👏

BOOKMAIL, yea! I'm thrilled to bring author Melanie Pappadis Faranello back to Sunday Salon Chicago in May 2026 & can't wait to read her forthcoming collection. CONGRATS Melanie! 👏🔥 Cool blurbs, y'all! Dialing in @saralippmann.bsky.social & @michaelzapata.bsky.social 🥰 www.sundaysalon-chicago.com

"...tell no one, but listen," writes @oneldammit.bsky.social my forthcoming publisher at Roadside Press, who's got an impressive new book of collected poems, edited by Ezhno Martin. Here's a link to get it. >>> ISBN 979899625632 👏🎉🔥 www.magicaljeep.com/product/mcda...

WOW! Sunday Salon Chicago had an amazing reading event last night 11/23/25 @roscoebooks.bsky.social w/ stellar readings by Rachel DeWoskin, Sandra Jackson-Opoku, Maureen Aitken, Averill Curdy & David Hicks. So thrilled to host them. TY all & Roscoe Books 🌈🙏🏼💕

COME JOIN US! Let's get stuck together w/ inspiring prose & poetry...SUNDAY SALON CHICAGO is tomorrow Nov 23rd @roscoebooks.bsky.social in Roscoe Village at 7 pm, w/ readings by Rachel DeWoskin, Sandra Jackson-Opoku, Maureen Aitken, Averill Curdy & David Hicks 👏❤️🔥 Excited to host them!

SUNDAY SALON CHICAGO is a week away! Join us @roscoebooks.bsky.social on Nov 23 at 7 pm for inspiring readings with Rachel DeWoskin, Sandra Jackson-Opoku, Maureen Aitken, Averill Curdy & David Hicks. I'm excited to host them & look forward to an uplifting evening of prose & poetry. 🙏 🔥👏

SUNDAY SALON CHICAGO is a week away! Join us @roscoebooks.bsky.social on Nov 23 at 7 pm for inspiring readings w/ Rachel DeWoskin, Farnaz Fatemi, Sandra Jackson-Opoku, Maureen Aitken & David Hicks. I'm excited to host them & look forward to an evening of spirit-uplifting prose & poetry 🙏

Sunday Salon Chicago was so much fun tonight at 6pm w/ inspiring readings from Nancy Miller Gomez, @chotchandani.bsky.social, Esther Okonkwo, Daniel Tam-Claiborne & Donato Loia. TY to my talented guest-readers & all who joined us this evening. sundaysalon-chicago.com 🔥👏🌈

I'm excited to host SUNDAY SALON CHICAGO tonight on ZOOM at 6 pm CT with featured readers Nancy Miller Gomez, @chotchandani.bsky.social, Esther Ifesinachi Okonkwo, Daniel Tam-Claiborne & Donato Loia. Come join us, won't you? Register for Zoom at sundaysalon-chicago.com 👏👏👏 ❤️🍁🌈

Sunday Salon Chicago happens on Zoom in 4 days on 10/26 at 6 pm CT w/ a fine lineup w/ Nancy Miller Gomez, @chotchandani.bsky.social, Esther Ifesinachi Okonkwo, Daniel Tam-Claiborne & Donato Loia. Join us! Register at: tinyurl.com/448u4yw3 OR www.sundaysalon-chicago.com 🔥👏🌈

On October 26, Sunday Salon Chicago is happening on Zoom at 6 pm CT, featuring Perugia’s own @chotchandani.bsky.social and Nancy Miller Gomez, Esther Ifesinachi Okonkwo, Daniel Tam-Claiborne & Donato Loia, hosted & curated by @ignatius2u.bsky.social. Register here: tinyurl.com/448u4yw3

SUNDAY SALON CHICAGO happens in 3 days, WOW! Hope to see you on Sept. 28, 2025 @roscoebooks.bsky.social at 7 pm. Come hear this impressive lineup w/ @ninasudhakar.bsky.social, Michael McColly, Ben Tanzer, Janice Deal & Carlos Cumpian. Join us, Chicago! All authors' bios: sundaysalon-chicago.com 😍🌈🍂

SUNDAY SALON CHICAGO's website is now updated with our 9/28/25 readers' bios. They'll be reading @roscoebooks.bsky.social & feature @ninasudhakar.bsky.social, MichaelMcColly, Ben Tanzer, @janicemdeal.bsky.social & Carlos Cumpián. Pls join us. Visit sundaysalon-chicago.com & join our email list. ❤️

SUNDAY SALON CHICAGO's next reading happens on Sept. 28 @roscoebooks.bsky.social w/ an impressive lineup featuring @ninasudhakar.bsky.social, Michael McColly, Ben Tanzer, Janice Deal & Carlos Cumpian. Hope you'll join us, Chicago! Pls share. Website updates coming soon: sundaysalon-chicago.com ❤️👏🔥